Our Anniversary Week

This past Thursday, July 19th, Matt and I celebrated our 4th wedding anniversary.  I can't believe that it has been 4 years since we were married.

I am so blessed that God has given me such an amazing husband in Matt.  For our anniversary he surprised me and took me to lunch at a really good sushi place here in Louisville.  We also went out afterwards to get some coffee at a local coffee house called Quills.  We had a great time just talking with each other and reminiscing over the last four years of our lives together.  God sure has allowed us to do so much together in service for Him. 

I have also been feeling very crafty this week.  I created a picture chain for Matt's study room in our apartment.  I wanted to have a way to display the pictures of all our friends and family from California.  These picture chains allowed me to hang 48 pictures on a blank wall that we had in Matt's study room.

We like to look at these pictures and remember and pray for all our friends and family back home.  So, this has kind of become like our prayer wall.  Best of all, the pictures are interchangeable, so we can replace older pictures with newer pictures as we like.

I also was trying to think of a way to display some quilt blocks that I had made to match the bedspread in our bedroom.  You see, I love to make quilt blocks, but I do not like putting the blocks together into an actual quilt.  So, I came up with the idea to mount the individual quilt blocks to 18x18" canvas painters boards and hang the finished displays above our bed.  I am really happy with the end product.

I also decided that our front door needed something to cheer it up, so I began to look for tutorials online on how to make interesting wreaths.  My favorite tutorial for a summer wreath was this pinwheel wreath that I ended up creating for our front door.  It was actually very easy to make, and it adds some color to our otherwise white door. 

Then on another night, I decided that I needed a magnetic board in the kitchen so that I could hang my recipes on it while I'm cooking.  Once again I headed to the internet and found a really cute magnetic board made out of a cookie sheet.  So, I went down to the free campus thrift store and found a cookie sheet, and the headed to JoAnn's to get the rest of the supplies for the project.  When I was finished, I was very happy with how the magnetic board turned out.

I also learned how to make the paper flower that is in the corner of my magnetic board.  It was really easy to make, and the flower turns out so cute.  Here is the link to the tutorial on how to make this flower if anyone is interested.  

As you can all see, I found many ways to keep myself busy this week as Matt was at work during the afternoons at Chik-fil-A.  He is really enjoying his job.  He likes the guys that he works with, and the only draw back is that he comes home smelling like chicken every night. :)  I guess this is not too bad though if you like the smell of chicken.  I don't really mind.  

I start work in a few weeks, so I have to get all the rest of my craft ideas done before school starts.  Matt also starts Seminary on the 13th of August which is right around the corner.  We both go to Seminary orientation on the 10th.  I'm looking forward to this.  We'll finally get to meet everyone and start making some friends on campus.  I also can't wait to start my classes on Thursday nights with the Seminary Wives Institute.  

We have been going to a little country church in Campbellsburg and we are really enjoying it.  The church reminds us so much of our church home back in Anza.  The amazing thing is that Campbellsburg Baptist Church was started in 1801. Which makes the church over 200 years old.  It's pretty cool being a part of such an historic church, and the members there are so welcoming and excited to have us there.  We really miss everyone so much, and you are all in our prayers.  Thank you to all of my faithful blog readers out there.  I really do enjoy writing on this blog, and I hope that you all enjoy reading the entries.