After two full days of searching and a lot of praying, Anthony and I signed a lease!  Being military, he only has ten days to find a place for us to live for the next few years, so this past week him and I drove all around Fort Collins and exhausted every rental agency as well as craigslist.  The first day was really discouraging as anything in our budget was laughable.  We had a good time laughing about how run down some of the places were, but at the same time we felt anxious about finding a home.  The second day shed much more light though as we found a place that had every single thing on our checklist and more.  God was extremely faithful with providing and literally two hours after we applied for the home we received a call saying it was ours.  I think the most excitement comes from being able to see ourselves in this home.  As soon as I saw it, I turned to Anthony and said, "Ok picture this..." We were easily able to picture ourselves living in this place and it really reflects a lot of our personalities.  Anyways, pictures to come as we make it our own, but for a preview, here is one of the rooms that sold it for me :)

The picture of the floor doesn't do it justice,
but it was a huge part of the decision.  We didn't want carpet
and this tile reminds us both of being somewhere near the ocean.
Plus I could totally picture myself pouring a cup of coffee
in this kitchen! :)

Please keep us in your prayers as we begin moving our stuff in Wednesday!

Summer Bungalow.

Until the moving into our new house...

DIY Centerpieces.

I get inspiration in these random spurts.  For example, tonight I was exhausted and cancelled a girls night to come home and sleep.  Before crawling in bed, I decided to look online for a couple ideas for reception centerpieces.  I came across a picture of fabric flowers that I really liked and now, almost three hours later, I am writing a blog and staring at my new sample centerpiece.  Here is a rough example of what I think I am going to go with:

I used pinto beans as an example for what will be
coffee beans in the final product.

The lace jar will have a tea light candle inside.

My grandma says you always decorate in odd numbers
so I added a little card with a C.S. Lewis quote since
we won't be having assigned seating or table numbers.