Adventures

In my heart I like to consider myself an adventurer. Someone who has been all over the world and seen all these amazing places, met all of these interesting people, maybe solve a mystery or two. Couldn't you see me somewhere like these two places...


Since tomorrow is a new year it got me thinking about what this year will bring. And you know what I decided...I'll let you guess...ADVENTURES! (yay, I knew you would get it) I may not be able to go to Paris or Greece in the coming year but I know that whatever this year brings I'll be able to have lots of adventures.
"The purpose of life, after all,
is to LIVE it,
to taste experience to the utmost,
to reach out eagerly and without fear
for newer and richer experience."
~ Eleanor Roosevelt ~
Don't you love that quote! I know I do. This quote is going to be added to my fridge this year so that I can always remember what my new years resolution is. To live life, to always be looking for new experience's and adventures and to embrace them without fear.
"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing."
~ Helen Keller ~
I love Helen Keller, she is a true adventurer and such an inspiration. (this is going on my fridge too by the way). How true is this quote. Life is an adventure. It always will be, whether you're traveling the world or like me, and living out your adventure at home with the people you love more than anything. Here's to a new year and whatever adventures come our way! Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas everyone! Hope you all had a fantastic day!
Love,
Kirsten, Brandon, and Missy ♥

First Impressions

Well folks, the house is coming along quite nicely. And we're getting really excited. All we have left is to get the carpet installed and then we can officially move into the upstairs and stop living like hermits :) I will post pictures of the colors we chose once we finish the touch up work around the trim and ceiling. I've always wanted a house that leaves a really good first impression when people come and visit. One of the things Brandon and I were talking about the other day was our front door. Right now it's just white (with a couple cute crayon marks from the daycare that previously occupied the house) with a small rectangle window in the middle. Eventually we want to get a new one but for now we're wanting to paint it. These are some pictures we found of what we're thinking for a paint color. Eventually we would love to have it look like the bottom one. What do you all think?



Just a little Christmas thought to leave you with...
". . . for it is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas, when its mighty Founder was a child himself." -Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol