st. louis...

valentine's day 2011

matt was asked to play in a celebrity baseball game,

such a blessing to be a part of this special event.

Matt's brother, Phillip, has a youth ministry called ZOE in STL. He always has really fun events and does everything with such excellence. So fun to get back to STL, visit family, and take part in such a great event. Matt and Peter were the entertainment... all in TRON-mode to start off the event!

such a blessing to have matt's dad baptize my mom :) mom, I am so proud of you and so blessed to be your daughter. thanks for teaching me how to love, how to be a servant hearted wife and how to spread the love of Jesus through your sweetness! i love you!

sweet, sweet time with our best friends! love this couple...

family celebration of a new baby, Luke, due on St. Patrick's Day :)

photo shoot...

my 'in-loves' came to town ... it was a sweet time with matt's parents. we laughed, played games, painted (a lot!) and they got to see some of what matt does here. i am so blessed to have married into a family that loves the Lord and desires to know Him more! we forgot to take pictures all week long, so before they left (literally right before) we did a little photo shoot :) enjoy!

DIY: kitchen

our kitchen has been quite a project, but a good chance to try out a little DIY kitchen style :) we hated how there was such a wood-like look everywhere, and mixed with the horrible paint job of a-pale-yellow-over-wallpaper, we were really ready to make a change... or a few. i tell matt we are doing it in 4 phases... phase 1 and 2 are complete (yay!) and 3 is quickly approaching!

our kitchen before: wood cabinets, chopping block-ish counters, and a horribly ugly wood-like linolium. eww! we actually liked the chopping block looking counters, so those will stay to go with our relaxing, natural look...

phase 1: paint cabinets white

I have always wanted white cabinets. they look so fresh and clean. this, however, was not an easy task. It took three coats of oil based paint to get them done, and now I still need to go back to repaint hinges and maybe add some fun handles :)

phase 2: paint walls koi pan (green)

I LOVE our green kitchen! there was a bad water stain on one wall (from before we had the roof replaced) and the yellow paint job was a bad one... we could faintly see the wallpaper behind it. Its so refreshing now and so much more fun to cook in! :)

*this post is dedicated to my lovely MIL

who painted and patched up my walls for hours!

Thanks so much! You are such a blessing!

he's a fan...

my husband loves the seattle seahawks, alot. he is a huge fan and LOVES to watch them play, watch videos about them, read blogs about his hawks, and wear pretty much anything blue and green. :) he is no fair weather fan! he's the best... and the hawks aren't doing too bad right now. First time in football history for a loosing team to make it into the playoffs and WIN! it's time to play the chicago bears... let's go get'em hawks!

college, with our sweet friend abbie

all the boys in all their seahawk gear

and, yes, even i dress up in support of the hawks :)

christmas 2010

matt and i were here (arlington) for christmas, but we were able to be home for a short bit afterwards and it was so fun. always a blessing to see our families...

missed you ange!

so cute :)

stephanie, my good friend from high school, also a bridesmaid in our wedding, with her new bf david.... so fun to meet him.

it was a full house at the waeckerle's and just us at the hunter's... we missed seeing josh, julie, phillip, shelly & kids, but we are always blessed by our families. so grateful that our Lord came to this world to save us and give us peace. thank you Jesus for peace, health, and joy! we are so blessed!

DIY: holidays and gifts

once again, i have been crafting :)

lots of felt flowers for hats and necklaces...

christmas ornaments...

and more kids t-shirts ...

a night to laugh...

last night was fielder's (our church) staff christmas party... so fun :) and goodness, I have one funny husband! way to go babe, you had everyone laughing like always :)

the elves

FH staff :)

our sweet friend, diana, came to help matt out at the party... and a surprise for her, kyler! so glad these two fun, happy, Spirit-filled people are dating :) so fun!