so much going on but...

so little time to blog, but I can tell you this, in the last month we have acquired,

2 fish (Flame and Henry)

a king size bed (oh, hello there wonderful night of sleep!)

a new bed for Carter (with 3 space saving drawers, wahoo!)

3 foster kittens (oh yes, you read that right, we got kittens from the Seattle Humane Society that we are taking care of  for a few weeks until they are big enough to get adopted.  Have I mentioned that I don't like cats? but it turns out that I do like kittens!)

a new grill (a major score as I dislike cooking but my husband loves grilling, win, win!)


the month of May was full of many blessing for the Person family, we are thankful for the One who gives just what we need and often times much, much more. Pictures to come of everything because my new bedding is lovely and stripey!

xo Carissa

craft-less

Nothing annoys me more than a craft...there I said it, I hate crafts!  I really do.  I often get super excited when I read certain blogs (Kelle Hampton's, Linsey's, Femina etc.) and think to myself  "I can totally do that"! I run to the craft store and spend way too much money,  then spend way too much time and energy only to get seriously frustrated and burst into tears.  I then become stressed by the mess, it's not my cup of tea.  Lucky for me, I can make tea, I like to read,  I LOVE to bake and I seriously LOVE LOVE LOVE to clean.  You will not find me on Pinterest, nor at Joann's fabric or Michael's, they just are not my thing.  I admire crafty people and that is why I have decided to leave it all up to you, craft away, even share your talent, I would love it!  My kids get coloring books, sticker books and an easel without paint, I prefer craft books/and or kits that they can figure out themselves and that require minimal mess.  While they craft away without my help,  I will be whipping up fresh bread, chocolate chip cookies or a cake.  I'll take a deep breath and relish in the fact that I have finally freed myself from the crafting conundrum, we can't all be good at everything and with crafting I wave the white flag.