I could live here...

4 Princelet Street

"No. 4 Princelet Street is a Georgian merchant’s house in the historic London area Spitalfields, dating from the early Eighteenth Century. The house consists of up to fifteen rooms and the interior has been conserved in its original condition. The house is available to hire as a location for shots."

Courtesy of Blackbook

Meet Maxwell

Say hello to the newest addition to the Holland clan:

Maxwell Charles Xavier Holland III 

We adopted Max from a local dog shelter about 3 weeks ago. Max was in the shelter for 3 months, and in another shelter for at least 3 months or maybe longer - so at least the last 6 months of his life was doggy prison... but that didn't affect this little man's personality one bit! He's an extremely sweet and loving dog, eager to please, and very mild in manner. 

The main reason for his long shelter life, is that he is heartworm positive. So he will be going through a 1-week treatment process on 1/10. Then he will be on bed rest for at least a month. 

We can't wait to get him through this rough patch and get him fully healed and ready to run again. So far, he's been super smart - he can sit, lay down, shake, and give hugs :-) He's also made a best friend with our neighbor's dog, Lady Bug. These two could play together for hours!

Here are a few more photos for your enjoyment!

Happy Thanksgiving

I am thankful for my husband, for family, for the farm, for tradition, and for delicious food. What are you thankful for?

Our Christmas Gift to Each Other

We've been saving to get this for ourselves this Christmas. I know it's a little early, but we found this great deal on Craigslist - and I want to be able to take family pictures at Thanksgiving this year. Now we just need to start practicing taking pictures. 

Georgi

As mentioned before - our incentive to ourselves for paying off the car was to get a doggy. SO we started looking at local adoption sites. We feel like, with our current schedules, it would be better to rescue an older dog (not a puppy) since neither of us are able to be home a lot. Plus, I really feel like there are so many dogs that need a home, we should take care of the a poor unloved puppy.

Meet Georgi.

We found this little guy online, and instantly fell in love. Only to found out he had been adopted a day earlier. Oh so sad... and yet so happy. We're glad he has a home, but a little heart broken that it wasn't ours.

Since we're still in mourning, we've decided to wait until after the holidays to look again. We just can't take another heartbreak... But you can expect that I will be introducing you to another furry four-legged friend in the near future.

Saturday Farm Party

This past Saturday night our youth ministry hosted a Farm Party at Mainstay Farm in Cleburne, TX. It was so much fun - roasting hot dogs, jumping on a giant jumping pillow, the big maze (in the dark), hay rides, big slide, and of course roasting smores. Such fun and such great students!

Beautiful Kitchen

This kitchen is gorgeous. I love the mix of modern and vintage. It's so warm and inviting...

via Decorology