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Melissa Beene Ford

Baby A’s Dot-Dots

Melissa Beene Ford/ Annie+ Funny Stuff

This is probably one of those things that only a mom could appreciate, but this just cracks me up! Every Saturday morning, BF gets both girls a bag of donut holes (or “dot-dots,” as Baby A calls them) for a special treat for breakfast. She carefully removes one dot-dot at a time from her little white bag, and takes ONE bite out of each one. Not just a normal bite…
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*GUESS* Who Was Artist of the Week??

Melissa Beene Ford/ Katie+ School

Her fabulous work of art was chosen to be displayed in the cafeteria this week! I am SO proud of her and her Butterfly art! We happened to run into her art teacher at Hobby Lobby this weekend, and she told us what an HONOR it is to have your art chosen, out of the hundreds of kids in the whole school! I can’t wait to get this home so…
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*DiSCo NiGHT*

Melissa Beene Ford/ Katie+ School

We just love KB’s school! They have *SO* many fun events …. the latest one, Disco Night! They had tons of games, prizes & goodie bags, face painting, and of course DANCING! And, it doesn’t hurt that her school is a block from the best guacamole in town ~ Don Juan’s, so we *HAVE* to go eat there with our Caldwell friends before every school function. Here are some pics…
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Our Office Obsession

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OK, I have a confession…… we are addicted to this show!! Personally, I’m not much of a tv watcher, and would really lean more toward just not even having tv at all, especially since we cancelled HGTV and the Cooking Channel (what else IS there, worthwhile, on tv??) ~ but BF, now, that’s a different story. I once turned my back on him for a second at an appliance store,…
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My Kindergarten Girl

Melissa Beene Ford/ Katie

I’ve finally stopped crying my eyes out every single day because my baby started kindergarten….yes, I know its January, and it took me 1/2 a year….but I can finally handle posting some pics. We love her new school….her teacher….her new friends…..her exciting new experiences……I’m thrilled with the big kid she’s becoming! But I can’t help get a little sad that the past 6 years flew by so fast and wish…
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Where are the PICTURES??

Melissa Beene Ford/ before and after+ Big Blue House

This whole blog was supposed to be about progress on our little house project, since almost daily people ask me, “How’s the house coming?” I wanted to be able to point people HERE to see for themselves how hard we’re working! Well ~ I found a little home improvement contest that I want to enter, and I think we SHOULD after the 3 years of torture that we’ve lived through…
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Training them Young.

Melissa Beene Ford/ Annie+ Funny Stuff

This is my little Baby A, always helping! She always wants to be right beside me, doing whatever I’m doing. I love that!! She’s already learning how to multi-task better than most men… holding a baby and  unloading the dishwasher at the same time. It may make my chores take longer, but its much more fun. Hopefully….I can get her trained young so I can retire in a year or…
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The 49th Annual Azalea Trail…Coming Soon!

Melissa Beene Ford/ Big Blue House

What is the Azalea Trail, you ask? Click here to find out more! Ever since I can remember, I have wanted to live in this neighborhood! In elementary school, my friend Chrystene lived in the house across the street from The Big Blue House, and we spent lots of hours playing in the ‘creek’ running parallel to Belmont street. I remember us taking her brother’s jam box up into the…
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My *FaBuLouS* Kitchen….Before it Was Fabulous!

Melissa Beene Ford/ before and after+ Big Blue House

I am SO proud of this room….I tore pictures out of magazines for years, and saved them, in hopes of having the 1920’s-style kitchen of my dreams someday! After living kitchen-less for 2 1/2 years (I made do with a microwave and a crock pot!), we finally finished, and I am having SO much fun cooking up a storm. I was never much into cooking before; now I’m a Cooking…
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Our Latest Project, the Sunroom!

Melissa Beene Ford/ before and after+ Big Blue House

OK, I’m going backwards, I know, but I’ll start with our latest project because its the one I’m most excited about….well, other than the kitchen, but only because THIS project means we are ALMOST FINISHED! For the past 2 1/2 years we’ve used our 570 square foot sunroom as a storage room! We just didn’t have the funds to tackle such a HUGE project and it took us a while…
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Welcome to the Big Blue House!

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Hello friends & family! Welcome to my online journal created to keep track of our fun little project that’s been ongoing since April 2005.…remodeling our wonderful old house! Located on a corner lot in a historic neighborhood, our once-dignified home had sat vacant and crumbling for a few years before we decided to tackle this ambitious little venture. In the last two and a half years our house (aka “The…
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Hey there... I'm Melissa! Texas girl. Mom to three + one goldendoodle. Believer. Old house fanatic. Creating a happy + healthy home with purpose is my passion. I'm so glad you're here!

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Another day… another high-speed chicken chase th Another day… another high-speed chicken chase through the Azalea District. 🤷🏼‍♀️ My yard guy left the gate open but it’s all good. We caught ‘em. 💪🏻 I’m just glad the Azalea Trail hasn’t started yet because this time next week, that will be super embarrassing. 🫣
One year without my dad. God is gracious and mer One year without my dad. 

God is gracious and merciful to have given him to me for 49 years and He is gracious and merciful for seeing us through this year without him. 

God is gracious and merciful for giving us friends who’ve prayed for us all year, especially today. ❤️ I stole this caption from my sister @betsy_barry, but it was perfect. 👌🏻

I wanted to honor my dad today, and spending the day enjoying his very favorite place on earth seemed like the perfect way to do that. 

My dad’s passing made it all too clear that this world is NOT our home. Heaven feels like a real place now that he is there, and some days I ache to be there myself. But while I’m still here, this farm feels like the closest thing to home that there is. 

Missing you today, dad… thanks for all the farm memories. ❤️
Makes me smile walking into this room in the morni Makes me smile walking into this room in the mornings when the light is shining through the windows just right ☀️ #favoriteroom #diningroommakeover 

🎨: @sherwinwilliams Seaworthy
Rug: @rugs_usa Moroccan Diamond 
Light fixture: @westelm 
Art: custom made by the kids + me+  Toulouse the cat 🐈 🥲  Everything else: lucky antique auction, estate sale and Facebook Marketplace finds 🥰
I don’t know who’s big idea it was to strip 80 I don’t know who’s big idea it was to strip 80 years of paint off of this door down to the wood and start over… but that person has no business starting new projects. 😅 My neighbors must have thought this project would never end. *I* thought this project would never end. 😰 If you’re thinking of doing this yourself? Just don’t, ok? Throw the whole door away and buy a new one. 😂🤣 Just kidding.  Old house weirdos like me… we can’t just do things the easy way. Anyhoo… after some trial and error, @sherwinwilliams Celestial is what I landed on, and I have to say… I like it. Periwinkle-ish blue looks great with the yellow house and will look even better when the azaleas are in bloom. Was it all worth it? That’s not important right now. 🤭 Will I do this all again in two years? The magic eight ball says… without a doubt. 👏🏻 I’ve already picked the next color. #gluttonforpunishment #somefoolsneverlearn #oldhouselove #oldhomelove #makinghome #southernliving #gardenandgun #azaleadistrict #tylertx
Spring in the Azalea District makes the winters in Spring in the Azalea District makes the winters in an 80-year-old house completely worth it … what broken pipes, icy hardwood floors and drafty windows? 🤔 I forgot already. #comeonspring #azaleadistrict #tylertx
Happy Saturday ☀️ Happy Saturday ☀️
Salt Lake City is always magical ✨ Salt Lake City is always magical ✨
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