passion conference 2013 {atlanta, ga}

This post is about a month late, sorry! I haven't had as much time to blog as I would have liked. At the beginning of January, Steve and I went to Atlanta, GA with about 35 college students for the Passion Conference. Every year, Louie Giglio heads up this conference that brings tens of thousands of college students together to worship and learn from amazing teachers like Beth Moore and John Piper. When I was a freshman, I went to Passion 2010, and there were about 20,000 college students in Atlanta. Neither of us went the next year because we were on a mission trip to Africa, but Steve and I went to Passion 2012 with the church last year right after we got married. There were about 40,000 students. This year we managed to almost fill up the Georgia Dome with over 60,000 students. 

antique window project

When I started working at the BCM, they had just replaced all the windows in one of their ministry houses, so I got three of the old windows to craft with! We moved right after I got them and they've been behind a pile in my craft room ever since, but I was on an organizing kick a few weeks ago and I rediscovered them. I decided to use Krylon looking glass spray and this tutorial to turn two of them into mirrored windows. 

birthday celebration

This past Friday was my birthday - the big 22! I had a great time celebrating. Steve took me out to lunch and got me a treat at Starbucks (what a sweetie). Friday night my mommy cooked us dinner and Matthew, Elizabeth, and little Will were there, too!

crockpot breakfast

I ran across this crockpot breakfast recipe (http://lilyandbliss.com/2013/01/two-crock-pot-recipes-overnight-cinnamon-apple-oatmeal-and-kielbasa-sauerkraut/) a few weeks ago and decided to give it a try. It turned out so delicious!

christmas 2012

Sorry it's been so long since my last post. I was having technical difficulties with my card reader, but Steve finally figured it out and now I can post all my pictures from the past month! 

Steve and I celebrated Christmas on Christmas Eve with my family this year. We had a great time, especially with our three little nephews!

christmas crafts

Christmas is definitely craft time in the Kieklak household. I love making handmade gifts for family members, so I started planning what to make in early November. I made Steve this tshirt quilt and I made a series of paintings for both of Steve's siblings. His sister Erica loves all things Harry Potter, so when I saw these on Pinterest, I decided to make my own larger version for Erica's present.

steve's tshirt quilt

Steve has a ton of old tshirts that he doesn't wear but doesn't want to get rid of, so for Christmas I made him a tshirt quilt. It was a little difficult for me to find instructions online for all the steps I needed, so I decided to post my quilting process here for anyone looking to attempt this project.