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Clara Petersik & Will Bower hang out and shoot the breeze. As a first date, we'd say it went pretty well.

Celebrating John's 31st birthday on our book tour stop in Houston, TX.

Thanksgiving is over which means it's time to put up the Christmas tree! Here's a quick look at the process of putting up our artificial Christmas tree to get you in the holiday spirit.

Clara counts along with this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkXfvA...

Since our six-month old probably won't remember much about her first house, we shot this video tour of how she enjoyed life in this home before we move.

A short video of our Bagster dumpster getting picked up.

Stenciling the walls of the office were a big job, but I got into a groove and learned some tricks. Here's what seemed to make it work well and go a little faster...

Putting together our new Karlstad sectional from Ikea wasn't a quick process, but it at least looks like it was thanks to time lapse - an a momentary lapse in camera battery power.

Sherry of YoungHouseLove.com and Katie of BowerPowerBlog.com sift through a Georgia Goodwill for affordable yet awesome finds.

A video trip around the outside areas of our property, since we've heard that it's a bit complicated to understand. Now you get to (sort of) walk it yourself.

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We turned an old basket into a light fixture. Here's how...

Real more: http://www.younghouselove.com/2012/08...

Instead of picking up toys and clothes and shoes for a pristine house tour I just walked around the house and recorded the real deal. Here it is in all of its average everyday glory.

Moments after meeting, Will Bower and Clara Petersik do their darndest to figure each other out. Love at first sight? We think so.

A little peek into how we capture our daughter's weekly photo that documents her first year.

To learn more about how we photoshop the final image, visit http://www.younghouselove.com/2010/08...

To see more of Clara's weekly photos, visit http://www.flickr.com/photos/younghou...

Clara has a unique way of showing Santa how much she loves him.

We don't usually decorate much for the year's spookiest season, but this year we pulled together a few things around the house plus some strategic purchases to dress up three areas of our living room for Halloween.

Music by Fauna
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Miscellaneous clips of our little lady shot between July 29 and August 2, 2010.

Sherry from Young House Love and Katie from Bower Power browse a Goodwill store for interesting finds that can be used in stylish ways without spending much dough.

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We're at it again! Here's our highly embarrassing video introducing the latest round of The Pinterest Challenge (proving once again that we should never record anything that we say or do).