last weekend, i surprised my husband for his birthday and took him to the smokey mountains. we rented a cabin for one night and went hiking! my mom watched the little one which is always a huge blessing! it was a lot of fun and a nice little getaway. we visited old historic cabins… the […]

i feel as though a big down side to blogging or writing online is not being real. of course on a blog, you can be real to some extent but you have the choice and can choose just how “real” you want to be. i think being artistic in any way makes this a little harder. […]

it has been rather hot and humid here these summer days. i’m sure it is rather hot and humid where you are too. we’ve been trying to get outside during the evenings but after a few minutes, we are ready to come into the a/c. (praise Jesus for air conditioning!) we took these few pictures […]

i’m not sure if you have heard miranda lambert’s song “the house that built me” but today, the lyrics of that song keep going through my head over and over. today is a little bittersweet for me. my parents are moving out of the house that i spent most of my life growing up in. […]

when i was young, i couldn’t wait to grow up. in my teenage years i couldn’t wait to get a job. when i was in high school i couldn’t wait to graduate and attend college. i have always been one to look ahead and somehow want to speed up time. call it discontentment, i don’t […]