A Smoky Mountain Adventure

The Maxwells, the Parks and the Goldbergs. AKA my sister, my brother-in-law, nephew, niece, mom and brother all shared a cabin the Smoky Mountains for a week. We had a great time enjoying the peace although it may not have been quiet! Jacob took some hikes with the boys and saw a momma bear with her cubs! I enjoyed Ella having a playmate other than myself! Mia just enjoyed the attention. This is one of my favorite pictures of the trip. This was on the one hike that we all took together.

My Sweet Pea is Three!

Ella Josephine is now three! Jacob and I think she is three going on sixteen with her new found independance. She is definately a challenge and I know that God has entrusted me with her passion, somedays I wish He hadn't trusted us so much! She brings this world so much light that sometimes it hurts my heart.

Finally posting again!

I don't know if my life just got really busy or I decided to add to my new found "craftiness" but I am going to try to start posting more frequently. I have some many things to update on so I will do them in individual posts!

Contest time!

Win the Essential Babywearing Stash from Along for the Ride (one Beco Butterfly, one Hotsling baby pouch, one BabyHawk Mei Tai, one Zolowear Ring Sling, and one Gypsy Mama Wrap)

Click on this link to enter this contest. I ordered my Ergo carrier from this website and the owner is very nice!

Congratulations Brad!

This is my brother Brad. This was taken yesterday. That car in the picture. It won the Indy 500. The other guy in the picture, Scott Dixon, winner of the Indy 500. My brother is an engineer for Target Chip Ganassi racing. This is not the main car he engineers, but all the engineers (well all 3 of them) work together. This has been my brother's dream since we were little. We lived very close to the Speedway and Brad's birthday is always close to race day, because of this, he always wanted to work on race cars. I am so proud of my brother for accomplishing his dreams.

My only question is, what do you do with life when you accomplish your dreams before you even turn 30?

Amazing...

Okay, so the pictures aren't the greatest but can you tell who is who? One of them is my daughter, the other one is my niece Maggie!

A Week Without Cable

So it has been a little more than a week without cable. Now to give you a little background, I have had cable all of my life. We just didn't slowly wean ourselves from digital to classic to basic, we completely cut the cord so to speak! I now have one channel and its not even the one I like. In fact, the only time I ever watched CBS was during football season! I must report that this has gone way better then I suspected. Ella still occasionally asks for PBS Kids but I think she is trying to find other things to do. I knew that she was watching to much TV, but it was much to easy to turn it on, especially when I was having a particulary hard day with her. I think the transition has really helped us out. I would recommend anyone doing this. I mean we were TV watchers! Especially cable channels. It helps that we are heading into the summer months, but I am thankful that God gave me the strength to cut out something that I really think was an idol in our lives. Maybe now I can use that sewing machine!