Its been a hard week. My grandfather passed away yesterday. Visitation is tomorrow and the funeral is Saturday. I know he’s at peace now, but I’m so sad for my grandmother. I can’t imagine loosing your husband after 62 years of marriage.
The kids have helped to cheer everyone up this week. They’ve been busily doing [...]
The next few days, I’m going to throw myself into finishing unpacking, organizing closets, and hopefully getting started on painting in our new house. We’ve been here a month and there’s still tons of boxes of books in the basement, the kids toys are completly unorganized in the playroom, and none of the bedrooms have [...]
What’s the term that’s the equivalent of “gym-rat” when it applies to people who obsessively hike? Because that would be me!
Today we hiked Peaks of Otter. It was so much more strenuous than I remembered it being, but then again last time I hiked it I was 16 and wasn’t carrying a 23 lb baby [...]
I’ve had a nice last few days. My kids continue to grow unbelievably cuter by the moment! Don’t believe me? Check it out:
(mommy’s little tree-hugger!)
I haven’t updated in a few days… so what have I acomplished? I mowed our yard for starters! On Wednesday I mowed the entire yard, which is somewhere around 1.5 acres [...]
On Sunday, David and I had a WONDERFUL afternoon going to the progressive wine tasting. We visited three wineries, one cider mill, and one brewery. I have to admit that my favorite beverages during the entire day were the ciders! (I think we’ll do some more wine tastings soon, though – it was so much [...]
Happy Father’s Day to David, Granpa, Pop-Pop, and Papa!
Killy, Ellie, and I are so blessed to be surrounded by such wonderful, loving, funny, fun fathers, grandfathers, and great-grandfathers.
We hiked up Mt. Rogers today, in Grayson County. I think it might have been my first time actually hiking on the Appalachian Trail! We did about 6-7 miles in 4 hours, if that gives you an idea of how strenuous the terrain was! Here’s a few of the best pictures: