Thursday, March 31st , 2011

I saw this picture and I fell in love, I don't know what it is about the picture, it has a haunted, southern feel that I just love.

Wednesday, March 30th, 2011

Today I read about a local charity and it made me so happy and inspired. I thought to myself , I'm going to do that! Except I think I'll keep a few in my car just in case I see an soaked stranger walking by. My street in my neighborhood is small and I don't know how many people I could help. Because spring showers are here and more are coming, I thought this would be a good deed to try. It could be your 17 second miracle for the day!

**want to know what 17 second miracle is? Go check out www.jasonwright.com


Umbrellas for Strangers is a home-run charity wherein we collect umbrellas in a secure, dry area of our house. On a day like today, we will watch vigilantly out the window. Upon our viewing of a stranger caught without covering, we will dispatch an umbrella to the unaware stranger, thus saving our new friend from wetness, annoyance and possibly pneumonia/death. When that stranger has no more use of the umbrella, he/she can kindly return it to our doorstep (thanks is not necessary, and we don't eat treats from strangers, unless they are pre-wrapped treats, Snickers and the like).

Thank you CJane for your inspiring ideas, check cjane out http://blog.cjanerun.com/

Tuesday, March 29th, 2011

Over the river and through the woods on a romantic getaway we go!!!!

A few weeks ago Rob and I took a little trip to midway/Heber/Park city together. (Thanks to Rob's mom, Cindy! She stayed with the girls for three whole nights, brave woman! ) We had a wonderful time. Lot's of yummy food and sleep. We Went horseback riding and we went on a sleigh ride! It was nice to have a moment with my sweet honey pie! So romantic......ahhhhh!

Snowed Inn!

Our Room at Johnson's Mill

Snowed Inn!

Sleigh ride!

Johnson's Mill!

www.johnsonmill.com & www.snowedinn.com

It goes with every outfit!

From the Heart, comes the truth!

A short conversation that made my day, maybe even my week !

ME: Sometimes I wish I could work so that I could feel like I'm helping out money wise, I feel like I don't do anything important!

FRIEND: yeah, it is hard because the stay at home work isn't as recognized or looked at by society as important, but to me that's where the importance is. How i look at it is men are by nature providers, they work to provide and support their family. In our modern times that is done by making money to pay for stuff. Women by nature are nurturers. And by modern society this is frowned upon and women, such as yourself, feel that it isn't "important" when it is more important than providing for. what you are doing is very very very very important.


It's amazing to have someone say something to you that is so simple but that really hits home. All I needed to hear was this, I don't need flowers or candy, I just need simple words that come from the heart. So, to my friend who took the time to tell me a simple truth, Thank you, you are an amazing person, who cares so much for others and always knows what to say to cheer me up!

Magic Eraser

The Mr.Clean Magic eraser is AMAZING, I don't know how they do it but it does perform some magic. I bought one a few weeks ago and it had been sitting on the counter and yesterday I decide to try it out. Well, to my surprise it worked better then any towel and all purpose cleaner. It got all the scuffs, scratches and spaghetti sauce of my walls and base boards, my house feel super clean now and I'm very happy. Try it out! It's pretty awesome :)

To New York and Back!

So, for our family vacation this year we decided to drive (yes drive) to New York. My dad and my stepmom and little sister live there and that is where Rob and I met.

We did our research and discovered that it would be cheaper to drive than fly. So, we packed up the jeep and started our adventure. On our way to New York we stopped in Fremont, Michigan, to stay with my Grandma for 2 days. My mom was also visiting, we had so much fun there. My grandma lives on creek that goes into a beautiful lake. Katie got to go fishing with my mom and Rob out on the paddle boat, she caught several fish. There was also napping and eating and enjoying family!

On day 6 we made it to New York. We stayed in NY for 7 days ( not long enough). We had so much fun. Rob and I got to spend a lot of time with my little sister Emily, who is 10 and a cute, funny and wonderful little girl. We got to go swimming almost everyday in their pool. We went shopping, took family pictures and had the chance to go visit my Grandpa and my Great Grandma, which is Katie and Lexie's Great Grandpa and Great Great Grandma, we took a 5 generation picture, Amazing!

Rob was also able to go to the University of Rochester, which is where he did his undergrad work! He went and visited with old professors and a few friends. I was able to go visit my very good friend Mindy, she is such an amazing woman, mother, wife and friend. She has such a sweet spirit and I always look forward to seeing her. We miss our New York family very much and treasure the time we had with them!

Our time in the car to NY and back was really fun and the girls were great, it went much better then I thought! Overall we had a wonderful and time and made a lot of great memories and also stayed in a few sketchy Motel 6 :)

Here are a few Pictures from our trip!