Fun with Family

This past weekend was so much fun!~  Will and I drove up to Columbia Friday (after he got off of work) We spent a few hours at Mom's house before I dropped him off at McCrady for drill. 

Saturday, we got all of the food together to take out to Danny and Cheryl's and headed out to Gaston. I love the Family Compound that they've created out there! I would love to do the same thing!!! It was a wonderful day with family. It's so refreshing to see everyone and catch up on what's been happening in everyone's lives! We should honestly do it more often! Check out the pictures here

On Sunday, Dad and I dug around Mom's yard trying to find the lines that he buried 30 years ago for the sprinkler system... We didn't have too much luck! At least she was able to replace one sprinkler head. Handy Man Mike will be left to help with future digging! A pair of Canadian Geese have been visiting Mom's pond and it's so neat to watch their babies grow. 

We also found a pair of Wren that have made a nest in Mom's garage~! Carolina got to see the little babies and we were able to hear their sweet little tweets. New life is everywhere :) I have a picture of the babies that I'll upload later.

       baby wrens!!!!

Well, after I drove a very tired Will all the way home in a horrible rainstorm, I was pleasantly surprised to check my e-mail and find out that I'M THE WINNER!!!!!!

I absolutely LOVE following Sara's blog. I have been very dedicated to keeping up with what she and her family have been up to for the past three years! She seems to be one cool Christian Momma that happens to think very much like me :) Winning this vintage remedies book has made my week! I can't wait to get it and devour every page! For those of you that know me well, you know how happy this book makes me!! YAAY for me and a big thanks to Sara!!! Make sure you check out her blog! 

busy little bee

Things are CRAZY around our house. I'm still trying to get settled back in from our little vacation to Florida to see the shuttle launch. We returned home on Tuesday and I'm just getting laundry and diapers caught back up :) Can you imagine bags of poopy diapers (I had 4 days worth)

soooo I'm up to my elbows in Army clothing and equipment, duffle bags, and gear!!! I'm helping Will get all of his stuff together for OCS this summer. Yup, that's right, another summer away from us :( At least I won't be pregnant this time around. I'm very needy when I'm pregnant, so last summer was pretty hard on me! I hope that I'll be much better this time around! So, I'm packing up all of this gear and we're heading up to Columbia this evening. He'll spend the entire weekend on guard duty and the girls and I are going to Cheryl and Danny's house for a family cookout! I'm pretty excited! I'll be sure to post some pictures when I get home :) I'll have to share our shuttle photos as well! I got a couple of great shots! 

Well, off I go to get all of my work finished for the day so that I can stalk a few of my favorite blogs before we leave!!

Good Intentions

sooooo.... I've always wanted to blog. There is just ONE problem...... every time I start, I never actually make it past the first post! Life just gets in the way :)  Well, it seems like it will be much easier to keep family and friends updated this way rather than by phone (I seriously dislike talking on the phone) Keep me on track so that I'll actually stick with it this time!!