Mountain Vacay photo recap

Hello lovely readers... I have missed y'all!

I hope y'all enjoyed reading the posts from some wonderful ladies while I was away.

Friday evening Ephraim and I got home from our wonderful mountain vacation with my family! 

This was truly one of the most relaxing vacations I have ever been on. I am still bummed Stephan couldn't come with us. He deserves some relaxation too!

We didn't have many scheduled activities on this vacation. We did a lot of rocking on the porch, riding bikes and antique shopping. It was so good to get to spend time with family I don't get to see all the time. 

I think the best way to share our trip with y'all would be through all the pictures I took, while there.

This was our home. I wish we could live here for real...

That is, if it didn't take 20 minuets to get down to any type of civilization. And if that civilization wasn't a Piggly Wiggly that only had three flavors of Blue Bell ice cream.

But this view kind of makes up for the lack of things to do in town.

 One morning we went to breakfast at the Dillard house. E ate:

Blackberries

Strawberries

A pancake

Half a Biscuit

Eggs

Grits

A little Sausage and some Bacon

The Dillard house has a farm out back. E loved the animals

after the Dillard house we headed to the Fun Factory

This little guy rode on my parents car from our house, to the Dillard House, stayed on through breakfast and then hitched a ride to the Fun Factory.

 Ephraim helped me and my sister play games. He even played whack a gator "all by himself." We had 5,000 tickets and E was very excited about all his winnings. His favorite was the train cup.

One day while pulling up at the pool I spotted this guy.... 

No your eyes did not deceive you, that is a dog in a bag wearing goggles...

Most days it was cloudy and cool, but we got two good pool days. Ephraim swam for two hours on our second pool day!

Down at the bottom of the mountain, there was this gorgeous field, surrounded with a white fence. My sister and I made friends with the horses who lived there. We fed them biscuits and grapes almost everyday.

On this trip E discovered his love for bubbles. He also leaned how to say bubble. And ball and papa(My dad) and he perfected uh-oh....

 My Granddaddy used to work for Hormel and every where he goes he asks the people he meets if they have heard of SPAM. You know like the nasty smelly meat in a can...?  My Nana brought all the grand kids SPAM t-shirts, so we could take a picture with my Granddaddy.

Do you think we could be on awakwardfamilyphotos.com?

E's SPAM shirt was more of a SPAM dress, but he still looked cute!

We had a great time, but we're really glad to be home with Stephan.

Friday Please Come Quickly

The past few weeks have been very busy for my family. Between work, church, small group and new house stuff I feel like just aren't enough hours in the day to get everything done. I know my posts have been suffering due to all the craziness and I apologize. I've lost a few followers in the past few day. So sad...

Life will slow down a bit here shortly and I will be back to posting more regularly.

I am excited to say I will have be getting a little break starting Friday.

I will be headed here with my family.

via

Sky Valley, Georgia

Our beach vacation was with the hubs side of the family and this mountain vacation will be with my side of the family.

Unfortunately, Stephan wont be able to take off work to go with us...

You don't even want to get me started on that story. His boss may or may not be on my bad list.

It will be strange spending a week away from the hubs, but I know it would crush my grandparents if E and I didn't go.

I am seriously looking forward to relaxing on that porch with a cup of coffee and a good book.

While I'm away I will have some ladies keeping ya'll entertained! 

I have some days still open so if anyone is interested in a guest post spot lets chat!

Rachelnichols11.12@gmail.com

Goals for the Week

WOAH It's early...

Today I'm linking up with Erika from teandbaby , who will be guest blogging for me Tuesday, for goals for the week

This week my goals are simple...

Finish the last minute cleaning I need to do around the house, before my brother comes to house sit. 

Pack our stuff for the beach. Yes it is the day of our trip and I haven't packed yet. This is extremely rare for me. I usually have a check list of what to pack and I haven't even made on this time. Here's to hoping I don't forget anything.

other goals include

Relaxation... No stress what so ever

Getting a tan

Finishing some more bracelet orders.

Having at least one date at the beach just me and the hubby.

and

Lots and Lots of family time!

I hope you all have a wonderful Sunday!

Fill in the Blank Friday

Today has been fun, so far. E and I took little Lyla on a walk. She made it half a mile (which with her little legs and my power walking was more like two miles, for her.) then she hitched a ride with E.

He is telling her all about the basket ball he saw in someones yard and just about came out of his stroller for. We will have to take the monster Samson for a walk later. It's just too much to handle all three of them at one time. In case anyone was wondering... Samson is a whopping 50lbs and just turned five months old.

I just love it when his ears do this. It makes him so much cuter haha. 

Earlier in the week I promised today would be my first Fill in the Blank Friday. You can link up here to join in on the fun!

1.) My bedtime routine includes: Putting Ephraim to bed, watching a tv show or two with the hubs, getting in bed and doing one or all of the following: having a convo with the hubs about our day, watching something on hulu, and/or checking facebook, twitter, instagram etc. for the last time of the night.

2.) I am: really having a hard time finishing this post today. I have literally been staring at the screen for about an hour. Sad. I am also really excited about this post. Weird.

3.) I can't stand: when people come to complete stop in a merge lane  because  it is a MERGE lane not a stop sign, You have a WHOLE lane!!! You are going to end up getting rear-ended. End rant.

4. My idea of relaxation would be: A weekend a week away with my hubby. Some where tropical. Who wants to make this happen for us?!

5. If I had an extra $50, I would: Probably think about using it on something nice for myself, since I have three shirt, a pair of jeans and a dress I rotate between right now, but then end up spending it on E or Stephan. It seems to always happen that way...

6. The best thing about a bloggy friend is: They are all so very nice and encouraging. Everyone should be like that. :)

7.  A recipe I've been dying to try is: I can't say there is one I have been DYING to try, but this one is on my to make soon list!

I hope you all have a very lovely weekend!