KATHLEEN!

Kathleen came down last weekend. We spent the saturday hanging out at the wineries.

We went to Von Jakob where we had our wedding reception. Then we went to Owl Creek one of my favorite wineries and then to a new winery Rustle Hill.

Cheers to good friends.

The girls

having fun

We ended up wearing the boys hats by the end of the night.

artsy photo

Ending the night at our bar, the cellar.

Walk around the lake and Eddie bicycling on the parallel bars.

It was a wonderful weekend filled with laughs, memories and good friends.

Hot Springs Arkansas trip

On Monday, Kit and I celebrated our one year wedding anniversary!! We celebrated by taking a long weekend to Hot Springs Arkansas. It is a wonderful town with bathhouses where you can soak in the nature hot springs, massages, hiking, crystal mining and so much more. Hot Springs is a town inside of a National Park. It is beautiful. If you ever get a chance it is a great vacation and we stayed in a cute house close to downtown through VRBO.

On Thursday night we drove to Memphis and on Friday we went to

GRACELAND!!!!!

I was a big Elvis fan growing up and it was a dream of mine. It was expensive but fun. Elvis sure had some eccentric taste.

Once in Hot Springs, we went crystal mining for quartz crystals. We spent about four hours looking for quartz and we found a ton. We had a blast. It is has been something I want to do for years. If you didn't know I love rocks and crystals.

They take dirt from a quarry like place and put it on top of this hill, then you get to dig through and find crystals. We found some really nice six sided quartz.

Here is Kit washing them off.

and me with one of my favorite big cluster of quartz rock we found. It was awesome.

The water is hot springs is safe to drink because it is always about 135 degrees. There are spots around town where you can fill up jugs to drink.

A view of the town from up high.

one of the hot springs

Kit testing out the water. It was so hot you could only keep your foot in for about 2 seconds.

Hiking

A cool sculpture in the botanical gardens. It was very high and we have no idea the purpose or meaning of it.

Kit loves pretending to be in an herbal essence commercial.

A church in the botanical gardens. all glass. I would love to go to a service here.

A view of the trees through the glass. it made the ceiling look like a forest or fairy land..

And a beautiful bridge to end on...

We had a blast! This year has been perfect. We came home ate year old wedding cake, (not too bad), had some champagne and watched our wedding video. ahhhh.

One year

Headed to Hot Springs Arkansas for our one year anniversary tomorrow!! yay:)

Thoughts from today

My friend Susie did this Women's Day Daybook on her blog and I thought it was really neat. It is from a blog called The Simple Women.

For Today...

Outside my Window... is a hot, sunny day. It is starting to cloud over and Bosky is playing in the backyard with Kit.

I am thinking...that I wish my feet would get rubbed and that i would be more crafty with my time.

I am thankful for...my family, the pets, fall days.

From the kitchen... apple pie, homemade bread, barbecue tofu, and apple cider.

I am wearing...comfy clothes and sitting under a blanket.

I am reading...Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon

I am hoping...to have a great one year anniversary week in Hot Springs Arkansas

I am creating... socks that I am knitting and many ideas for christmas presents.

I am hearing...Kit mowing the lawn.

Around the house...lots of laundry that still needs to be folded. Cats sleeping

One of my favorite things...the walk I went on with Bosky and Kit to the Co-op. Apple cider!

Hello October!!

Happy October! I love October, it is filled with cooler weather, pumpkins, fall and winter squash, and halloween. We have finally got some weather in the 60's and 70's and I am loving it. When I wake up super early for work everyday it is dark outside, which I don't like ,but as soon as the sun comes up and I walk out side with a light jacket on I feel blessed and lucky to start a day like that.

I bought my first pumpkin on the season at the farmers market. I can't decided what i am going to carve into it yet. Any ideas??

Here are some pics from years past.

Enjoy your weather and October!!!