Easter in TN

Jason told me he needed a weekend to install a sprinkler system at our house. This was a perfect opportunity for me to go with my parents to TN, especially since we’re not going for Christmas this year. The drive is 5 hours each way and I was fairly impressed with how Kate handled the ride. It’s definitely a long drive but we made it with lots of new toys and snacks. We did barely miss tornadoes driving there, one was right behind us and one was right in front of us. Luckily my Dad was driving and not me! Every year my relatives do lunch then an Easter egg hunt. Everything becomes a lot more fun when you have a child who can participate in the activities. Last Easter Kate was so small but this year she could attempt to hunt for eggs. We had a great time and Jason was able to finish installing the sprinkler system (with some serious help from Ty) He even added fancy little features, so our small garden now has it's very own dripper irrigation system which means we don't have to stand out there forever with the hose. However the cable was cut during the process and I ended up going 5 days without internet!

Our little Chef. My aunt had a play kitchen and tool set that Kate loved playing with

This picture would be perfect if only Jason was in it. We missed him!

All the little kids lined up before the Easter egg hunt and Kate got right in line with them

Everyone who knows me says she looks like my Dad and everyone who knows Jason says she looks like him. No one says she looks like me!

My Mom was too busy helping Kate hunt for a posed picture


Me trying to teach Kate to put the eggs in her basket instead of just shaking and opening them



She got the hang of it, though this was her 3rd egg hunt (1st with church play group then in Columbus)

I absolutely love those cheeks :)

Coming home

Happy Easter

A little late I know! I will post pictures from our trip to TN soon because Kate had a blast and was incredibly cute as always!

Mountain Trip

A couple of weekends ago we decided we needed to get away. There is nothing better than weekend trips and just because we have a baby now doesn’t mean we’re going to stop going on them. We have seriously been to every interesting town that is within driving distance, and some we really should have flown to.

We decided to go back to my parent’s friends cabin because it’s beautiful up there and free :) Our friends, Greg and Lara, came with us which was great because we don’t get to see them often now that they’ve moved. The day before we realized Kate was too big for the baby Bjorn and would give Jason a major backache carrying her on his stomach. I hopped on Craigslist, my absolute favorite, found a cheap baby backpack carrier, emailed them and picked it up all in the same day. Kate loved riding on Jason’s back and I even tried it out for a little bit. This was the perfect weekend for our trip, it wasn’t hot and nobody was there.

Thank you Craigslist

Family Portrait

Kate had a ton of fun walking around and digging up rocks

Our child is quite independent. We wanted to see how far she'd go but I had to call her back since it didn't look like she was going to stop
Have you ever seen a cuter 1 year old :)

Our favorite waterfall. There were 3 connected and this was the bottom one. As we were walking to it we kept passing signs about how people died here and it wasn't parked own and about 3 more signs saying people died here. We're guessing some really smart people tried to jump off this one or tried to canoe down starting from the first one.

Can't wait for our next trip!

(We missed you Ty and Dana!)