Oh My....Really?

1 Month...That's all we have left until Cort comes home.

It seems like it has taken forever to get to this point.

I am soooo glad we our to our own month countdown.

Love you brother and can't wait to see you.

The Future

The FUTURE belongs to 

those who BELIEVE in the 

beauty of their DREAMS.

* eleanor roosevelt

First camping trip

Last weekend Caleb and I went on our first camping trip with the trailer. We figured we needed to get out and figure everything out on our own before we went out with other people and look dumb for not knowing how to work everything. I think our biggest challenge was trying to figure out how to get water into the hot water heater. After running into town to buy a screwdriver we were set. After getting the hot water going we didn't have a worry in the world. We had a great time and enjoyed being away from our everyday things. Here are a couple of pictures from the trip.

On the road.....

We played a few games but this was our favorite.

and ohhhh the views.

Last year we camped once. We plan to beat that just in the month of May. We are looking to forward to as many trips as we can get in this summer. I have to say I have never really looked forward to camping. the fact that this last camping trip involved microwave popcorn, a movie and cuddling on the couch. Yep that's my kind of camping.

What's better than giving a gift that gives?

This year I told Caleb I knew exactly what I wanted to give our mom's for Mother's day. I have had the idea for a few weeks now. It seems like we give a lot of gift cards to those we love on his or her special day. Not this Mother's day. I wasn't sure how to buy the gifts without the help from both moms. Hmmmm... On Easter my mom actually mentioned the gift that I was thinking about. I was caught off guard. Do I talk about it? Do I ignore her? Is this my sign to tell her what my plan for Mother's day is? So what is my plan? My mother-n-law doesn't know the plan yet...only because she was out of town this weekend...If you are my mother-n-law read no further....

One for one...what's that? There is an amazing company out there that if you buy one pair of shoes they give a pair of shoes to a child/person in need. Back in 2008 TOMS had their eyes set on Ethiopia. (Click on the word Ethiopia to go to their page for a brief description of their trip.) They went to Ethiopia on a mission trip to donate shoes to those in need. How cool is that? When we were in Ethiopia we witnessed for ourselves how many people are still without shoes. Giving a pair of these shoes to each of our moms will mean that there are four more people in the world getting new shoes. I love the idea. So I have to place an order for the shoes but need to take my mother-n-law out to try them on so we know what size to get her.

HaPpY Mother's Day

Here is a link to the TOMS website if you want to check out what they do. http://www.toms.com/

May

Ohhhh month of May...lets see what you have in store for us.

* Baby Shower
* Boston
* Mothers Day
* Camping
* Mom's Birthday
* More camping