Bear!!

We are in Gatlinburg, TN this week on vacation. I had one goal on this trip (besides having fun and relaxing), I wanted to see a bear. I knew we would be hiking in the mountains and I was just convinced we would find a bear........even though the rest of my family thought I was crazy! Today we were pulled over on the side of the road looking for a geocache and guess what was there............a huge black bear!!


This is a terrible picture but here is the bear trying to get into a house!

And here is the bear right before he started running towards us and we had to jump back in the van! Unbelievable!!!

New Kitchen

I have wanted to redo our bar area in the kitchen for awhile now so a few weeks ago we decided to go ahead and do it. The kids and I were headed out of town for a few days so Ryan decided it was the perfect opportunity. Here are the before pictures.....

And the after......Ryan did a fabulous job!!!

Blueberry Pickin'

This morning the kids and I ventured to Noblesville to pick blueberries. We had gone to pick strawberries in June and had a great time so I thought, "let's go get some blueberries too". The kids started out strong.
And then we all quickly realized it was going to take a lot longer to fill our baskets with blueberries than it did strawberries! They were troopers though and we ended up with 2 full baskets. If you notice Alli's basket is empty, every single berry she picked went into her mouth! All she kept saying was, "So gooood Mama!":)

We rewarded ourselves with some ice cream from the country store. Fun day!!