Celebrating...

Wednesday was my birthday, and we went to

Shady Maple to celebrate!

We took Phil's dad and my mom

(She wouldn't let me take her pic--so I snuck the one below)

We had a great day!

We did a little shopping downstairs of course!

 Beautiful!

This giant hand below was alongside the road on the way home-

it was so interesting I had to snap a shot! ;)

I was thankful to have such a lovely day!

Our Trip-Day Two-Part 2

The scenery in my Mom's hometown of Sparta was breathtaking!

All through the county were these lovely quilt squares mounted on buildings

and barns

In the hardware store in town, there was a poster of them all

The hardware store also gave us some interesting photos :)

Don't you love the quilt on this display?

Then we hit a little boutique in the town--so fun to shop in!

We thought the shirt below was cute, we are flip flop wearers :)

The sign below is from the Christian cafe that is in the same building

Most of the pictures are Bri's--I did try and take the one below of the window dressing

(sorry it didn't come out that great)

It was a long day, with a lot of emotions...some very sad, and some very joyful.

Isn't that just like life?



Christmas is less than 40 days away!

Just wanted to remind you while you're Christmas shopping.... about my friend Marci's store!

She sells everything from aprons and potholders...

To stainless steel bakeware...

To Cookbooks....And, if you're not sure....she also sells gift certificates!

So, go on over to her store....and check it out! Happy shopping!