Monday, February 28, 2011

We're Going Green!

That's right! Our house is slowly going green! Now don't be expecting solar panels to warm the house OR us bicycling to create power to get the coffee maker going in the morning. I would need the coffee before I got on the bicycle but I digress... we have made a few steps towards "greenness", steps that would make any environmentalist proud.

Since I'm not taking any classes this spring, I decided I needed a few projects. Therefore, Maggie and I have started composting. We save up food scraps, like fruit, veggies, coffee grinds, etc. and bury them in the garden. Hopefully, our garden will be over-flowing with nutrient rich soil, which, in turn, will bring us delicious vegetables this summer. Home and Garden stores do offer specialty composting containers but their usually made of plastic, which is made of petroleum, which continues our dependency on foreign oil...also, they're usually made in China, which under-age children are probably working in horrible conditions and being paid pennies for hours upon hours of work....again, I digress....

Another step we've taken is using a recycling bin. We received the bin on Friday and already it is almost full! Hopefully, this summer we will be investing in a rain barrel. Go ahead, roll your eyes, I already get plenty of that from my parents. The Lord has blessed us with a remarkable world and we are doing our part to help take care of it. While I don't believe that mere man can destroy what God has built, I do believe that we can damage it severely.


Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Well Hello There!...





It's obviously been awhile since our last post but hopefully in 2011 I can be better about recording Maggie's life and sharing it with everyone. Here's some recent pics to enjoy....



We have been thoroughly enjoying the warmer weather by starting many new projects and we will be blogging about them regularly.

Warm Wishes!!!


Monday, January 24, 2011

Saturday, December 4, 2010

Happy Thanksgiving!

Well, I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving weekend! We had a fantastic weekend in the teeny, tiny little town of Blue Ridge, Georgia. We went to visit the Carrier (Mimi's side) of the family and we always have a great time with them. Blue Ridge is an adorable little town with great shopping and scenery. I highly recommend a visit. Papa also treated everyone to a train ride on the Blue Ridge Scenic Railroad, which included a visit with Santa. Maggie did much better with Santa this year than last year :-) The cookiness of my child persists....she adores and runs to hug Mickey and friends but Santa still concerns her. Andrew, Katie and baby Michael were able to make the trip also. Overall, it was a great weekend and it was fun to get away for a few days.


Maggie's first attempt at fishing, off Uncle Doug's dock

Monday, November 22, 2010

Tinkerbell Fever!!!

Maggie has developed a new fascination with Tinkerbell. In fact, I would say Tinkerbell is her favorite thing right now...I've even heard her talk about Tinkerbell in her sleep! So what else would Maggie be for Halloween than Tinkerbell! She even, surprisingly, kept that flower bow in her hair. We celebrated Halloween two different weekends. First at Boo at the Zoo, at the Greenville Zoo and then second, at the Enchanted Tracks at the Pavilion. Both were tons of fun and Maggie received lots of candy.


Isn't she the cutest Tinkerbell ever??? :-)

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

And We're Back!!!....

After a long hiatus, The Mommy Life is back! We've had many changes over the break and hopefully I can catch everyone up to speed. Here are some pics from over the past months..


Maggie meeting her nephew, Michael Weston

Maggie's 2nd Birthday Party

Maggie and mommy at Disney World

Maggie and Emery enjoying feeding the chickens, at the zoo

We have had quite a busy summer and fall. Maggie turned two, I took some extremely stressful classes, and we've had a new family member added, sweet Michael Weston. It's been a busy but wonderful six months but I'm glad we're back!

Saturday, May 29, 2010

Maggie Goes to the Biltmore

Mother's Day weekend we were fortunate enough to take a day trip to the Biltmore Estate. We had a wonderful time and surprisingly it was very kid friendly. Maggie ran around the estate like she owned the place!