herb garden

we made another herb garden today...
jack had fun sounding out and spelling with the letters...
and then he is my sander....
he is so good at using that thing...
esme "read" in the hammock while we worked =)

making paper

i bought a $4 make your own paper set at the thrift shop yesterday...
and really you don't have to have all the bits and pieces but it made it easier and the kids had a BLAST
there was a blender (which later jack used to blend up all sorts of drinks for me =)) but we resorted to the trusty real blender... to make the pulp
then we added lots more water to it in the tray...
put into the mesh....
squished in the press
and then dried in the dehydrator!
jack added some flowers and leaves...
it was really fun and quite pretty...

check out my skirt!!!!!

HAPPY MOTHER"S DAY!!!!
we met up with grace and andy on mother's day in atlanta...
and grace made me this skirt!!!
i LOOOOVEE IT!!!
it is material that my mum used to use as curtains andi've saved it bc i love it so...
i wish i had a better pic..it fits perfectly!!!

feeding the trout at mark of the potter

there is a pottery shop that josh and i LOVE just about 20 minutes from glencove...
you can feed the trout from the porch that overlooks the river...
and those trout are amazingly large..
it is like pirhannas...sp???

hanging with marie

so nice...marie came up for the weekend ...and we just chatted and played....the kids laughed and snuggled with her on the couch...
just relaxing and so sweet...

visitors

kory......
butterflies (probably from where someone tee-teed =))
marie....
and esme bringing a caterpillar to show us...

minnihaha falls

just behind the cabin is minnehaha....which i don't quite know how to spell...
but i think it is the prettiest waterfall around....it is so accessable and you can see it without having to hang over a cliff =)
it is just beautiful....

hiking

katie and i took the kids one morning on a hike up the waterfall...then across a downed tree and then down the other side...
it was such an adventure! we didn't have a trail for some of it...so bushwacking with little ones was kinda funny...
the boys loved it!