Dear friends and family, The Lord has done wonderful things for us this year and we are filled with joy! Spring 2011 held a great semester for Ryan at school. He is in Accounting full time and should graduate next December (2012) so we are counting down the days now! His class schedule last year [...]
Hi baby shower attendees! I wanted to post some info about the Diaper Shower to hopefully make your gift grabbing a little simpler! For our Diaper Shower, Amanda has registered at: www.amazon.com www.walmart.com www.babiesrus.com She is interested in doing cloth diapers – I’m sure she’d appreciate both cloth or plastic varieties and all the accessories [...]
Dear Friends & Family, I cannot believe our second Christmas is here! One and a half years of marriage has literally flown by and here we are, looking at 2011! I pray this letter finds you in the midst of a wonderful Christmas season, rejoicing in the birth of Christ our Savior! 2010 has been [...]
Tuesday provided another beautiful day with little rain and much adventure! We began the day with breakfast (and coffee!) and then headed to Cades Cove, about a 30 minute drive from our campground. Cades Cove is a beautiful place with much history. Dozens of people used to live in the Cove and their houses, barns, [...]
Monday – the weekend is over and our week begins! We decided to visit Newfound Gap Road on Monday. We began our tour with our “Auto Tour” guide in hand, a very informative guide to each stop on the Newfound Gap Road. We did not stop at all of the lookouts, trails, and sights but [...]
Please enjoy this narrative of the 2nd annual Wallace Vacation (the first would be our honeymoon last year!)! We had a great time in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park! Well, they say a picture is worth a thousand words – that’s why we took around 1,400 pictures! I wanted to share about our vacation [...]
Saturday I went to the grocery store. As most of you will probably know, Saturday is a rather interesting day to go to the grocery store – but I only needed a few things so I didn’t think I’d mind so much. I drove into the parking lot and was greeted by some older woman [...]
1 Peter 3:1-6 – “In the same way, you wives, be submissive to your own husbands so that even if any of them are disobedient to the word, they may be won without a word by the behavior of their wives, as they observe your chaste and respectful behavior. Your adornment must not be merely [...]
Happy Valentine’s Day! While enjoying this special day, I have become keenly aware that some people feel, well, frankly left out on this very special celebratory day. You see, there are several flaws that I see with how America looks at this holiday… 1. Valentine’s Day as a Marketing Strategy – By laying a guilt [...]