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Amanda’s Baby Shower

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 [...]

Ozarks – May 30, 2011

Our last day began around 7am as we made some coffee and began to pack up. We packed the stuff up and were able to get the tents and tarp dry so it’s all ready to pack back up when we get home. We are sad leaving but so happy to have an awesome trip [...]

Ozarks – May 29, 2011

We began our day around 7am with coffee and oatmeal. We donned our hiking gear and headed off. Our first stop was at Rocky Falls, a gorgeous waterfall requiring only a short walk. We got some great pics and video at Rocky Falls and even were able to climb around the falls a little. There [...]

Ozarks – May 28, 2011

Saturday morning started early. We got up about 7:15 to get ready for our canoe trip. After a light breakfast of oatmeal and coffee we were picked up by the canoe place about 8:15am. We were going to canoe from Pulltite campground to our Round Spring Campground but the river level was pretty high so [...]

Ozark Trip: May 27, 2011

We loaded up our car last night so that the only thing we would have to do this morning was throw on our clothes, pack the ice chests, and jump in the car. We got off around 8:30am this morning, about 30 minutes later than we wanted thanks to me needing to go back to [...]

Smoky Mountains – Tuesday, May 25, 2010

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, [...]

Smoky Mountains – Monday, May 24, 2010

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 [...]

Smoky Mountains – Sunday, May 23, 2010

Smoky Mountains – Saturday, May 22, 2010

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 [...]

On Being a Light

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 [...]