It feels like it has been forever since I have done a blog post…..maybe because it has been forever. Well, at least a week and a half!

I was pretty drained after Bobstock last week so it was good timing that we had planned a trip to Wisconsin! My mom has always wanted to rent a house by a lake in Wisconsin and have all her side of the family stay there and hang out. It worked out that we could all make it there this year, so 14 of us stayed in a house by Green Lake. [Read more…]

First of all, I am officially an owner of a brand new laptop! Walking in to the store Donny told me “if there is one you like that is only a couple hundred dollars over what you were thinking about spending, then just upgrade to it. You won’t regret it”. I thought that was good advice since I have a hard time making large purchases like this.

I walked in, went straight to the laptop area, and found someone to assist me. I had quite a few questions for them about purchasing a computer. The first thing she asked me was “what will you be using this for”. When I told her “editing pictures, but I’m not a professional photographer”, she immediately narrowed my choices down to three because she recommended one with a graphics card. I was glad that the choices were down to only three (helps my lack of decisiveness) but I did not like the prices of the three she recommended! All three were several hundred dollars more than what I had intended to spend. [Read more…]

I hope everyone had a fantastic Father’s Day and a great first day of summer! We had a great day yesterday full of family and food (shocker!). 

We went over to Donny’s parents’ house for lunch. Donny’s sister, Cathy, and her family (husband Jay and three kids Kyle, Elena, & Carlie) were in town from Tennessee and then Donny’s oldest brother along with his wife and daughter (Gemma is almost 3 months old now!) were all here to celebrate. Donny smoked brisket and ribs, then we had coleslaw, fruit salad, beans, potato salad, and four desserts! 

We hung out for a while at the Edson house and then ventured over to my parents. My grandpa requested fish & chips for dinner, so Donny fried up some beer-battered cod and my mom baked french fries!  [Read more…]

In case you missed it, Road Trip 2015: Part One can be read here.

(Chippewa Square: this square was the one filmed in Forrest Gump)

Savannah was only a couple hours from Augusta so we only had to make a few stops (yes, we made multiple in that two-hour time frame).  Once we hit Savannah we checked into our hotel, which was the perfect location! It was right on the river but faced downtown. We were in walking distance of everything we needed! We walked around for a little bit and decided to grab a bite to eat. It was fairly close to dinner time but we hadn’t eaten lunch so we shared a meal at this New Orleans-style restaurant called Huey’s on the River. We shared a shrimp po’boy that was smothered in gumbo. We had never seen that before! It also came with a side of red beans and rice. Donny was in heaven! Those are three dishes we love in the south… genius. [Read more…]