I grew up in Atlanta and loved it! What a fun town to live in since there is always something going on or somewhere you need to be. Now that I'm grown up, married, and have kids of my own, I've found a different liking for the city. What once was fun to go downtown and just hang out, doesn't really happen much when you have kids, especially when they are at a young age. Now, when we visit cities, we look for museums, aquariums, fun restaurants, and somewhere with a good, family atmosphere. Since ...
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The Old Spaghetti Factory {review & giveaway}
The Old Spaghetti Factory is one of our favorite places to eat in downtown Nashville. Serving delicious, complete meals in a unique atmosphere and at an affordable price, this restaurant was started in Portland Oregon in 1969. Their meals always include fresh bread, soup or salad, entrée, coffee, tea or milk and their signature spumoni ice cream for dessert. {my favorite!} Their food is made fresh daily using only the finest ingredients. It's the perfect venue for families & large ...
Collage Friday: Blissdom Roundup {iphoneography}
It's hard to believe that it's been a week since Blissdom was in full action. Now, I'm sad that it's over until 2013. I made some amazing connections, friendships, and learned a lot {all thanks to Apologia for sponsoring me!} Can you tell I had an awesome time? Here are some shots from my iPhone {and I'm calling this post "Blissdom Roundup"} -top left- It was so good to finally meet up with other homeschool bloggers - such a great group of ladies! {Tiany from The Homeschool Lounge, Sue from The ...
Tips For Planning Your Next Opryland Vacation
Even though we live in the Nashville area, we love visiting Opryland Hotel and making it our part of our stay-cation. I was born in Nashville and after living here for quite some time, I feel like I know Opryland Hotel like the back of my hand. When I was younger {and the park was still around}, we had season passes to Opryland Amusement Park. That and the Opryland Hotel were a big part of our weekends back then. The amusement park is now an outlet mall {which I LOVE Opry Mills} but the hotel ...
My Weekend Was Blissful
As ya'll know I attended Blissdom this past weekend thanks to Apologia. The weekend was Blissful. I don't know how else to put it. I arrived {the long trip I had of driving 30 minutes to Opryland Hotel} Thursday morning around 10:30 where I met up with the new owner of Hip Homeschool Moms, Wendy Hilton. It was fun to finally squeeze her neck and meet her in person. After that I had a very fun meeting with Kristi from Creative Kristi {have I mentioned I love her design work? She did my blog ...
Opryland Hotel – Enjoy Spring Break With Friends From Madagascar
This past weekend we had so much fun staying at Opryland Hotel and hanging out with Shrek & friends. DreamWorks Experience at Gaylord Hotels sure does bring a great time for families. When we arrived to check in at the hotel, we were greeted with fun activities and packets for the kids to enjoy. We quickly dropped our stuff off in our hotel room and headed to meet Alex the lion. My youngest {who is 3} wasn't too sure about being all close and personal to Alex but my 6 year old was all ...
My First Devotional {Tommy Nelson review & giveaway}
We have been looking for a good devotional book that my 6 year old can go through either with us or on his own. There aren't many out there that he can read and understand and come away encouraged by what he read {at least for his age}. When I saw My First Devotional, I was excited to get my hands on it! It features the same first-person style and easy-to-read text as My First Study Bible. This book is a great stand-alone devotional or story-by-story companion and reinforcement tool for My ...
Top 10 Apps I’ll Be Using At Blissdom
Blissdom is less than two weeks again and I'm getting so excited. I cannot wait to be in an atmosphere where friends, social media, and bloggers come together for 3 full days {yes, my heart is palpitating just thinking of it} I'm getting all my geeky devices ready {aka my laptop, iPhone, iPad} and have been in an app downloading mindset for the past few days. Ya'll already know I'm a hardcore Apple user, so now the question is... Which apps have I downloaded and will be using for the big ...