Crafting Retreat

I arrived yesterday at the Biblical Life Institute for my crafting retreat! Isn't this place fabulous?! It's so wooded and serene, I wish I could stay all week! There is a group of elderly people who run this place and they make the most delicious food! They set off the fire alarm to tell you when it's time to eat! lol It scares the crap out of you, especially when you don't know it's coming! I have felt spoiled over the last couple of days!
This place is very old, and it kind of gives me the creeps to be honest. It's beautiful inside, but very very old. We were talking about ghosts last night, and the one lady said that she cannot go down the long hallway upstairs. At the end of the hallway there is a red curtain, and an "A" over the door. She said the curtains move and she just gets this uneasy feeling!

Well as I was going to bed last night around 2:30 am, my friends and I went looking for the red curtain! Well guess where my room is?.....Look at the photo it's room #28 right by the red curtain! LOL

I was soo afraid to go to sleep, that I thought about staying up all night! I did go to sleep, however I woke up about every hour startled looking around the room for ghosts! lol
Here's the sign on the front of my bedroom door. It says: "This is your crafting home away from home. Enjoy!" I thought that was very cute!

Check out my room! I think it is so cute! I love the antique furniture...it's very charming!
The bed was very comfortable, except it squeaked each time I moved an inch! lol

Tomorrow is my last day. I'm going to be very sad to leave! Tomorrow I'll share some photos from around the campus here. This place is just fantastic!

Unfortunately, I have talked more than I have crafted! So hopefully I can get a lot done in the morning!

Round Hill Park- Part 2

It's Spring time, and the farm had many baby animals. I totally fell in love with this baby lamb! If I had a big purse with me I probably would have smuggled him home!

He is so sweet, when he came up to the fence, I rubbed his soft little nose and he just closed his eyes! I really thought I was going to put him to sleep! I could have stayed there all day with him, but the boys weren't very interested in the animals!
The mother had three little babies. One black one, and two brown ones. Aren't they precious?! They constantly wanted to eat, and she barely stood there long enough to let them!

I'm not a big fan of chickens, but the little baby chicks sure were cute! There were tons!

And these pigs were enormous! I know it's sad for me to admit this (I would love to be a vegetarian) but I got so hungry when I saw that big pink pig! I immediately thought of a ham sandwich with spicy brown mustard on it! lol It sort of reminds me of the cartoon "Tom and Jerry"...there is an episode where Tom sees Jerry and he has this thought of Jerry on a hot dog bun! I was totally visualizing this ham on a bun! lol

And isn't this spotted pig sooo sweet?! It must have been a lazy day in the barn, all the pigs were napping!

Oh and the ducks! Usually there are lots of ducks at the farm, but that day there was maybe 20! I don't know where they all went? Maybe they are still vacationing in Florida and haven't gotten back from their winter migration!

Usually big geese/ducks frighten me! They usually hiss and come at you looking for something to eat! They can be very intimidating, especially to young children! The ducks weren't really hungry when we were there, but this duck and a couple others came out of the creek towards us. They nibbled here and there, and this duck was especially good with the boys! You can just see the gentleness in her amazing blue eyes! Alex was following her around...he'd make a sudden movement, and she'd flinch and that was about it! She wasn't afraid of the boys!

Ben, who is usually afraid of his own shadow, even fed the duck! Check it out!

Here's my little photographer, Alex, getting awfully close for a photo! I'll have to post some of his photos from our day at the farm! There is a really good one of me petting that baby lamb!

Here the sweet goose is coming towards him, and it looks like she is posing for the photo!

We had such a great time, and I cannot wait to go back soon!

Round Hill Park- Part 1

Yesterday I took the boys to Round Hill Park for a photo shoot! Round Hill Park is an exhibit farm, which is about a half hour from my house. They have pavilions for picnics, playgrounds, a duck pond, and various farm buildings. There is no admission, which is wonderful, and it's such a great place to take photos!

First we ate lunch in the pavilion, and then we went to feed the ducks. After that we explored the many buildings that was at the farm. More on that tomorrow, when I post some photos of the baby animals!

Here are some of my favorite photos of the day. If you want to see the whole album, you can view it at my photography site HERE. I used the opportunity of taking a rest in the shade as a photo opp!

The views from this park are awesome! I'm going to be sure to visit this Fall, when I know it will be beautiful!

This is my favorite place in the whole park! I just love this lane! I can't wait until Fall, I bet it's just beautiful with the trees that line the lane!

Check back tomorrow, when I post some photos of the cute little baby animals! Have a great day!

Happy Easter!

Every year our local floral shop has the cutest Easter display! They always have real bunnies in their display, and every year we never get to see it! I always get so busy with the holiday and things that it's always too late whenever I think about going. So today I decided to take the boys! I apologize for the photos, it was a sunny day, the shop was closed, so I had to take photos through the glass. The reflection on the glass was horrible! Anyway, here are some photos!

It was the cutest mommy bunny, and four of her babies! If you look closely you can barely see the one little bunny's ear...cause he was snuggled right up under his mommy!
This little guy hopped on over to get a drink! They are all so cute...I want to take them all home!

I like the reflection of this photo, you can see a smile on Ben's face!

Here's a photo taken through two sets of glass..but I love the look of them looking through the window at the bunnies! It reminds me of the movie "The Christmas Story" where all the kids are looking through the glass at the amazing Christmas display!

I planned on cropping my reflection out of the shot, but I don't have photoshop on my laptop yet, and I don't feel like using it on the ancient computer upstairs! Plus, this is one of the rare times that I'm actually in a family photo! lol

The flower shop was closed, but as we were walking away Alex tried to go into the store. He said that he wanted to go in and buy a bunny! Alex takes after me...he's an animal lover too! Oh how I wish we could have a bunny! Maybe someday!

Hope everyone has a wonderful Easter!