Happy Independence Day!

Happy Independence Day!

We sincerely hope that you are able to celebrate this weekend with some downtime. Since 1776 Americans have celebrated their patriotism and Pride on July 4th – the day the Declaration of Independence was signed. We will be at the lake this weekend, catching up with family and friends – eating too much, getting sunburned,…

Liebster Award

Liebster Award

Happy Monday!  We hope y’all had a great weekend and Father’s Day…we know we did! We don’t know if any of you have ever heard of the Liebster Award, but it is given to bloggers by bloggers and we would say it is like a modern day chain letter.  It is also a great way…

Memorial Day…

Memorial Day…

Today is Memorial Day…a day that is set aside for us to remember fallen soldiers. Men and women whom enlisted in the United States Armed Forces and lost their lives for America. I am very proud of my enlisted family members…and grateful that they did NOT lose their lives in battle… This is my grandpa…

It’s a New Year…

It’s a New Year…

We’re back…we trust that your holidays were as wonderful, fun, meaningful and love-filled as ours. We were so fortunate to have this time to be with our family and friends. It was NO fun taking all of the Christmas decor down yesterday (as we have been out of town) but once it was all put…

Family Ties…

Family Ties…

I don’t know about where you live but here in Atlanta we had a very wet summer.  If it wasn’t raining it was hot and humid. On one of those rainy days, I grabbed my iPad and did a little genealogy research. I just like to piddle and put family member names into Google or…