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T-minus 12 days until vacation. That's it folks, that's all I got.

This is Sarabeth's first horse ride. Nugget is actually a mini horse, not a pony. He gets very offended by that. My dad has a horse ranch in central Florida where we spent last week. We had a blast and I enjoyed seeing my dad with Sarabeth. The trip was too short as always but we plan to go back at Christmas. I'll have more pics of the trip soon.

Ok, here are a few pics from our vacation in the Smoky Mountains. Matt and I took my younger sister, Lindsay, and met up with his 3 aunts and his mom for an RV trip through Tennessee. It was a great getaway before the baby comes and the cool thing about being in the RV was that I could eat, sleep, and pee whenever I wanted without making everyone else stop! Here's a little glimpse at how the trip went: Me at the entry of an old Appalachian home on the Cades Cove Trail. This is one of the few original structures that were built during the 1800s. It was very cool to walk through these and see how people actually lived back then. Matt on the Appalachia Trail. This trail runs from Georgia to Main and goes right through the Smoky's. There were lots of hikers on the trail. My sis Lindsay at Abrahms Creek. Very, very cold water! The Aunts and me in the creek. It felt so good to stop and wade in the water. It was really hot most of the day! Matt took this one morning around 6am. Th...

It's a Landes tradition that each year for our anniversary, we take turns planning a fun getaway. This year was my turn, which I love because I am THE PLANNER. Matt wanted to go shopping at the outlet malls in San Marcos so I made reservations at this really cool river house in New Braunfels over a month ago. It is owned by a friend of a friend so I got it for free, I thought. About a week before I got a call that the "friend" would need me to send her a check for $200 for a cleaning fee and a utility charge?? I was a little put out, of course because our budget did not call for a $200 lodging fee. Matt and I talked and HE decided we should just forget about the cabin and "wing it" for the weekend. We could find a hotel when we got there. He really didn't want me to get stressed out about planning something. I'm in a season of my life where I am really trying to let go of some control and trust my husband with things so I agreed (against my will). You kn...