Refreshed, Renewed, I'M BACK!!!!

I am BACK!!!  I think with a weekend in the mountains of Arkansas, and well on my way in the second trimester (yes, I did say that...we are pregnant) I can finally get back to blogging.  So yes we have been busy and tired around here.  I feel like I am getting a grip on things again and can put my brain back into blogging this Simple Life that honestly in the past several months haven't felt so simple.  So we were invited on an annual trip with some of our dearest friends to a mountain cabin in AR this last weekend and we had such a wonderful time.  I got a new lens for the camera and of course I played and now I must share some of our moments.

Mountain man - Clay.  He was in heaven up there in the clouds.  On our second day, he and a couple of others hiked a trail on one of the bluffs.  It was approximately 6 miles long, and about 2000 feet above sea level.  It took them around 4 hours but I think he would have been fine to be gone for four days.

This was on the morning we left.  The fog in the mornings was just incredible.  When it lifted you could see for miles, but you would never know it in the early morning.

Our cabin name.

Our Cabin.

The road to our cabin...just beautiful!

We stopped at a little Elk museum in the city of Ponca, just down the mountain from us.  It was such a sweet little museum and very educational.  Homeschooling  dream for such a little place.  Payton learned all about Elk and now can even make Elk calf and Elk bull sounds!

Can you believe this is the best sister picture I got all weekend.  Eden is just on the move and won't hardly sit for anything.  You would never know I was a professional photographer when it comes to my own family.

This was on the old, young and pregnant hike. Eden just took to "Papa Brown" like he was her own.

This is wild flower called Bloodroot we saw on our hike.  They were beautiful!

This is the one and only photo of me the whole weekend.  Thanks Jan for taking this shot.

This is probably my favorite shot of Payton the entire trip.  It is in an old burned out tree.

This is our dear friend Jan.  She was a trooper and carried Eden on her back for about 3/4 of a 3 mile hike.  

"Papa Brown"  tore off a big hunk of cedar root from a fallen tree for Payton to smell.  It was incredible how fragrant it still was!

This was Payton's favorite pass time on the trip.  Coloring pictures and drawing for everyone.

Eden stealing my reading glasses.

The puzzle and the obsessed.

OH MY- Mark  this moment in time on your calendar folks.  Clayton Peevyhouse ate a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.  I have known my dear husband for 14 years now and he has always claimed to detest PB&J's and never has eaten one in front of me.  Well this weekend he was feeling adventurous and ate one.  His reply when asked how is it? "Pretty good."

Lunch and Play dough with Jan and Marcia!

Payton's Playdough bird.

Eden's play dough ice cream.

And with that I am out. I promise to blog again soon! Hope you all are doing well.

Grace and Peace.