April 2015

So, April 2015 was an exciting month for us. We celebrated our 15 year wedding anniversary, went to our first Mother Earth News Fair in Asheville, NC, and planted our garden. We stayed at a really nice B&B in Asheville when we went to the Mother Earth News Fair as an early anniversary celebration. I'm a HUGE fan of Joel Salatin and I found out that he would be speaking at the Mother Earth News Fair - we had never heard of the fair, but I'll go anywhere I can to hear Joel Salatin, so we decided to make a weekend of the fair and celebrate our anniversary too. Turns out the Mother Earth News Fair is RIGHT up our alley! There were SO many workshops and talks that we were interested in that we had to narrow it down because we could only do so much each day. This will definitely be our first Fair of many more. And of course Joel Salatin was awesome - we actually got up super early so we could check out of the B&B and get to the Fair on Sunday for a live chicken processing demo with Joel Salatin. Yes, we got up early on a Sunday to watch chickens be killed and processed by Joel Salatin! That is how much I love this man! The Fair overall was so much fun and we really learned a lot and it definitely inspired us to get our own garden going when we got back home. Here are our pictures from a very busy and fun April:



Pictures from the B&B where we stayed in Asheville, NC.


Pictures from in and around Asheville, NC.


Pictures from Day 1 of the Mother Earth News Fair.


Pictures from Day 2 of the Mother Earth News Fair.


Planting our garden at home.

The beautiful roses Chad got me for our anniversary! One rose for every year.

Dead Sara Concert March 28, 2015

Dead Sara is one of my all-time favorite bands, so when I heard they had a new album coming out and were coming to Charlotte on the tour I was SO excited! I immediately pre-ordered the album, bought my concert tickets, and took the day off work! The first time I saw them I was blown away with how good they were live and they did not disappoint this time either. Chad really liked them when we saw them the first time, but unfortunately he was sick the weekend of the concert, so I got my brother to go with me instead. I knew he would like them and he really enjoyed the show, I just hate that Chad couldn't go since he does really like Dead Sara too. Here are some pictures from the concert:

March 2015 House and Cat Pictures

No month is complete without more cat pictures! This month's pictures are of the cats with a new toy I got them - a mouse with a movable tail. You press the mouse's nose and the tail wiggles for the cats to play with. They loved it at first, but don't really do anything with it now. 

We can always tell Spring is coming when the daffodils come up in our back yard. That was such a nice surprise the first year we were there! Chad also installed a nice shade on our deck so that we have a little more privacy from our neighbors. Here are our March house and cat pictures: