Trader Joe's- Greenville, SC

Is is possible to be in love with a grocery store? If so, i may be in love with Trader Joes! Publix will always hold a special place in my heart, however Trader Joes has taken over. You should check to see if you have one near by. Sorry Florida friends, i didn't see any in florida :(

Greenville, SC recently got TJ's and in the last two weeks i have been about 5 times now. TJ's has low prices and healthy food.

Example, I bought organic carrots at TJ's for less than $1, at Publix organic carrots are closer to $3-$4.

Now, I still go to Publix on a weekly basis to use my coupons and take advantage of the weekly sale. However I now have a weekly shopping list at TJ's too!

One of my favorites:

Multiseed Rice Crackers with Soy Sauce!
So Yummy!

(Only had my cell phone with me this shopping trip, had to get a quick picture of myself before anyone saw me taking a picture of myself outside the grocery store)

Richard B Russell State Park

C3 spent the weekend camping at Richard B Russell State Park. We had a great time, and the weather was just perfect for camping and being outdoors. This was our first tent camping trip! Friends of ours would be joining us on Saturday night, so we decided to borrow a tent so that we could share a campsite. On our first night, we stayed at campsite #2 and it was way too small for our family of 3. The view was decent of the lake, and the walk to the restrooms was pretty far. Our friends were joining us Saturday night and i was worried how we were going to fit another family of 3 with their tent too! Luckily on Saturday morning we realized that the campers at site #6 had left! This site was a large pull through site right on the water! There is no way that both of our tents would have fit at site #2. Plus #6 was a bit closer to the restrooms. The restrooms were cleanish, and had a very small shower. The yummy coffee peculator we got! I'm not sure what it is about camping, but everything seems to taste better when camping. It must be all the fresh air we are getting. Our friends, Kayla, Jonathon and Jud! Jud is just a few months younger that Colton. The two boys had a fun time playing and fishing together. Colton caught his first fish!!!!!!
Colton also rode on a skate board for the first time, and of course,
it's a Harvest Long Board!

My boys! I love this picture!

We had some interesting neighbors.

Colton loved walking by these campers and looking at the spiders.

We had a great time camping at Richard B Russell State Park. It was about an hour and a half drive from our hours. The campsites were on a loop around the lake, so there were really only campers to the left and right of you. We did not feel like other campers were right on top of us. I can say that this campsite was QUIET! Meaning, i think we were the loudest ones there. There seemed be more retired couples camping than younger families with kids. We had fun and would go back again.

Bobby Brown State Park

While Camping at Richard B Russell State Park, C3 took a short drive to Bobby Brown State Park ( not named after the singer). We had the park to all to ourselves, because the campground was closed. The gates into the park were open because the boat ramp is open year round; the campground is only open in the summer. Things were pretty over grown, so i have a feeling we will not be putting this back on the list to camp here. We did however get a few cool pictures at the suspension bridge. Harvest Long Boards! Boat ramp, and view of Richard B Russell Dam
We also stopped at the Richard B Russell Dam, it was pretty impressive. It was a perfect fall day!

Happy 3rd Birthday Baby Colton!

Today is Colton's 3rd Birthday! Happy Birthday Baby Boy! I know, I know, it isn't really a baby anymore; but he will always be my baby! Time really does fly!

My friend Ashley said that her mom always gave her Birthday Cake for breakfast on her birthday. I think that is such a cute idea, so Colton had cake for breakfast today! ( he will have a real breakfast at daycare too).

This year his gifts will be bedding for his new bed, anything cars, trains, or air planes! My parents (Nene and Papa) will be in town this weekend, so we will celebrate with Cake and Gifts when they get here.

Thanks to all for the texts, emails, and facebook postings. Colton is loved by so many!

Happy Birthday Little Man! Mommy and Daddy love you!

Elijah Clark State Park

Elijah Clark State Park looks like a good park to camp at, we only spent a few hours here today, however we may be putting it on our list to actally camp. There seemed to be a lot to do for our family. Nice playgrounds, putput golf, nature hikes, and lots of waterfront campsites. We drove through on a Sunday, so almost all of the campsites were empty. There were many large drive through sites, and a lot of small sites too. We will have to get there early on get a good spot.

Mistletoe State Park

We did not camp at this campground. We drove to check out the campsites that over looked the water. We also drove by the cabins.

Casey has decided that he wants to stay in one of their log cabins. They were up on a hill, over looking the lake.

We also hiked on the rubber path. The trees were so tall and the forest was very pretty with the leaves starting to change.

I'm not sure if we will actually come back her to camp, unless we stay in one of the log cabins. The campsite was nice and it looked clean, however there was nothing else do other than hike and with Colton we can only hike so far.

Tugaloo State Park

Last weekend C3 spent the weekend at Tugaloo State Park. It was a nice camp with many lake front campsites. Ours was not lakefront, however friends of ours were also camping there this weekend, and they had a waterfront site. The actual campsites seemed a bit close to one another and we felt that we were right on top of other campers. Luckily our neighbors all had young children and dogs too! This campsite has cable hookup, so on Saturday all seemed to be watching the Georgia Football Game. We did not bring a TV! While at the park, we walked part of the 3.6 mile trail that circled the park. We also spent some time at the playground. The bathrooms were cleanish. We had a good time and were glad we camped there, it is only an hour drive from our house. We were at Campsite #84- Right next to one of the "comfort stations" . Visiting our friends, Kayla and Jonathan. They were at campsite #68, waterfront. Tocca Falls- about a 20 minute drive from Tugaloo State Park, it was so pretty and a very easy walk. There is a fee to view the falls; $1 for adults, Colton was free! Kayla and Jonathan

C3 at the falls!