I'm a mom too!

Kindle Fire!  In case my love for this product is not clear I thought I should write yet another post about how great the Kindle Fires are.   Let me be clear.  I do not have the latest and greatest when it comes to technology but I do consider myself somewhat tech-savy.  I am not brand loyal.  I am best product loyal.  If I had everything I wanted tech-wise this is what I would own: A Macbook--simply because they do seem virus proof and let's face it.  I attract a lot of viruses. A Kindle Fire--because I could read books, listen to music (I can go on and on about Amazon cloud), play on flash based websites, watch movies + a lot more!  Amazon offers many free books and apps every day.  If you end up buying a book, it is cheaper than the paperback. An iphone--for the camera alone, 'nough said.   A sansa clip MP3 player--because I wouldn't take a Kindle on a run with me.  I despise itunes and will not ever own another ipod.   If I had all these favorites of mine,

An oldie but a goodie. I wrote this before I blogged. I think it has good info if you are planning a trip to Great Wolf Lodge. I'm writing this note for my own memory (and for hubby's sake since he had to work the whole time) also as advice/warnings to those that are headed to GWL for the first time. I know I was full of questions before I came, and nervous to do this myself but fun was had by all --eventually. We arrived at GWL around 1:30, our room wasn't ready so we headed to the waterpark, I knew that I was going to rent a locker so I started grabbing things out of the van-- swim bag, diaper bag, purse and snack bag. Big mistake. The locker was only big enough for one of those bags so I had to head back out to the van with 2 overstimulated children who wanted to go anywhere but out. I decided to go ahead and change Jenna in the van (love my mini-van) and we headed back in with just the diaper bag. By 2 we were inside the waterpark ready to explore. Lesson #1 lear

Here are a few pictures from our weekend trip to the  Grotto of the Redemption . What is this thing??? Jesus' tomb the 9th station, Jesus falls for the third time. Next time I go back to the Grotto I need to take a picture of each station. Hindsight is 20/20. :/ Easter weekend was loaded with family and faith!  We headed to my parent's house and then off to my sister's.  On Good Friday I remembered that the Grotto of Redemption is located right in between the two and all of a sudden I was on a mission to take my girl's to a place I visited often as a child.  In fact I visited it so often I thought these Grotto structures made of all kinds of precious stones were located everywhere and this just happened to be one we drove by a lot.  Little did I know it was a rare site located in small town Iowa. It turns 100 this year and is a pretty remarkable site.  To read more go  here  and  here .