It was another CrAzY week

- but y'all know by now that we EMBRACE crazy - 

and LOVE to be on-the-go -- so GO we did... 

And, who knew?

 There's no reason to go to Kansas afterall...

[There's a mushroom rock right here in Alabama!

I'll tell you more about WHERE in just a bit -]

 

At the beginning of the week we enjoyed going over to Guntersville to hear a steel drum band - 

such a neat instrument! 

They've built a new park right in the heart of town that's perfect for summer concerts - of course, we enjoyed catfish from Top of The River while we were over that way...

Saturday we did a part of The World's Longest Yard Sale 

[seriously - it runs on US HWY 127 from Michigan to Alabama]

I'll share more about THAT in a few days...

But when you take the back roads [like we love to do] you never know when you might run into a small town celebrating 150 years of their heritage... fun.

Or see gorgeous wildflowers along the way -

I think Junelle has me tuned into looking for them now...

 We ended the day by driving up a foggy mountain road to camp 

in a little area known as Horse Pens Forty...

And, as you can see from the sign - they have amazing rock formations...

[Like Mushroom Rock - Again, who knew?]

 I think they also have some pretty good

blue grass concerts scattered throughout the year too...

 But the camp ground? 

I wonder if we REALLY were in a horse pen...

 

ha.

They were pretty -

And the rocks were pretty spectacular too...

Kind of reminded me of the tales of the 

'Old Bluff Woman' I heard so often as a child.

 

We took a quick hike through the rocks before getting cleaned up for church  Sunday morning - so please forgive the 'just rolled out of bed' look in the photos - lol.

After our little hike we headed on down the road a bit...

It was wonderful to worship with my brother and his family - 

He's a part of the praise team at his church and such a talented musician! 

 

But the main focus of the day was on this precious one 

celebrating her 5th birthday - 

How is that even possible?

These days she LOVES dolphins so, 

of course the party was themed around that...

 

And she had a very specific idea of how she wanted her cake - 

A pink dolphin grocery shopping at Wal-Mart -

 

Now,  I bet you don't see THAT everyday!

But Mom and Dad pulled it off!

- DO you see the little self of groceries behind the dolphin shopper?

 [I love the banners Mom made for the party too!

SO FUN!] 

And it's always fun to blow out your birthday candles!

Happy Birthday MK!!