I have not had many favorite colors. For some reason I usually just pick a color and stick with it. The only ones I can remember since childhood are blue and pink.

Amazingly, my favorite color seems to be shifting now. Wanna guess what color? C’mon, you know you want to. Go ahead!

Okay, my favorite color right now seems to be yellow! What’s yours?

I’m a country girl. I wasn’t raised on a farm, but my grandparents, who lived across the road from us, had a garden that we got to help with. Most of the vegetables we ate were home grown. I’ll never forget the wonderful smell of dirty potatoes!

We also had apple trees and tons of natural space to run around in. We were allowed to walk and ride our bikes up the road with no adult supervision. We had woods to play in and our own rope swing hanging on a tree.

While the city life that I now live is convenient, I don’t think I will ever be a true city girl. My country roots will always show through!

Two years ago at Thanksgiving, we got together with Luke’s whole family to celebrate an early Christmas together. Since I was 7 months pregnant, we could not travel far from home. I was grateful and felt very special when I learned that Luke’s family was willing to drive all the way from Mississippi and Tennessee all the way to Pennsylvania to spend time with us!

I took on the project of handling almost all the planning of this gathering of 21 people. I did research for cabins, along with planning the food, events, and sleeping arrangements. It was a busy couple of months, but guess what?!

I thoroughly enjoyed myself! We had a great time together (even though it went way to fast), and on top of that, I learned how much I like to plan! I doubt I’ll ever be a professional planner, but it is cool to know that I can plan relatively well! You never know! That may come in handy some day!

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I have no natural organization skills. My idea of organization (at best) has always been just to have everything out of sight wherever it fit! Fortunately, my husband came up with a brilliant plan for organization that works!

Luke’s idea is to throw tradition out the window and to basically put things where it makes sense. For instance, I always spot treat my laundry in the kitchen because the lighting is bad in our laundry room. Because of this, I store my stain remover in the kitchen pantry instead of in the laundry room.

Luke’s system really works, and it has made my life SO much simpler. So, honestly, I am glad I have no natural organization skills. Otherwise, it would be harder to adopt a new and better system!

I put babies to sleep. I am not quite sure what it is about me that puts babies to sleep, but it almost never fails. If I pick up a baby, sleep is bound to happen while the baby is in my arms!

I find myself wondering if I’m so boring that I even put little babies to sleep. I’d rather think, though, that I have such a peaceful and calm nature about me that makes others relax and fall asleep! 😉

When I was in the 5th grade, my grandpa gave me a very difficult decision to make. He offered to pay for either piano lessons or for me to play the flute in the band. After much thinking, I chose the flute (although I would still love to be able to play piano)!

The very first time I tried to play the flute, I could get no sound out! For some reason I chose it without ever getting a sound out. Of course, I did eventually get the flute to play and now, 23 years later, I am still playing.

I no longer play regularly – usually only for offertories at church along with whatever practice makes that possible! But regardless of how often I play my flute, I think I will always enjoy it!

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I love the smell of rain! Today I had to run out and close the windows in the van because it was starting to rain. Because it wasn’t raining hard, I was able to take in that wonderful scent of rain! There’s just nothing quite like it!