Weekend Adventures - Part 1

Okay, so here is the first set of pics from our fun adventure last weekend


James & I had "custody" of our unofficially-adopted-daughter M on Sunday, so after going to church in the AM (after eating a McGriddle, which was yummy) we dropped James off at his church and the two of us went to print off WEDDING PICS!!! (yeah! FUN!) 3 hours later, when James got out of church, we all decided to go hiking at Turkey Run State Park, which helped my progress on two of my 101 in 1001 goals:


20. Hike every trail at Turkey Run State Park (1/10)
64. Hike at every state park in IN (1/24)


We decided that since it was our first hike of the year, we had to do "the trail." Only one trial at Turkey Run is ever talked about... Trail 3. And why is it so famous? Is it famous for it's interesting views?

(I was laying down on a log, when I spotted this cute little leaf in the tree above me. I grew attached to him after a while.)

No, although there ARE plenty of scenic views, that's not why we all try trail three....

We try trail three for the ROCKS and the LADDERS!

(Waterfall alongside of the ladder #1) The ladders here are like regular ladders... like ones you would use to climb up to an attic or the loft of a barn. The ladders come after you hike up and down a million freakin' steps, and before you climb up and over a crapload of rocks with water rushing over them.

This is the view from the top of ladder #2... my cousin Heidi fell down half of this, and scared us out of our minds when she was younger... scawy!!

And this is the view from before ladder #3! This waterfall is our sacred hair-washing site... many moons ago, when James and I had just started dating, Melinda and I went with James, and some wierd friends of his, to hike this trail. It was SOOOOOOO hot that day!!! When we got to this point, we put our heads under the waterfall and let the freezingly cold water cool us down a bit. Melinda just let it go all over her, but I was wearing a thin light pink shirt, so I tried to keep it dry.

But I'm clumsy.

And the rocks I was standing on, were wet.

This is NOT a good combination!

I slipped, I fell and landed on my glasses (whew, not broken!), and my shirt was SOAKED!!! I was SO annoyed!!!!! James seemed to enjoy the view though! ;o)

Jana's Love Advice

Welcome to Love Advice with Jana. Tonight's love tip:

Watch what you write down!!!!!!

Take my day yesterday, for example. I'm at home, the roomate is peacefully sleeping. James comes to the door, and since the roomate is trying to sleep, James comes back into my room (nothing happened! He didn't even offer to massage my neck. Talk about a righteous guy!) to look for music with me. As we are chatting, his eyes wander up to to my journal page (mounted above my desk) and the sentences "I want to be honest with James. I NEED to be honest with James. I can't ask him to wait forever. I love him. I can picture us having an awesome life together. Am I ready? I hope so!" evidently jumped out at him. *blushing deeply*

I didn't realize I'd written so much on there... I just remembered saying that I needed to be honest with him. I just read it today, as I was starting to blog about what he'd seen, and was like "OH. *eyes huge* I totally forgot I'd written THAT." ROFL

He also saw this on my monthly to-do sheet:



and found my wedding binder, complete with sections divided up for bride, groom, decorations, food,....
Sooooo... I guess now I can check "Be honest with James" off of my to-do list!!!!! *still blushing* Maybe this was God's way of giving me a little *nudge* in the right direction? I'm flipping out now... but it's a good kind of flipping out! I also bought his Christmas present... *whispering* I got him a gift set with 5 different types of hot sauce... he and I both LOVE hot sauce, especially habeñero. I'm also still looking on Ebay for the really special present for him... I'll let you all know when I've found it.

Today's warm-fuzzy bonding question:

What Christmas gifts do you all get for the men in your life?

Categories: James, Love, Funny