"I just love this place"

 This past Saturday we went somewhere I've been wanting to go for over a year now.

Falling Rock Park aka Joe's Quarry.

Joe owns this rock quarry about 25 minutes east of Louisville.

Until three years ago it was only used as a scuba diving training facility.

Apparently there is an old cop car at the bottom of it, and other hidden treasures to explore.

 But fortunately for us, Joe has opened it up for the public to enjoy.

And we did.

Not just anyone is allowed though, Joe wants to make it clear that there are restrictions

(see below)

Now before you assume we came to the quarry to go swimming, think again.

That's right, no swimming allowed.

So you say to me, "Janaye, what do you do at the quarry then?"

And my answer to you is...

You float.

The quarry, being a scuba diving facility, is quite deep and Joe takes no chances.

You sign a release form when you enter saying basically, if you die, Joe is not responsible.

We actually witnessed Joe kick someone off his property for failing to remain on their float.

There are a couple small cliffs that you can jump off of

provided your float is ready for you when you come back up!

We just lounged around though. And I kept looking at Jonny with a huge grin on my face saying, 

"I just love this place." 

 Summer in Louisville is a little sweeter now,

now that I know of a body of water to go to.

Before Louisville, I spent many of my summer weekends at Table Rock Lake.

So this will just have to do as a substitute.

 And it probably doesn't hurt that for some reason, I am positive, 

that my dad and Joe would be great friends if they knew each other.

Owning a rock quarry would be my dad's dream job, 

and he would so have signs like Joe's.

You pay an admission fee and I guess people were sneaking in through trunks last year.

That's inconsiderate. And that is not tolerated.

(I did accidentally trespass on some property, but that's a story for another time)

We ended the day camping out. Jonny grilled hamburgers

and Joe came by to make sure we had enough fire wood.

Being a quarry, the ground we were sleeping on wasn't exactly soft so

we ended up sleeping inside sleeping bags on top of our rafts.

Surprisingly comfy.

And I looked at Jonny and said with a huge smile on my face 

"I just love this place!"

We will be back.

body building or baking?

So, I've still been lacking energy lately...

but yesterday I discovered something that can put some pep in my step.

One of my friends, Emily, shared with me a recipe that she found on pinterest.

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Click on the link just above to get the recipe. 

That woman is a genius if she invented these herself, but I'm not sure if she did. 

Anyways, I'm just glad Emily stumbled across them

and shared the yummy goodness with me!

Seriously, these are delicious.

And the ingredients won't make you regret eating say, more than four in one sitting...

You'll need, 

-Oatmeal

-Honey

(I used raw honey because that's all I had)

-Peanut butter

-Coconut

-Flax seed

(I did not use ground flax seed as the recipe calls for)

-a little vanilla extract

-Chocolate chips (optional)

I had everything other than coconut and flaxseed to make these wonderful things. 

So I took off to Whole Foods. I looked at ground flax seed for a while until

a nice employee came up to me and said, 

"Do you have any questions about the flax seed, ma'am?"

I said, "Well do you have any not ground?"

To which he thought it was necessary at this point to ask, 

"Will you be using it for body building or baking?"

I thought to myself for a moment, 

"Could I actually be taken for a bodybuilder?"

Hahaha. No way.

Well, the obvious answer 

(but not so obvious, because, after all these are NO-BAKE bites)

was baking, and the nice man showed me to the flax seeds in the unground form.

The biggest plus of all about these bites???

Jonny loves them.

Happy husbands are a good thing.

grateful.

So the Mr. has been working a whole lotta nights lately 

and I've not had a whole lotta energy these days.

Well, tonight this resulted in looking through lots and lots of old pictures.

It's funny all the things a picture can do to you...

they can certainly make you laugh, 

and even shed some tears, 

but tonight, more than anything, they've made me incredibly grateful.

 Grateful for parents who have been married 26 years this week.

 For little ones I love and miss so incredibly much.

For the summer road trip to Maryland that changed my life forever.

Because I met this guy who makes me smile, A WHOLE LOT.

For the friends I've known...always.

And for the ones I've learned lots of life lessons with.

To me, pictures are worth a whole lot more than a thousand words.