My Happy Place

For Mother's Day, Kyle and the girls took me to Newport, RI. My absolutely favorite place in the world. The place that made me decide to move from my beloved Tennessee to New England.

Kyle made me a Happy Mother's Day playlist with some of my favorite songs...

*Far Behind by Candlebox

*With Arms Wide Open by Creed (I know, I know...make fun of me all you want, but I was pregnant with Kellen when this song came out and it makes me think of her.)

*To Be With You by Mr. Big (Fine. Make fun of me a lot. I don't care.)

*Soul Sister by Train

*The Way I Am by Ingrid Michaelson

*Keep Breathing by Ingrid Michaelson (I am a little obsessed at the moment by Ingrid Michaelson)

*Total Eclipse of the Heart by Bonnie Tyler

*Total Eclipse of the Heart by the Glee cast

We drove the hour and a half to Newport listening to my new playlist the whole way. Once we got there we had a picnic on the rocks at the beach.

Then, the girls did some exploring. It was a crazy, windy day. Quite cold, too. Beautiful, though. I could stare out at this ocean forever. I love watching the waves crash on those rocks. There is nothing that calms me more. We found a bunch of sea glass and then left to see a mansion.

Newport was the place to "summer" if your last name happened to be Vanderbilt or Astor back in the early 1900's. There are tons of "summer cottages" i.e. MANSIONS dotted along the coastline. Now the Preservation Society of Newport owns, restores and gives tours of about 1o of the mansions. We toured Rosecliff for Mother's Day. The movies The Great Gatsby, True Lies and 27 Dresses were all filmed there.

After that, we got ice cream, went to the Newport Winery and had the yummiest pizza ever and headed back home.

It was the perfect day.