This summer

This has been quite a fun summer so far. Well, for me, I guess. Chris has been taking classes and coaching summer ball. His summer has been packed full of studying and coaching. We did get to take a great vacation with the family this year. We always travel to Holden Beach, NC with my dad's side of the family. On the way there we got to stop in Greenville, SC to meet up with JD, Danielle, and Jeremiah Adams for breakfast at the Cracker Barrel. It was great seeing them and Mr. and Mrs. Adams, JD's parents. By the way, thanks for breakfast Mr. John and Mrs. Gayla! It was a pleasure getting to see you all.

Attached are some pictures from the beach trip and some pictures of the garden this year. We no longer live at the cabin so its not as easy to get up to the garden to work. But it is a blessing to have a wonderful dad that works his butt off up there quite often. This picture of the garden is only the potatoes, cabbage, lettuce, squash, tomatoes, and peppers. The corn, beans, okra, and more couldn't fit into the picture.

This pic is of Chris and Justin. Justin is my cousin who moved from NC to GA last year to attend UGA and work with dad. He has become my brother through this past year...or at least I treat him like he's my brother. Chris and Justin are digging into the Low Country Boil that Dad and Chris fixed this year at the beach.

This is a group picture of everyone (minus Leslie) in my Dad's family. We all stayed in one beach house. It was a little crowded but we made it work and will have memories for the rest of our lives. Didn't my grandparents raise such a cute family?

Just our family.

Chris and Dad putting some veggies into the Low Country Boil. This is by far my favorite meal of the year. I even sat at the bar where the food was laid out and pigged out until there was nothing left. This year we fed 33 people! I think that is the most ever. Dad mentored Chris this year on the secrets to the Low Country meal. I hope he paid attention and can make this sometime for our friends!

Our New Home

Yes, I know this is long overdue. But since we moved into our home, things have been a little crazy. Between school, Chris starting his specialist, baseball, and the little one in my belly making me as sick as a dog, there hasn't been much time to even fold the clothes coming out of the dryer, much less blog! So with that said, we moved in January to our own home in south Habersham. It was bittersweet. It is hard going from your dream home to a starter home. But this home is ours, so that is pretty exciting! The house in minutes from work. It cut our drive to work from 30 minutes to 3-7 minutes.

The pictures are of the house before we moved in. I haven't taken any since we moved in. My camera was lost in the trunk of mom's car for months before I found it. So I need to take some and put them on here as well.
I would like to thank my husband for being a penny-pincher. He is the lone reason we are able to have this house. He is the "Dave Ramsey" of our marriage. If it was up to my spending habits, we wouldn't have this house but I'd have 5 more pairs of Chacos in my closet and lots of clothes to add to my wardrobe. I think I like the house more than those things. :)

This pic is looking at the front door from the living area.

The living room. It looked so big without furniture in it.

The living room from a different angle.

The kitchen. Where I used to spend most of my time before I got pregnant!

Chris opening OUR door for the first time.