No honeybees?

Last Saturday (Oct. 8th) Chris and I started the morning with a 32 mile bike ride in the Hahira Honeybee Festival bike ride.  We had a choice between 32, 62 and 100 miles - since we have only been on our bicycles once this year, we thought that 32 miles would suit us best.  It was great to be back in the saddle, so to speak, and we made good time.  *Very happy*

After the ride and much needed showers, we went into town for the festival itself.  Now being called the "honeybee festival," I assumed that there would be something to do with bees - I was wrong.  Arts & crafts, food, cars, a parade and people are what the festival is all about.  It was a ton of fun (for me anyways) since I love crafts.  If you know Hahira, however, then you know it is a small town with not too, too many people.  However, the honeybee festival changes things drastically!

Needless to say, Sunday we were very lazy after our Saturday full of festivities.  USM won, the Saints won... altogether a good weekend.

Weddings and Family

Saturday, Sept. 17th was a very special day! We went to Mississippi for Margaret's beautiful wedding.  I went to her brunch at Lee's Coffee & Tea where I got to see Margaret, Kathy and some other friends.  It was so nice to see everyone.  Later, I kidnapped Courtney and made her spend the day with me while we all spent time with Chris' family at Aunt Barbara's.  That night before the wedding, we ran by Cynsleigh and Emily's birthday party at Space Tag in Ellisville and got to watch them play (I believe some of the adults were having more fun than the kids).  Then we went by Tucker's office to change, where Brook had a wardrobe malfunction.  It was about 20 minutes before the wedding, when she called me into the room where she was changing - her zipper was stuck.  Josh and I, trying to finish zipping the dress, somehow broke the zipper into two halves.  So, Brook had to wear the dress that I had worn to the brunch (since it was in my car) to the wedding.  Now, Brook and I do not necessarily have the same body build - she is slightly taller than I am.  But she and Josh had enough time between the wedding and reception to quickly go to the mall and buy another dress :) 

The wedding was gorgeous, and I am so happy we were able to be there.  We also got to see Ross, John, Gina, Micah and Mrs. Glenda, and Jeremiah, some of our very dear friends who we miss very, very much.  Margaret was a beautiful bride, and the wedding was wonderful.

The reception was a blast, of course. 



SO happy we were there - would not have missed it for the world.

Sunday was Nanny's birthday, so Chris and I went to church with the family.  After, we all loaded up and traveled to Wayne County to eat at Pop's fish camp.  Next, we went to the BIG town of Buckatunna to see my Papaw.  We were happy to see everyone!

4 years together!

So, yesterday was our 4 YEAR ANNIVERSARY!! It does not seem that long.  We celebrated by eating dinner at home, Chris watched the MSU v. LSU football game, and I studied all night for my test today... we sure are a cRaZy couple :)  However, this house is filled with lots of love, and I could not imagine life without each other (impossible).

Speaking of this house, we closed on it ONE YEAR AGO TODAY! I really cannot believe that we have been in Georgia that long.. unreal.  We love our house and are so lucky to have it.  Besides, if it were not for the house, we would not have needed a realtor and would not have our wonderful family of friends.

I know it seems like we are always going home, but it's been about a month.  We are going to Mississippi for Margaret and Adam's wedding!  This is somewhat funny because right after we closed on the house last year, we dropped some of our stuff off at the house and went to the beach for the weekend.  ~Always on the go~

Two anniversaries in one week... whew!

A YEAR Ago Yesterday!

Yes, that is correct, and no, we definitely cannot believe it either.  One year ago yesterday, Chris and I woke up very early, bags packed, and made our way to the airport in Laurel and hopped on the Sanderson Farms airplane and traveled to our life here in Georgia.  What a scary day!! When we arrived in Moultrie, Chris' co-worker Louis picked us up and gave me a small tour of Moultrie on the way to the plant.  I have to say that I was not very impressed at the time.  Chris and others had led me to believe that Moultrie was the size of Laurel... WRONG! A month of living in a hotel was bad, two weeks in the apartment was worse, but we finally made it to our wonderful house in Hahira (not that Moultrie was not a good place to live, but Hahira is more convenient to the both of us).  I have grown to like Moultrie and the visits I make there every so often.  It has a fabulous downtown area, and Christmas in Moultrie is absolutely beautiful.  Chris loves working there, and he has met and works with some wonderful people.  Hahira sure has grown on us, too.  It's a fantastic small town; one where everybody knows everybody.  We chose a great place.  Last but not least, we love being close to Valdosta.  It is a lot like Hattiesburg (which is in Mississippi for you Georgia readers), and the friends there might help us like it a little more :) 

If you were to ask me about eleven months ago how I felt about moving, I would have said, "what were we thinking?"  However, if you ask me that today, I will tell you that we made the right decision.  Now before Mississippi gets mad, we do miss seeing and being with everyone more than you can imagine, but this has been a great experience that has given us some additional amazing, life-long friends/adopted family! We say all the time that our dream would be to merge the two places with all of our friends and family, but sadly, we don't think that is possible. 

As everyone knows, we can't stay away from MS for too long, so we are going home for a WEEK!

The past year has been a crazy, emotional, exciting roller coaster that we are glad we got on.  We want to thank everyone, both here and there, because we could not have done this without your support and care.  We now consider both places home, and we are so blessed to be able to do that. 

Congratulations to Chris for his ONE YEAR job anniversary - I am so proud of you! 

"In this bright future you can't forget your past." - Bob Marley

We can't wait to see what the next year brings!



The past 7 months in a nutshell! (Part 2)

If you know me, then you know that I inherited a gene from my dad that makes me LOVE pictures. Since I am a severe procrastinator, the poor blog has been just a little behind on things. However, with the help of my pictures, this is the second round of "catch up" blogs that will bring everything up-to-date. After this, I promise to be a better blogger and keep it (at least somewhat) caught up :)

On February 19th, we had an awesome, surprise (well, somewhat surprise) housewarming party!!

It was SO much fun, and we really enjoyed seeing those who came!!

In April we had a great visit with Travis, Stacy and Landon. Although we all had the stomach virus at one point or another during the weekend (yuck), we had loads of fun and even squeezed in som time at Wild Adventures!!

Next came Easter at home and one of Brook's showers...

After going back home to Georgia, we turned around and went back home to Mississippi for Brook's second shower...

What's next, you ask... MY BIRTHDAY!! Chris and I went to Atlanta and stayed at Dwayne's new condo for my birthday weekend...

Bobbie and Billijean came by when we got back and brought me this awesome cake:

Then in June, Baby Addyson joined us and stole all our hearts <3

We also had a week with Mrs. Elaine and Nathan, then Mr. Mitchell come for a couple of days, and we all (plus Bobbie) went to the Lady Antebellum concert. I know we had fun, but I am pretty sure Nathan had more fun than anyone! We ended the week with a quick trip to Savannah!!

In the middle of June, we had a very exciting visit from Courtney and Kolt!! Waterpark, food and great company! (Courtney, you have all the good pictures.)

So, my dad's 50th birthday was on July 15th, and we all went to Pensacola Beach where they were in the "most severe drought they had ever had." Well, it started raining Friday night about an hour after we got there and rained the WHOLE WEEKEND. We did, however get in a tour of Fort Pickens where we camped, and we had birthday dinner at Landry's Saturday night.

On Sunday, July 17th, I left Chris in Pensacola while I went to MS for about 4 hours to go to Margaret's WEDDING SHOWER!! I am so glad that I was able to be there. There are pictures, but she has them :(

Other than that, everything is normal. I have made a few trips to Tallahassee with Selina, Billijean and Bobbie (who likes to jump curbs ha ha) for shopping and Olive Garden!! Chris and I have joined a church-league softball team, and we have our first game tonight. This could be very interesting, wish us luck!

The past 7 months in a nutshell! (Part 1)

So, things have definitely been crazy, and I am just a "little" behind on keeping the blog up-to-date. This, however, is an attempt to catch up! Back in October, we were still making many trips home to see everyone.

We went to Destin with Courtney, Kolt, Brook and Josh on September 16th, the day we also closed on our house.

A few weekends later, we come back to Mississippi to watch Luke Bryan and Jason Aldean at the Coliseum!

Of course, we made trips home for some USM footballs games and tailgating. Then, we also had visits from both of our parents! (new computer, still looking for these pictures!) We made the trip home for both Thanksgiving and Christmas, and then we spent New Years here with Brook , Josh and Dwayne.

February was a BIG month. First, we had Nanny and Papa for a fun-filled weekend.

Courtney and Kolt for a great weekend.

**Continued in next blog**