2017. It's end is almost here, & I'm looking forward to the new. But 1st here's a peek at what happened this year...
January - February:
▼ We celebrate our 1st New Year's together + our 1st New Year's kiss.
▼ We visit lovely Callaway Gardens.
▼ Our 1st married Valentine's Day arrives + my 1st time ever bowling!
March:
▼ I surprise Dan with a picnic at the "Secret Garden" for our 1/2 year anniversary.
▼ We celebrate our 1st St. Patrick's Day together.
▼ I go to my 1st ever hockey game + I love it!
▼ We hike at the "Little Grand Canyon" in Georgia.
April:
▼ We hike 4+ miles on the Pine Mtn. trail + then visit the "Little White House" in nearby Warm Springs, GA!
▼ I surprise Dan with a picnic at the "Secret Garden" for our 1/2 year anniversary.
▼ We celebrate our 1st St. Patrick's Day together.
▼ I go to my 1st ever hockey game + I love it!
▼ We hike at the "Little Grand Canyon" in Georgia.
April:
▼ We hike 4+ miles on the Pine Mtn. trail + then visit the "Little White House" in nearby Warm Springs, GA!
▼ Help hide hundreds {& I do mean hundreds} of eggs at our church's Easter egg hunt.
▼ I have the in-laws over for Easter lunch {+ it goes well}!
May:
▼ Finish up my last day as a school librarian. This unexpected long term sub job lasts almost an entire year & is such a blessing from God!
▼ Finish up my last day as a school librarian. This unexpected long term sub job lasts almost an entire year & is such a blessing from God!
▼ Summer break begins for me & we celebrate by heading to the Georgia Aquarium + Atlanta's World of Coke {my 1st time to both of these}!
▼ Explore a couple of cemeteries this month + other unusual places around town.
▼ Have our 1st of many snow cone summer dates.
▼ Teach the children's Wednesday night Bible study at our church together this month. {With help from the kids, Dan puts on the armor of God one night, which in this case, is represented by aluminum foil!}
▼ Explore a couple of cemeteries this month + other unusual places around town.
▼ Have our 1st of many snow cone summer dates.
▼ Teach the children's Wednesday night Bible study at our church together this month. {With help from the kids, Dan puts on the armor of God one night, which in this case, is represented by aluminum foil!}
June:
▼ Go on our 1st married double date with sweet friends.
▼ Dress up as Bible characters to help with our church's VBS.
▼ Explore the most epic + sprawling antique store I have ever seen. Ever.
▼ Swim at our apartment pools {pretty much all the summer months + once on an unusually warm February day}.
▼ Celebrate my nephew's 2nd b-day up in Chattanooga.
▼ Explore old abandoned bunkers in Chattanooga + make all the funny echo noises we can think of in them.
▼ Go on our 1st married double date with sweet friends.
▼ Dress up as Bible characters to help with our church's VBS.
▼ Explore the most epic + sprawling antique store I have ever seen. Ever.
▼ Swim at our apartment pools {pretty much all the summer months + once on an unusually warm February day}.
▼ Celebrate my nephew's 2nd b-day up in Chattanooga.
▼ Explore old abandoned bunkers in Chattanooga + make all the funny echo noises we can think of in them.
July:
▼ Celebrate our 1st married Fourth of July + send up a patriotic Chinese lantern {which I make a secret wish + prayer on as it disappears from sight} + celebrate with friends.
▼ More long hikes!
▼ Finally get a washing machine! Yay! No more trips to the laundry mat for us!
▼ My nephew comes & stays with us for a long weekend of summer fun!
▼ Celebrate our 1st married Fourth of July + send up a patriotic Chinese lantern {which I make a secret wish + prayer on as it disappears from sight} + celebrate with friends.
▼ More long hikes!
▼ Finally get a washing machine! Yay! No more trips to the laundry mat for us!
▼ My nephew comes & stays with us for a long weekend of summer fun!
August:
▼ Lots of doctor visits after Dan has an eye scare. {While it is better (Praise God!), he still has some problems with it.}
▼ I start the school year off with a long term sub position as a music teacher, of all things!
▼ Lots of doctor visits after Dan has an eye scare. {While it is better (Praise God!), he still has some problems with it.}
▼ I start the school year off with a long term sub position as a music teacher, of all things!
September:
▼ We go out west for an Arizona anniversary adventure + make countless memories there!
▼ We celebrate our 1st year of marriage!
▼ Take a day trip to Macon, GA to explore the Ocmulgee National Monument.
▼ Start a Star Wars movie night tradition with new church friends.
▼ Take a day trip to Macon, GA to explore the Ocmulgee National Monument.
▼ Start a Star Wars movie night tradition with new church friends.
October:
▼ I accept a long term sub position at a rough school {it was only in 1st grade + the teacher assured me she had no major behavior problems}, but I last 6 days... & let me tell you those 6 days were full of prayers + tears + 1 screaming/cursing parent on just the 2nd day.
▼ Visit family back in TN + explore Prater's Mill Country Fair + kiss on a tractor + view stunning Cloudland Canyon + stay a night in my mom's cabin.
▼ Host Star Wars movie night at our place {+ I cook dinner - which seems miraculous for this girl who was afraid to turn on her oven for over a year when she got her 1st apartment}!
▼ I accept a long term sub position at a rough school {it was only in 1st grade + the teacher assured me she had no major behavior problems}, but I last 6 days... & let me tell you those 6 days were full of prayers + tears + 1 screaming/cursing parent on just the 2nd day.
▼ Visit family back in TN + explore Prater's Mill Country Fair + kiss on a tractor + view stunning Cloudland Canyon + stay a night in my mom's cabin.
▼ Host Star Wars movie night at our place {+ I cook dinner - which seems miraculous for this girl who was afraid to turn on her oven for over a year when she got her 1st apartment}!
▼ Dan & I help out with a game station at our church's fall festival + we dress up for the 1st time together {we're an Oreo cookie}!
▼ We celebrate Dan's birthday with a fancy dress-up date at a new restaurant downtown.
▼ We celebrate Dan's birthday with a fancy dress-up date at a new restaurant downtown.
November:
▼ We celebrate my birthday with a day trip to Pine Mountain.
▼ Finally take the wedding pics I had been dreaming of for over a year + we make memories I won't soon forget.
▼ I start yet another long term sub position {this time at a great school (Thank You, Jesus!)} as a 5th grade reading / language arts teacher.
▼ Enjoy our annual 2 Thanksgivings - 1st with Dan's parents & then with my family.
▼ Continue our tradition of going to see the lights twinkle & glow at Rock City's Enchanted Garden of Lights.
▼ We celebrate my birthday with a day trip to Pine Mountain.
▼ Finally take the wedding pics I had been dreaming of for over a year + we make memories I won't soon forget.
▼ I start yet another long term sub position {this time at a great school (Thank You, Jesus!)} as a 5th grade reading / language arts teacher.
▼ Enjoy our annual 2 Thanksgivings - 1st with Dan's parents & then with my family.
▼ Continue our tradition of going to see the lights twinkle & glow at Rock City's Enchanted Garden of Lights.
December:
▼ Dan & I attend a holiday brass concert + a beautifully magical luminary walk at our city's Botanical Gardens.
▼ We get the call that my littlest nephew is in the children's hospital in Chattanooga with a major health scare. This is one of the hardest things about not living where the rest of your family does, because I so wanted to be right there. I cry so many tears + pray so many prayers for this sweet little boy of mine. It felt like we literally asked everyone we could think of to pray for him, & I'm here to testify that prayer changes things & that our God is good & mighty! Little Miles is now home + healthy!
▼ Dan & I get our tree + decorate it all up.
▼ We continue our annual tradition & ride the Jolly Trolley to see all the sparkle/shine at Callaway Garden's Fantasy in Lights.
▼ Host our 2nd annual Christmas Open House get-together.
▼ Turn the giant elk statue at our apartment complex into a red-nosed reindeer for the 2nd year running!
▼ Enjoy Christmas a little early with Dan's parents & then head up to TN to spend time with my family.
▼ Put up a tent in our living room {next to our now undecorated real Christmas tree for a little authenticity} & "camp" in so we can check the last thing off our 1 year bucket list.
My Top Favorite Posts of 2017:
In Which I Find a Secret Garden
Our Love Story {In 5+ Parts}
How I Said "Yes" to my {eBay} Wedding Dress!
Our Honeymoon Adventures
Our Arizona Anniversary Adventure
DIY Vacation Memory Jar
The Day the Eggs Made Me Smile
The Gifts in My Marriage
This is Just for Me {& Just Maybe You}
Little Letters // November 2017
Once Upon an Autumn Day
When Baby Fever Hits & You Don't Have a Baby
Thanks for being a reader! Happy New Year's Eve!
▼ Dan & I attend a holiday brass concert + a beautifully magical luminary walk at our city's Botanical Gardens.
▼ We get the call that my littlest nephew is in the children's hospital in Chattanooga with a major health scare. This is one of the hardest things about not living where the rest of your family does, because I so wanted to be right there. I cry so many tears + pray so many prayers for this sweet little boy of mine. It felt like we literally asked everyone we could think of to pray for him, & I'm here to testify that prayer changes things & that our God is good & mighty! Little Miles is now home + healthy!
▼ Dan & I get our tree + decorate it all up.
▼ We continue our annual tradition & ride the Jolly Trolley to see all the sparkle/shine at Callaway Garden's Fantasy in Lights.
▼ Host our 2nd annual Christmas Open House get-together.
▼ Turn the giant elk statue at our apartment complex into a red-nosed reindeer for the 2nd year running!
▼ Enjoy Christmas a little early with Dan's parents & then head up to TN to spend time with my family.
▼ Put up a tent in our living room {next to our now undecorated real Christmas tree for a little authenticity} & "camp" in so we can check the last thing off our 1 year bucket list.
My Top Favorite Posts of 2017:
In Which I Find a Secret Garden
Our Love Story {In 5+ Parts}
How I Said "Yes" to my {eBay} Wedding Dress!
Our Honeymoon Adventures
Our Arizona Anniversary Adventure
DIY Vacation Memory Jar
The Day the Eggs Made Me Smile
The Gifts in My Marriage
This is Just for Me {& Just Maybe You}
Little Letters // November 2017
Once Upon an Autumn Day
When Baby Fever Hits & You Don't Have a Baby
Thanks for being a reader! Happy New Year's Eve!
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