One Year on Creekside

After living in a one room carriage house for 3.5 years, Rowdy and I relocated to our house on Creekside a year ago today. What an exciting time we have had! This has been such a blessing to live here during this time of being homebound. We have seen all sorts of creatures - from foxes, to turtles, some kind of crazy noise making crane, hawks, neighborhood dogs, beautiful birds (cardinals & hummingbirds are my favs), Cypress Cat, raccoons, deer, armadillo, and possum. Nights are incredible out here too. There is a full moon tonight and it is gorgeous - we sit in the living room with all the lights off on these kind of nights and call it "The Planetarium". The stars are amazing and endless on the moonless evenings. The porches have been a major plus for me - we had not had a place to "knock the paste off" the face and legs since we have been married. I could sit out there all day - too bad it has rained the majority of the last year....

This week we will recount some memories:

1. Youth Group Parties - We have had 2 really fun youth group shindigs "The Un-Prom" (for those of us too young or too old for Prom) - where we saw Phillip climb over the railing and Emily school everyone in darts - the Christmas Party - where we had the "You'll Shoot Your Eye Out" Shooting Gallery, Let Santa Sit on Your Lap, The Moth Christmas Storytelling Hour, and Silent Night charades. Good times.

2. Waking Up in Dollywood - We decided to move VERY quickly (like 3 days) and with the help of our friends and my mom we got it all done in about one day. We all went to bed exhausted and woke up the next morning to find a surprise SNOW. Because of all of the trees - it really looked like we were in Gatlinburg- it was a magical morning! Rowdy woke Mom and I up pronouncing that we were in Dollywood.

3. Hammock - Rowdy was not very patient trying to feel for Wilson when I was pregnant. But, if we sat in the hammock together he felt lots of kicking and moving! So, we decided we were going to let the baby pick his/her name. We thought Wilson had picked out a girl's name for himself...but apparently he was just kicking to let us know he was a boy...