The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

It seems like once October gets here the rest of the year goes by in a flash. We move from holiday to holiday, from Halloween to Thanksgiving to Christmas, and then the year is gone. And then the new year starts with a couple of holidays in a row, New Year's of course, my birthday, MLK holiday(really only applies if you're in school), then Valentine's, Easter, and then its spring and winter is gone. It just seems like things are going along fine in the summer and fall, and then you hit Halloween and things pick up speed.
Our lives have not really slowed down at all, which is good and bad. We are closing on a house Dec 10 pending our inspection on Thursday. That means we are going to pack up our stuff, move it, dump it in our house, and then leave for Christmas in Macon the weekend before Christmas. So we get to pack up until that point, and then ring in the New Year unpacking. Wishing it wasn't at this time of year, but so excited that we're getting a house. It's just a standard 3/2, but it has 2.57 acres with woods, so it's peaceful and quiet. We also have a well, which David grew up on and loves, and which should be beneficial in all this drought.
Besides moving, we have been in and out of town a lot. We were gone every weekend in October but one, and now with all the holidays, we haven't slowed down much. But I have always loved travelling and being on the go, so it's fun. Sometimes I wish we could just have a quiet weekend to ourselves. And actually, we are going to Vogel State Park in Blairesville this weekend to go camping. We got all this stuff for our wedding(tent, air mattress, lantern, etc) that we haven't even used yet, so we thought we try it out this weekend. Hopefully it won't be frigidly cold. David and his family go camping a lot, and I used to go a lot when I was younger, so we're both pretty excited about it. We will be taking our two dogs, Scout and Penny, and hopefully there won't be any mishaps with them on this trip.
On a sad note, our rabbit, Amos, died. It was the weekend after GA-FL and we came home from a friend's house that Saturday night and he was dead. I had to be the one to find him of course, just like I found my first rabbit dead when I was a child. Not a good night. I of course cried a good bit, and I was actually surprised by that. I mean, he's just a rabbit right? But sudden death is tragic, even in a rabbit. He wasn't sick at all. And this was mine and David's first pet together; he got him for me as a birthday present, so that was sad too. So we went to church on Sunday and every song we sang had something about death in it; I almost had to leave the service. But after that I have been fine. We may end up getting another one, but not for a while yet.
So that has been us in a nutshell the past couple of months. Here are some pictures of what we've been doing.


We went to the Georgia National Fair with Erin and Brandon







My dad turned 50 and we had a party at Erin's house


Sorghum Syrup Festival Biscuit Eating Contest




David ate 5 biscuits and was the winner at his table!


We went to the Georgia-Florida game-GOOO DAWGS!


Our first Halloween-we carved our pumpkin that night. Scout was scared of it.



We got Penny and Scout a new bed. I love our girls!



So I apparently just decided to add pictures to my blog. Hope you like them. There will be more of the holidays to come, and of our new house. Be blessed, be thankful, and Merry Christmas!