Thanksgiving in San Antonio

Charlie and I were so blessed to be able to make the trip to San Antonio, TX this week for Thanksgiving. A year and a half ago or so My Mom's Dad, Pop, and his wife, Doris, Moved to the Air Force Village for retired military officers. This is within just a few miles of Lackland Air Force Base. This Air Force Base is the Basic Military Training Site for all enlisted members of the Air Force. We were excited and privileged to tour the base with Pop and Doris. Pop was at this same base many years ago as an active part of the Air Force around the time of WWII.
We always know that trips to visit Pop mean hearing many stories of his time serving the country. I think it is safe to say he has a story from his military days to go with any conversation or passing comment I may have. I enjoy hearing my favorite stories that I have heard for many years while visiting over holidays and vacations. I am trying to pull out new stories as I hear the ones I have heard before. One of my favorite from this trip came from asking a question about the order of rankings of officers in the Air Force. As he began to tell of the rankings from bottom to top he told me the stories of how he received each promotion from one officer level to the next. He retired as a Lieutenant Colonel with his promotion to Colonel on the table when he retired. It makes me so proud to hear his stories and accomplishments in the military and serving our country.

The first day in San Antonio Pop took us to a wonderful lunch at the Tower of the Americas in downtown San Antonio. We had such a wonderful time eating at the Chart House. This has the same idea as the SunDial in Atlanta. The eating area spins 360 Degrees to see the whole city from above.

This is Pop and I in front of the building before lunch. He looks so good for 88!




Here I am with Doris (self-portrait)




View from the bottom... I'm a little afraid of heights... not exactly looking forward to the ride up




Charlie and I before going to the top...




Pop was nice enough to stand RIGHT in front of me so I wouldn't look down as we went up the long elevator ride to the top. Don't you love his look here?!




Charlie and Doris during dinner




Once back on the ground Doris waited on a bench as Charlie and I walked through the fountains... Can you see Doris?




Charlie thought it was really funny to kick water on me... So cute playing in the water!




Charlie and me! I Love this picture!




This concludes Day One! more to come....

Bye Thomas Road House

Last weekend Charlie and I made the trip the Dallas, GA to finish gathering all of his tools and the remainder of our belongings from our house there... As we left after EVERYTHING was packed up I stood on the porch and Charlie asked me what I was thinking... My answer was that I was thinking how glad I was for our "four month move" to be over and how I was kind of surprised to not be sad to leave this time (the last time). I had already said my goodbyes a long time ago.. I think to the moving day coming home from my last day at the Law office and seeing the big truck with all of our things in it and falling apart. going inside and seeing a half empty house in complete disarray... I luckily had the hugs of Elizabeth to help me through...

Anyways so as we left this time I wanted to grab a few pictures of the house as we left...


The house from the front - actually this is the back but we used it as the front


The driveway with fall all around it


I love this tree it is so beautiful... It hangs so close to the house and right over the theater. On stormy nights watching a movie I just KNEW it would come crashing through the roof! I'm glad it didn't... such a pretty tree.



My orchard! the pear tree is in front, the apples behind it and the blueberry bushes in the middle of the apples and up the hill... I didn't get any pears(I couldn't figure out when to pick them... I have blue berries and apples in my freezer. The blueberries were by far my favorite! They were like candy right off the bush! I am going to try to start my own blueberry bushes but have not figured out how to do that yet.



BYE HOUSE!!! Thank you for a great place to start my life with Charlie.. Warm and cozy and full of love!

My New Shelf!!!!

Since Christmas is coming soon (wah hoo!!) I needed to free up space on my mantel for greenery and Christmas Decorations... so I asked Charlie for solutions... We talked about a shelf above the couch and I loked up examples of what I thought I wanted and then we stood in the aisle at Lowes and drew pictures on the back of a piece of 1x8 and Charlie convinced me that we HAD to have brackets to support the shelf... I suggested a shelf on the bottom (so the brackets wouldn't look like brackets and we were off.. Within just a few hours (While I packed for San Antonio and cleaned up the house) Charlie whipped up the shelf and painted it too!!!

I am so proud of his skills! 2 weeks ago he made me a jewelry box for my night stand.

Here is a picture of the shelf!! :) it is a little fuzzy because I took it with my phone but isn't it pretty?!

Steady at the Wheel

My dear and wonderful Sister-in-law to be , Lauren, did this on her blog and I have to say this is the first "chain" thing of this kind I have ever seen and the FIRST "Chain blog thing that I felt immediately compelled to complete and had a ton of fun doing it...


Thanks Lauren for the mid-day Saturday entertainment (PS - Lauren - a couple of these songs are from what you gave me for the wedding :)

Here is what you do:

1. Put Your Itunes on Shuffle
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. You must write that song name down no matter how silly it makes you look

My Answers:

IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY" you say
"Light On"
David Cook

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOURSELF?
"4 Minutes"
Madonna and Justin Timberlake
I must be out of time :)

WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
"Walk Down this Mountain"
Ten Thousand Days" - Bebo Norman

HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
"An Angel Falls"
City of Angels Sound Track - Gabriel Yared

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
"Rockstar"
Hannah Montana

WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
"Invincible"
Oh No - O.K. Go

WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
"We Come to You"
I See Things Upside Down - Derek Webb

WHAT DO YOU OFTEN THINK ABOUT?
"There's A Stirring
My Calm Your Storm - Caedmon's Call

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
"Peculiar People"
Reset E.P - MuteMath

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
"Amen Omen"
Diamonds on the Inside - Ben Harper

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
"My Will"
Exodus - DC Talk

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
"Eternity (Intro)"
Between Raising Hell and Amazing Grace - Big and Rich Feat. John Legend

WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
"Ants Marching"
Under the Table and Dreaming - Dave Matthew's Band
Not so much but it would have been funny :)

WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
"Wild Honey"
All that You Can't Leave Behind - U2

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST FEAR?
"Good As Gone"
The Road to Here - Little Big Town

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
"Track 9"
This must be an un-named song I downloaded at some time but it is the "walk 10,000 miles song" I can't remember who the band is right now... does anyone remember?

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
Complicated
Let Go - Avril Lavigne

WHAT WILL YOU NAME THIS?
Steady At the Wheel
Shooter Jennings

trying to catch up!!

In a nutshell...

Charlie and I got EVERYTHING from the GA house last weekend... on the way down we both actually screamed when we saw Gas below 2$ YEAH!!!

I cannot wait for Christmas and our Christmas letter...

We are less than a month from being Married ONE YEAR... way too crazy... 

My job is a different world

Charlie's job is given to us by God and perfect place for Charlie right now

I forever hate dishes

It was 16 Degrees this morning

My dog is whining and freezing even though he is next to the nicest "dog" heater I have ever seen! it looks like a fireplace and is very warm...

I love the mountains and the fact that it has already snowed 3 times!!!

more soon.....