August was another fun, busy month! It was great wrap to an eventful summer of beach trips, buying our first house and getting settled in, and lots of memories with friends and family.
- Day in Senoia - some family came into town to visit and go see where The Walking Dead is filmed in Senoia. We had fun walking through downtown Senoia, going to the shops and eating at Redneck Gourmet. I don't watch The Walking Dead but it was neat to see the fake set-ups they had, fake city names, and the grass grown up so the town could look run down for the show. I even found a pear painting that is perfect for the sitting room in our kitchen!
- Last Day in Waumba Land - Kevin and I wrapped up our 4 years serving in Waumba Land on August 5th. We had been with this class since they were 2 year olds, and now they are 5 and this was their last day of Waumba Land too! They are now big kids in UpStreet. We had a fun little graduation ceremony in our class, complete with graduation caps and class pictures. It has been an amazing experience and such a big part of our lives. We loved the relationships we formed with the kids, and with the parents. I hope we can continue to stay in touch with some and check in on them from time to time! Currently praying on where we should serve next (and taking a little break :) )
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- Dinner with Jennifer and Chip – Jennifer and Chip recently moved from Alexandria to Augusta so they much closer now! They were in the Atlanta area to see family so the following Tuesday we met up with them for dinner at Cheesecake Factory. We also got to meet baby Julia!
- Thank You Dinner for our Movers - The 2nd Friday in August we had Zack & Katie and Colin, Kirby, & Blevin over for dinner as a thank you to Zack and Colin for helping us move! We so appreciated their help and had a great time having them over for dinner. Kevin had been wanting to make a "Country Captain" dish after my aunt made it when we visited Alabama. He did a great job with it - it was delicious!
- Kevin Movie w/ Guys; Me Dinner w/ Rachel – The next day (Saturday) Kevin went to see Bourne Legacy with his friends and I got my hair cut and had an impromptu dinner with Rachel! So fun that she lives here now. We ate at Carroll Street Café in Cabbagetown, right down the street from where Rachel and Jason are looking to build a house!
- Goodbye Parties – The following Friday we went to Taco Mac in Dunwoody right after work for Taylor’s going away party. Hope he’s loving Boston! Then we went from there to The Porter for dinner with Josh, Brianna, and Isaac for Blair’s last shift before she moved to Seattle! We love The Porter!
- Stevie & Chris Visit – Stevie and Chris were our second overnight house guests! They came up from Augusta and we went to the Braves Game with Amanda and Craig. We bought some cheesecake balls from Alpine’s (right up mine and Stevie's alley!) and then headed to the game. Right when we pulled in to the parking lot, we noticed my car was overheating. We parked and had a great time at the game, hoping that afterwards we could pour some water in it and try to make it home and take it to the shop the next day. That didn’t work! We parked in a nicer neighborhood near the stadium and Amanda and Craig had to come pick us up and take us home :( Thanks guys! The story continues though…
- Meet Baby Chip – The next morning we made a big breakfast for Stevie and Chris and then we headed down to Macon to go meet baby Chip! He was adorable and we loved hearing the story of his arrival from Curt’s perspective! We left in time to have some daylight once we got back to my car that was still near the stadium. We put some antifreeze in it and Kevin drove my car while I drove his car behind him. We made it all the way to 400 and then it started overheating! We called a tow truck through my insurance and it took about 1 ½ hours for it to get there. Kevin and I tried to make the best of it and had fun chatting in his car while waiting. Well about an hour into waiting we realized we had run his car battery dead!! We figured the tow truck guy would be able to jump us off but turns out he couldn’t, so after my car was towed we had to wait another hour for someone to come jump us off! We got home around midnight from what was the most ridiculous night ever.
- Celebrate Dad’s Birthday – Kevin and I went down to Newnan to celebrate Dad’s birthday on the last Saturday of August. Rick & Petti and Mrs. Jane & Bob came over and Mom cooked a great dinner! Mom surprised Dad with Derek Trucks tickets at Chastain for the next day!
- Blair’s going away party in Newnan – Blair’s family got together the next day to say goodbye to Blair and Rich before the move to Seattle. Always enjoy visiting with the Farmers! Good luck to you Blair - I think Seattle will be perfect for you :)
- Derek Trucks concert – We were on our way back up to Alpharetta after we left the Farmers’ house when Rachel called me and said she & Jason had tickets to see Derek Trucks but Jason had injured his neck that weekend and couldn’t go anymore. We hated that Jason got hurt but were so glad that we got to go! We stopped by their apartment to get the tickets, ran up to our house to get my parents tickets (we had bought them earlier that week and forgot to bring them to Newnan), grabbed some wine and Zaxby’s for dinner and headed to Chastain!
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