La Marseillaise

I can't get enough of this video!  It is so cute!

2nd anniversary

For our 2nd anniversary we went to Germantown to the Mad Platter... 

but first, a picture in my parents' back yard:

Our menus were personalized!

Supper was so yummy!

Afterwards we went to see Food Inc.  Everyone should go see it- it really makes you think!

It was a fun anniversary!  Now another week in TN and we'll be heading to NC, where we will finish our anniversary celebration with a 6" five flavor pound cake from Ketchie Creek Bakery!  

07.08.07

Today is our 2nd anniversary.  

It is hard to believe that 2 years have gone by!  We've had lots of travels and adventures in the last 2 years!  

4th Adventures

Not in order...

The rafting bunch

Paddle forward!

Heavier than it looks!
What are we getting into??

Loading up for the Ocoee

Jenny, Josh, Jess, and Will all in a pretty good mood considering how early we got up

Anna Rose a little nervous about her first rafting trip
The company we used
Watching Cookeville fireworks behind a carwash
At the farm
At the falls
Jenny and Doug looking a little tired
 
Stites' cows
The girls
Jenny manning her chicken post
Pig had been smoking for 3 days in the ground!

Goodbye Atlanta

We had a surprise b-day party for Holly at our last small group... 

Lori holds the cream cheese pound cake with cream cheese icing and raspberries that I made (yum!)

Lucas and Julian excited about cake
Our friends for the 2 years we lived in Atlanta... we'll miss you!
Our last night in ATL we ate at one of our favorite restaurants, the Flying Biscuit... Doug was busy on his I-Phone of course

And then used a coupon and gift card to get free ice cream :)
Our "beds" our last night
Empty kitchen :(
Goodbye first home!

I pledge allegiance...

I am grateful for being born and raised in the USA.  I'm thankful for my health, education, and many opportunities, but... in light of 4th of July celebrations, the lyrics of a song come to mind...

"my first allegiance is not to a flag, a country, or a man
my first allegiance is not to democracy or blood
it's to a king & a kingdom"

-Derek Webb

Stuff

I like stuff.  I love things.  I adore my belongings.  I accumulate.  I buy.  I collect.  I keep.  I save.

All my life I've been encouraged in these tendencies... and I have not done a good job of resisting.  Nothing brings this to light as much as packing, loading everything onto a truck, unloading, and then packing again to be stored for a year.

How do I break free from the bondage of my belongings?  Perhaps a year away from them is just the cure I need.