The Georgia Tour-Sept 2016

We first visited our family clan in Villa Rica, from which I have zero pictures! 

They made us a feast and played so hard with our kids. We always have a mega nerf gun war. They also threw a party for Gabrielle. This was another special time of connecting well into the night. 

Next stop was Aunt Beth's.

 This chair!! Aunt Beth gets it out for our arrival and we love it.
Aunt Beth's house is always exciting for our kids, literally on a mountain, they treasure the bear stories and animal interaction (she has lots of dogs).

 "I love coming to Aunt Beth's house" was a quote from Sophia.

 Tobin's grin shows that his mischievousness follows him everywhere.

 Aunt Beth is a trooper to host our crew. We went to the local park and let the kids play in the stream.

 The water was cold.

Our third and last Georgia stop was to visit my grandparents and cousins!
We got to meet Caleb and Casey's new little girl, Campbell.
Instant love here. Pure cuddly cuteness.

Hearing her story was such a picture of the gospel to me.
There is nothing easy about adoption, but their story of leaning into Jesus and trusting and then receiving this gift was a blessing and taught me a lot about my own weakness and areas where I lack faith.

Casey and Caleb also have a dog that our kids fell in love with (they really want a dog!)

 

We had a sweet visit with my grandparents and then spent the night at my Cousin's house.

 A.DOR.A.BLE.

I love this girl and her sister, Chelsea. (my cousins!)

 We don't connect a lot throughout the year but when we meet back up we dig right into the nitty gritty discussions of life, struggles, joys, ministry, faith, and future uncertainties. Our 24 hours with this family while short, was counted as one of our favorite stops on all of STAS.