A Look Back at 2015 ~ Part 2

Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward. There is none to compare with You: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered. ~ Psalm 40:5

We've been highlighting some special times and remembrances from 2015. Part 1 ~ Winter/Spring was posted here. And today begins Part 2 ~ Summer/Fall.

July, 2015...Georgia Visits Virginia. In July Eric and his family came to Virginia for a "courting visit." Fourth of July celebrations filled a fun weekend! Here's the gang around the picnic table: At the end of the weekend, we took a picture of both families together. Very fun times:Also in July we celebrated Granny's 87th birthday. Jonathan, Hannah, and Sarah brought in her favorite pound cake with a candle in the middle. I think turning 87 should certainly be a highlight to a year, don't you?August...Virginia Visits Georgia.

On this particular courting weekend we toured a historical home, painted a garage together, played games and more tennis, and visited an Olive Oil store. Here's Hannah tasting some flavors of vinegar: My friend, Victoria, and I visited a flower garden:There are actually so many pictures that I could post of visits from this summer between our families....but everything can't become a highlight! This is just a smattering to give you an idea.

This photo of Sarah and Eric together after church on Sunday is a nice highlight from our trip to Georgia:  

In August Tom and I celebrated our 35th Anniversary in Alexandria, Virginia.We wrote last year about our anniversary trip near the end of this post, along with other happenings around that time.

Someone volunteered to take our picture together here in front of Alexandria's City Hall and Market Square:Here we are enjoying a meal at Mount Vernon Inn.: One more entry before we wrap up the Summer portion of Looking Back at 2015...

Labor Day Weekend....Georgia Visits Virginia.

We wrote about Eric and Sarah's engagement on this post back in September. These are some extra photos from that weekend.

Here are Eric and Sarah after hiking to the top of Humpback Rock: A grilled fish taco picnic on the Blue Ridge Parkway: Labor Day finally arrived, and a fun scavenger hunt took place. Here's everyone trekking around the yard trying to find clues...Sarah was looking for "something."  Look what was waiting at the end of the hunt! Highlight of all highlights!!Here are the rest of us back at the house watching and waiting for Eric and Sarah to return from the proposal site: Now that the engagement was official, a wedding was planned for November!

Looking Back at 2015...Fall.

Since the wedding to-dos kicked into high gear, posting on the blog in October was almost non-existent, although there are three newly written posts I'd like to link to.

I dated them with October dates so they will appear on the blog in the order they happened back in October, 2015:

October, Dayton Days...Hannah and I sold baskets and soaps! Read about it here.

October...Friends came to visit, and I wrote about our special time here.

October, NCFIC Conference...we spent the weekend in Asheville. Read about it here.

The best highlight of 2015, Eric and Sarah's wedding: 

I hope you've enjoyed this look back at 2015. We're looking forward to the good things the Lord will bring about in 2016!

"I shall remember the deeds of the LORD; Surely I will remember Your wonders of old." ~ Psalm 77:11

~Deb

Comments

[Dorothy]

Love all the pictures....especially the last one! ❤️ You had a blessed, busy year! I love & miss you and your sweet family! Hope we can get together this spring! 🌷

[Toni]

Wow, lots of milestones for y'all this year, Deb! And I can't believe Granny is 87, she really looks much younger.

Hope you have a wonderful weekend!
Toni

[victoria]

Nice job on recapturing the memories of the past year for your family. So glad we got be a part of it, and looking forward to seeing what the Lord will do in 2016.

[Tammy C]

Nice pictures to show the second half of 2015.I guess scavenger hunts are the way to go with engagements.On Bringing Up the Bates that is how Michaela received her ring.

Hope to see more birthdays for your mom.

Enjoy 2016.

[Danielle]

That was fun seeing all your pictures from 2015! I must have started following your blog maybe last February, because some of the pictures looked familiar to me after that time... :) It sounds like you had a year filled with lots of fellowship. The picnics looked like fun, and how special Sarah was married last year too. Hope you have a very healthy year 2016 and one filled with joy.