A Look Back at 2015 ~ Part 1

Most bloggers write their previous year's highlights post in early January. Well...Hello, February! How did you get here?!

We're finally getting around to "looking back" at a few of the memories of 2015...some photos may not have made the blog the first time around and others you might remember. And some events/happenings we didn't take time to put on the blog. Take a look:

Winter, 2015....A big portion of the winter was spent over at Jonathan's house helping with various building chores. My main job was writing verses on the studs all over the house. We blogged about it here and here:Last February, Tom's sister came to visit...fun times! We're anticipating another visit from Aunt Toots at the end of this month and hope that she isn't greeted with lots of the white stuff again: Also in February friends from over the mountain came to visit...we had lots of fun talking and playing games: Here I am with my friend: On the week leading up to Valentine's Day each year, Sarah makes meals for our family..lots of delicious and varied meals all week long! We all just love Sarah's Cooking Week!

I wonder if she's told her new husband, Eric, that she has to leave Georgia and come home to Virginia to cook for us all next week? Somehow I doubt it since it's his birthday week. We'll miss her Cooking Week for sure this year!

Last March Hannah introduced a new product, Beard Oil, on her website and blog. Jonathan was her tester, and here they are together after Hannah gave him a sniff to check out the fragrance: Also in March, Hannah and Sarah met with their friends Anna and Abigail for a delightful picnic lunch and some girl talk. These are the girls who were such wonderful helpers for Sarah's wedding in November....but who knew back in March that she'd be getting married last year? In March we also hosted our friends from PA, Nelson and Sarah and their family, who were overnight guests: Spring, 2015...In April we made a trek to Atlanta for the Civil War History Tour with historian, Bill Potter. Lots of families were on the tour, including our Atlanta friends here: Little did we know that Eric and Sarah's first real conversation in this graveyard on the tour would lead to friendship, courtship, and marriage:

Market Saturdays beginning in April were a huge part of 2015 for both Hannah and Sarah. Here's Tom with Granny and Hannah at the Memorial Day market:  In June we made a trek to Michigan to honor Micah as he graduated from his Residency program:On our route back to Virginia, we met up in Ohio with Eric and his family who were also traveling back home to Georgia from a weekend away. It was a great family lunch date and their first face-to-face meeting after their long-distance courtship started:Here we are getting better acquainted with the family: Well, that's just the first half of the year! More wonderful memories to come in the second half. What highlights will be next?

Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits.~ Psalm 103:2

Stay tuned for Part 2.

~Deb

Comments

[Chris]

LOVED, LOVED, LOVED all the photos!! So much fun to see the year in pictures! With all the Susan Branch "stickers" on your post and the pictures, who needs to scrap-book!! :) LOL

[victoria]

It was a great year indeed for both our families. Sarah and I have been busy making plans for the birthday guy's big day. :)
Loved all your pictures.

[Sharon]

Hi! I really enjoyed all the pictures! What a blessed year for your family, so many special times! What a beautiful family you have :)

[Tammy C]

Looks like it was a good year for everyone.I didn't realize that Sarah had just met Eric when you were on the Civil War tour.You will do fine next week for Valentine's week.

What day is Eric's birthday.Different family (cousins,nephew and 2 sisters)members have birthdays on the 11,13,17,and 20th.

[Emma]

Wow, so much has happened this year! I hope 2016 will be just as full of blessings as 2015. I cannot wait for part two:)