The first month we lived in GA, we got out and explored as a family pretty much every weekend. The kids and I really liked the trail we had found along the Chattahoochie river, so we made sure to take Trent there with us the next time.
It really is beautiful! Just make sure and put lots of bug repellant on before you go outside in the summer here in GA. Holy bugs!
It took an entire month of living here before I saw a sunset. It was super rainy last summer (I believe I have mentioned the rain once or twice), added to the fact that there are trees everywhere, and you get to see a sunset very rarely. So sad! Definitely not used to that. I miss the CO sunrises and sunsets so much.
This is definitely not my favorite part about living in the South. There are bugs EVERYWHERE! And more types of bugs than I have ever seen in my life! While I am getting more used to the bugs, I still don't like them any more than when we first moved here.
One of our first family outings here in GA was to the Atlanta History Museum. There is quite a bit to see, and we knew the kids would never make it through the whole museum in one visit, so we ended up buying an annual pass. On our first visit, we went through the Civil War exhibit. After seeing all the different weapons and pictures of war, Preston announced, "I don't ever want to go into the Army. I just want to go into tractors!"
My big boys are all about their food. We made sure to feed everyone before we left for the museum, but do you think they lasted more than 30 minutes into our trip? Ever since moving to GA, my boys had been DYING to eat at Waffle House. After hearing them beg for food through the whole museum, we stopped at their dream restaurant on the way home. They thought they had died and gone to heaven!
Jillian's hair finally started to grow after we moved. Maybe it was the humidity? I was so excited to finally be able try pigtails in her hair!
We had a very fun, albeit rainy, 4th of July. The Sherbet family were so kind to invite us ove,r along with several other families, to join in their Independence Day celebrations. There were tons of others kids there my kids' ages, which was awesome. I don't think we would have settled in, or so quickly, to our life here if it wasn't for our church. It was such a blessing to know that wherever we went, we would have an instant family through our ward. Our kids had made good friends here shortly after we moved. Thank heavens for a wonderful ward family that helped us to feel so welcome and loved!
One very wet and rainy weekend, we decided to make the jaunt up to Chattanooga to check out the aquarium there. Since it was so rainy, I think everyone else had the same idea we did, because it was packed! But still tons of fun. Seriously awesome aquarium!
Another trip to Steak and Shake on our way home from the aquarium. Trent was more thrilled than he looks.
A couple of weeks after our first visit, the kids and I went back to the Atlanta History Museum. This time we took a tour of the Swan House. They tour was done as if we were in the period the house was built, which was the 1930's. The tour was given by the interior decorator of the house, so if you had questions, you were supposed to ask them as if you were in that era. Very cool. The tours at the farm house are like that as well.
The kids at the farm house, bleating with the sheep. My kids still do this every time we go. They sit and "Baa!" at the sheep until the sheep do it back. It never gets old!
It was fun getting to know our new surroundings during our first month in GA!
