November

Having been gone from blogging about 2 months I don't know where to start. Above are some pictures of November... yeah I know... that was last year.

Some important events in November included the 2 year anniversary of Rachel moving in with me and Rachel turned 15. We had a fun slumber party/beach excursion. Thankfully I have awesome friends that like to join high school slumber parties so fun was had by all (even me!). You can tell you live in California when you can still have a beach party in November!

For Thanksgiving we went to Chattanooga. We stayed with my sister Autumn and made Thanksgiving dinner for 9 people in her cute little apartment. The fridge in her place is 3/4th the sides of a normal fridge and the oven is 3/4th the size of a normal oven. The oven was so small all we could fit in it was the turkey (and it was a small turkey). We stored the pies on her bed along with all our purses and coats and when we took out the futon that acts as her couch and put tables in her living room so that we could eat the Thanksgiving meal, we were so packed in that we couldn't open the door to go to the bathroom. It was an adventure but it turned out beautifully! My good friends Matt & Alina came up from Florida with their 2 and half year old daughter Karis. Karis is the coolest kid! I was able to see her birth back when the Kodatts lived in California and it was so wonderful to see the great personality she has developed. She is a wonderful mix of her mom and her dad's character. It meant so much to me to see them. We had a great day going up to Covenant College, our old stomping grounds. We showed Rachel around and ate in the dinning hall. I felt shocked to learn that I haven't been in college in 8 years. I feel like I just left that place. I can't tell you how many of my best memories are there! We were also blessed to go to church at New City Fellowship and have a few great meals with some old friends, Charity and Lang, Ben & Bethany and Brian and Susan. I also got to meet my sister's boyfriend Joseph who I dubbed "Captain" because he looks like a sea captain. I did get pretty sick about half way through the trip but other than that it was wonderful! I love my life in California but I love so many people and places in Chattanooga/Lookout Mountain that it is always hard to leave.

More info on December to come :-)