a GA update

We've been enjoying some fun down time with our old neighbors this week. M's dear husband is flying out today and she's going to stay another week with the 4 kids. So with 8 kids on the scene all the time, life is busy!

This is the first time that I've actually been out of the house to see what's what in our new neck of the woods. The community that we picked seems to have a lot of fun stuff going on, thank goodness. The kids have been hanging out in the woods behind our house and playing in the creek. We have lots of little walking trails that go throughout the woods around the community. They've met lots of friends that hang out with them in the woods and play on the rope swings and other crap that they've created. There is a rec center where I can send the big kids to go swimming and they've met lots of new friends there. We've met and made an immediate connection with our neighbors that have 2 little boys. She's a lot like me and we had a really good time hanging out chatting & sipping one to many cocktails=0)

Location wise: I think we picked a fabulous location. We are really close to everything and I can't say enough about how incredibly nice everyone is, southern hospitality is alive and well folks! That is something that paradise was lacking in every aspect, common courtesy had been long thrown out the window in exchange for rudeness.

I enrolled G in high school and his class load is very heavy. All AP courses with no break. He has some summer reading and testing to get done and football starts for him next week. He's very excited about his new school.

We tried the lake life out this weekend and are making plans to return this weekend. I'm holding out hope that it will become something fabulous. It's not the gulf and it's not as wonderful as my beautiful island, but it's different and new. We did find a little island to beach on and the kids explored the little island and swam in the fresh lake water. The kids were all a little surprised by the lack of salt in the water;0) When we were leaving we heard about a big beach and we are looking forward to checking that out soon. The lake is huge and I think we could spend a lifetime exploring it and never see the same thing twice.

So with all that being said, life in GA has been good for us so far. EG has made a smooth

transition and I haven't taken one single migraine pill since arriving. It is good to be back together as a family and we are beginning to feel the groove. We've spent much time on the house repainting the upstairs and still have much to do, but we are at a resting place to enjoy our company and the new world around us.

My new backyard. This is the creek behind our home.

A little nature hike on the trails.