All the Places to Love

At least once a week I have to drive across the spillway. For those of you that don't know, it's a road that goes beside the reservoir. Every time I look across the reservoir it makes me want to be on the lake so so so badly! I decided a long time ago that Lake Keowee is one of my very favorite places in the world.

This lead me to think about all my favorite places in the world. So I decided to list them out. As I was thinking about where they were I realized it was so much less about the place and so much more about the people I get to be there with.


So here it is...no particular order! :)

1. Lake Keowee: A lazy Saturday (sometimes Sunday) with my five favorite lake buddies. John's famous nachos, wings, cheese dip, and ribs. Skiing. Swimming. Ryan scaring Lora EVERY TIME. Relaxing in the boat. Man, I LOVE the lake!
2. My grandmother's house on Christmas day. We eat brunch. We open presents. We have a good time and I get to be surrounded by a house full of people that I love SO much and that love me too!
3. Worship with my girls. Any worship service that I get to stand beside one or more of my girls. Any worship service that I get to see one or more of my girls engage in worship....LOVE IT!
4. My living room (the one in Asheville). Sitting on the floor surrounded by my girls (again) talking about the Bible and often times other things very off topic.
5. The beach. I love being at the beach in general but I especially love laying on the beach for hours at a time with a good book, good music, and a good friend.
6. Moe's. Now this might sound a little crazy but I really, really love Moe's! I love any Moe's but of course the ones in Asheville hold a special place in my heart!
7. Another country, on a mission trip. Love being in another culture serving Jesus and loving on people. The country doesn't much matter but I am a pretty big fan of the entire continent of Africa! Oh yeah, and being on the mission field with my girls is especially awesome! :)
8. Pigeon Forge. Cheesy, maybe but for the last few years I have gotten to go PF with the great family at Glen Arden. We get to eat and shop and sleep and eat and sleep some more! Now I also get to go with a great group of friends in the fall! It's just so much fun to get away, stay in a cabin, and enjoy the people I am with! Oh yeah....I get to do this one in about two weeks! :)

Well there you have it. Not that anyone cares. I was thinking that maybe I shouldn't always have such a serious, heavy blog. So this one is fun....for me at least. I have added some pictures from some of my favorite place with some of my favorite people

Last year's Pigeon Forge/Dollywood trip

The crew at the lake! :)

Guatemala this past summer (before we realized how hard we would work)

The beach with Bonnie....too many years ago!

One of my favorite pictures of me with my girls!

Worshiping with Jen and Caitlin at Hillsong!