I love my family!

Wow...I am so overwhelmed with this home sick feeling tonight!! I just want to let a tear or two but I just think I will look crazy :)

I was thinking a lot about when I grew up in Georgia, and in lots of ways I would love to forget some things...don't we all...but the good definitely out weighed the bad. See...the wonderful thing about the south is that even if you take away all of the wonderful people and their sweet hospitality, the feeling of just being there makes me all giddy inside!! I absolutely love that feeling and the person I turn into when I am back home! Michael has a hard time understanding that, he says that I have lived in Utah for about 8 years now so I should call this place home ;) but honestly my heart and soul will always be in the south :)

I couldn't help but look back on my childhood today as I was doing the dishes. It was very bitter sweet for my family, but I think a lot of our experiences that we went through strengthened us in some way or another, big or small. I look back all the time and just wish that I could go out our the pond and go fishing or the times that Chelsea and I would go out front and build the best fort ever. I miss the feeling of our ward. I miss the lemonade stands that Chelsea and I would make and the fact that we only made a profit because of our sweet neighbor:) I miss when Michael would chase me around the house with craw fish. I miss the tomboy I used to be. I miss how I was never afraid of anything and how much of a dare devil I was. I miss the relationships with the missionaries we had. I miss having to get in the bathtubs every time there was a tornado warning. I miss all the friendly faces I would see everyday and all the sweet spirits in my life. I could honestly go on forever about what I miss about Georgia but most of all, I am so thankful for the relationship that I have with my family. I think the way we were brought up, made us the wonderful family we are today. We may have stupid issues with someone at some point but over all each and everyone in my family will drop everything in that moment to help out another sibling and I am so blessed to have that comfort in my life, and as hard as life was and as much as we went through, it was the happiest time of my life and I am so thankful for those memories. I love my family!!!