Anniversary Trip

On July 24th Darren and I celebrated our 10th anniversary. It is so hard to believe that it's already been 10 years. We are planning to go snow skiing this winter and knew that we really didn't need to spend a lot of money on a trip right now. As our anniversary got closer we decided that we would go somewhere close for just a couple of days. This would give us a chance to celebrate our anniversary and it would also be a good trial run for leaving Nate since we haven't been on a trip without him. We decided to go to Helen, Georgia. We stayed in a nice cabin about 10 minutes from Helen. The actual town of Helen was somewhat of a disappointment, but we still had a great time and really enjoyed our trip. We got massages, went on a carriage ride, tubed down the river, saw some great waterfalls and had some yummy food. The best part of the trip was the cool weather. The temperature didn't get above 80 degrees while we were there. The morning we went to Anna Ruby Falls the temperature was 66 degrees! It very well could have been 100 degrees.

Nate also had a great time while were gone. He stayed with my parents and he loves going to "Pop's house," but I still didn't want to leave him. He has spent the night with them a couple of times, but it's not the same as leaving him for three nights while we are 5 hours away. Darren and I talked to them a couple of times each day and that definitely helped. Even though I missed him I did not want that to keep me from enjoying our trip...and I didn't. We both missed Nate, but it was really good for Darren and me to have some time to ourselves. On our drive home I could not wait to see him. When were about an hour from home I got so excited. I cannot remember being that excited in a long time. I could not wait to get my hands on his sweet little body. My parents brought Nate to our house and when Nate got out of the car he came running and gave us the best hugs and kisses we've ever gotten.

These past 10 years have been pretty great. Darren is a great husband and wonderful daddy. I am very thankful for him. We have had challenges, but those have just brought us closer together. I love him more today than I did 10 years ago and I am looking forward to many more anniversaries.

Downtown Helen

We ate at this yummy bakery twice - one day for lunch and one day for breakfast. Some of their wedding cakes have been featured on Food Network.

I had to make a picture of these Haman's ears pastries for all of my Esther Bible study sisters.

This is what was waiting to welcome us when we arrived at our cabin.

Giving Nelly a treat after our carriage ride.

I tried to get my hand away as quickly as possible. I'm not a big fan of horse sugar. :)

Anna Ruby Falls

We took this on the porch of our cabin one evening before dinner. The lighting is horrible, but at least we tried.