Showing posts with label country. Show all posts
Showing posts with label country. Show all posts

9.27.2013

the plan

A few weeks ago we received some amazing news that we had been waiting for, Mr. Murphy has gotten into the University of Georgia!
 He will be finishing his bachelors and Masters there as an accounting major.  We hope to be able to get it all done in about 3 years.  I am so proud of him and can't wait to see what this new adventure holds for us. 

We will be moving our little family of four back to the country and into my mothers house. When she got married in February she moved out to Douglasville with her new husband. So now we will have that big beautiful home and land all to ourselves.  I loved raising Evaleigh there for the first 9 months of her life and I can't wait to do the same with Avett.  Our days were spent outside swinging under trees, playing in the barn, and laying out on blankets in the pasture.  

We will make the move at the end of October a few weeks after Avett is born.  It will be a hectic time to pick up our family and move but we know it's the right thing.  I feel sad about leaving the city that I love so much and in my heart I hope we will be back in the future.  We have so many wonderful friends here and we are grateful for the love and support they have shown us.  John has been with the same company for the past 4.5 years and he has learned so much, it has been wonderful for is. We are grateful to have had the opportunity to be with them for as long as we were.

We are so excited to move along to the next chapter in our lives. We are a little nervous about going back to the student life but it's also exciting to do it together! So, that's the plan, and we can't wait to get stared!

(Back in 2011 when we moved in for the first time)


6.14.2012

long lost lover

Living in the country delights me.

I used to pride myself in being a city girl.  I enjoyed large crowds of people all milling about, tall buildings, seas of concrete, and falling asleep to the sound of police sirens.  I still have a place in my heart for these things but in the last year the country has won me back over like a long lost lover.


A few days ago John, Evaleigh, and I walked out in to our pasture with the guitar in tow and laid down a blanket under the persimmon tree and felt the breeze on our skin.  We fought a loosing battle with the bugs but it was good while it lasted.


Country living you have my heart and I'm so happy to share it with you.

5.01.2011

our new home.

Want to know a secret?

We have moved.
This is our new home.
We have made the switch from city dwellers to country folk.
We went from a tiny, noisy, cozy one bedroom city apartment to a beautiful country home on a little farm.
We have a John Deere tractor, a red barn, horses to look at, and lovely neighbors.
Life is changing.


I have been thinking a lot about change lately.
You know the saying, "There is nothing as constant as change."
I am beginning to understand that the older I get the truer I am finding that it becomes.
I remember growing up and having expectations for what my life might be like. I had goals and plans and thoughts as to what I would do.
I am realizing that the only expectation we should have is to be happy.  Rather to make happiness for ourselves.  Life is never really how you expect it to be.  The surprises make it exhilarating but we should always prepare ourselves against the storms of life.  We should guard ourselves with the assurance of knowing who we are and Who's we are.


We are going through a storm right now.  
We are trying to be there for our family in a time of need and we hope that we can bring joy in to this new home.  We will be living with my mother for some time and it will be a positive thing for us all.

"oh, hey there mister murphy."

our new roomie :)


11.23.2010

1,000 Beautiful Things Have Happened

Small town life is a beautiful thing.  
We have already done so much.
Dare I say, Walsh CO is burrowing in to my little ole heart.








We are still here for 5 more days.

That means:

5 more breathtaking sunsets
5 more days of delcious food
5 more days of meeting and loving delightful people
5 more days gazing at soft golden fields
5 more nights of clear skies and silent sleep
5 more days to wrap our arms around our nieces
5 more days of no traffic
5 more days of crisp powerful wind sweeping across our faces

I'm learning how to slooooow down.  
And I love it.
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