relishing the life God has given us
January 25, 2016 | Charles Pinckney National Historic Site If you ever want to feel inadequate about yourself and your accomplishments, you really need to visit here and learn about Charles Pinckney. This man did EVERYTHING. I’d like to say though that this was way back during the American Revolution, so technically there weren’t that many people over here so it… Read More
Weekend Trip to Augusta, Georgia and Northwestern South Carolina | Part 2 | April 23, 2016 [Read Part 1 HERE – all about our time in Augusta and Sumter National Forest!] As soon as we got off the main highway that passes through Abbeville and started to head downtown, we knew we had come across somewhere special. The town was… Read More
Weekend Trip to Augusta, GA and Northwestern South Carolina | Part 1 | April 22 & 23, 2016 As I mentioned several times in my post about Magnolia Plantation and Curtis’ Birthday, we really wanted to get out and go for a road trip to celebrate, but it just didn’t work out that weekend. But 2 weeks later, we finally… Read More
Magnolia Cemetery | Our First Military Ball | April 16, 2016 The weekend of April 16-17 was a busy one for us. It started with dinner out on Friday night with some of Curtis’ classmates celebrating being over another test and another week (⅓ of the way through!) and our first Military Ball on Saturday night – the 116th Submarine… Read More
Curtis’ 23rd Birthday Weekend | April 9, 2016 | Magnolia Plantation | Charleston, SC Curtis’ birthday fell on a Saturday this year, and while we would have loved to get out of town to celebrate Curtis’ birthday in the mountains, that just didn’t work out for us this time. He had security duty that night, and a big test to study… Read More
April 2-3, 2016 At the beginning of the month, Curtis’ parents and sister came down to see us for the weekend! They arrived late on Friday, April 1 and stayed till Monday morning, giving us 2 days to show them around our corner of the Low Country. It was so exciting to host both of our families within a month… Read More