Mountain Girl?

I have always loved the FALL but my love for this season has grown now that I am actually living in the mountains my first FALL :)  It's incredible watching the leaves change daily into all of my favorite colors, especially RED!  God's paintbrush is at work across creation.

On another note, I cannot believe it's been almost a year since I moved to Robbinsville, NC and I must say that I have adjusted quite well to the mountain life.  Of course, my love for Jesus and His sweet spot allows for adjusting to be smooth anywhere if my focus is HIM but He has allowed me to truly love and appreciate where He has me right now, right here in the Great Smoky Mountains of North Carolina.

Just to share a little birthday fun, Rance sent me on a scavenger hunt all over our house on my birthday.  His clues said things like 'Riddle me this, riddle me that, go to the wall and listen to see if that thing is talkin' at all!'  Now for all of you that have either been to our house or heard the story about pictures speaking to you - then you know exactly where this riddle is referring to!!!  If you do not, please ask me sometime :)


My birthday presents from my sweet husband:  Camo rain pants, ESV Study Bible, dry fit T-shirt, hiking socks, mushy card,  long-sleeve dry fit camo shirt and my personal favorite - my very own HIKING BACKPACK (more pictures to come)! 


My looooooooooooooooong time seestars, Dee & Rachel & Rachel's son Benjamin were supposed to come the Friday night of my birthday and they were actually on the way and had to turn back around because Rachel got SO sick.  Since plans changed, Rance decided we needed to take an outdoor adventure that Saturday (24th) to use my new gear!  We drove out to Bryson City and got on the Road to Nowhere (that's really what it's called).  We parked and hiked back in the woods about 45 minutes and went FLY FISHING! 

My new backpack!!!  It puts all the weight on my stomach and NOT my back! PTL!

Just FYI - I fell within 1 minute of being in the creek, as in foot slipped off of a rock and I went down into the water! :) 

 

Rance's other love besides Jesus (1st) & his wife (2nd)...FLY FISHING!

 

He's VERY good at it!



Oops, forgot to take the tag off my backpack but I love that it says ALL MIGHTY!!!  Yep, that's JESUS, my ALMIGHTY SAVIOUR!

Now you may can see why I fell!  It's not easy walking through a creek!

Yes, the creek was COLD but thankfully I had some sweet socks that kept my feet WARM! 

Time to cook the fish and some cornbread, too!  Rance is a master at this!

YUMMMM!!!!  Nothing like ending a day on the creek with some good food :)

One of the beautiful views on our way home - we actually live on the other side of that mountain!  Crazy huh?  It's a HUGE adjustment determining where you are in relation to mountains instead of road signs or landmarks!

Rance, thank you for making my birthday SUPER special! :)