Back in Ringgold...

At the beginning of October, Dusty left for Ft. Irwin, California for training, and I went to stay with my parents in Ringgold. It was nice seeing all my family and hanging out with them. I got to see friends of the family I hadn't seen lately, meet new friends and people, and hang out with family! Layla and Paisley enjoyed themselves out on "the farm". Paisley couldn't run just in the yard; she always wanted to go in the pasture and then would never come back when you would call her, so she was stuck on the leash every time we went out. They did enjoy playing with Bertha and Ellie. It was mostly Bertha and Paisley playing. Paisley has gotten so big...she is now 7 lbs!!!! I can't believe it, but she is still so cute!
More of the things I did: My cousin Adam got married on October 2. It was a beautiful wedding out at Walnut Hill Farms ( I think I got the name right). Mom and I had a girls day and had lunch in Collegedale at End of the Garden Gate, a little tea room. Then we went shopping, which is always fun! I babysat a lot for Elli Grace, Anna, Jackson, and Jase...what fun kids! Many funny moments with them all!
One Sunday, me, mom, dad, and Kim all drove to Elijay after church to go to the Apple Festival. It was fun, cold, but fun. I had a funnel cake and we took a bag of apples home (they were soo yummy!).
Rachel, my older sister, is in a praise band at her church with her mother in law and another lady. Well they sang at the fair the last weekend I was home, so Dad and I went to hear her sing (Mom was out of town on a choir retreat). It was freezing that night!!! But they did an excellent job. After we left there, Dad and I went to a Halloween Party (bonfire thing) at some friends house that we go to church with. It was fun!
I learned how to pick turnip greens and cook them. A lady from her church took me to pick them and then the next day I went over to her house and she showed my how to cook them. Wash them 5 times, boil with salt, add oil and sugar and bouillion cubes, etc. They were pretty tasty!!!
Mom and I and Grandpa would go to breakfast/lunch once a week. It was good seeing my Grandpa and hanging out with him. I cooked supper a lot while I was home, and he would come over and eat most of the time.
I also made new friends. I hung out with my cousins and their friends, all of which have children and a little older than me, but thats ok. We had a lot of fun!
I also got to see my old roommate from Georgia Southern, Melissa. We first met at Dalton State in 2004 maybe, and have been friends ever since. She too is married to a man in the Army so we now have that in common. They are expecting their first baby, a baby boy, in February. Like Dusty, her husband is also deploying, so this next year, we will be seeing a lot of each other. She came up this past week and we had lunch and spent the day with each other. It was so nice to see her and visit with her. She is adorable pregnant!
Sorry this post is so long and I'm sure I left out many things I did, but that was most of it. Some days I did nothing and didn't get out of sweat pants until 4...nothing to do!
It's nice being back down in Savannah with Dusty. We are planning on taking a vacation soon. He has time off for 2 weeks, so that will be nice spending time with him.