Pine Needles

It hardly seems possible that it's barely been a month.

We've already made more memories as a fam here than any other place.

Our first house with a name...

Pine Needles

 
 

We'd tent camped every year here in the area, and every year taken long drives looking...5 summers spent in this ritual. Nothing ever seemed just right.

But this year was different. 

Maybe it was the lake, or the feeling that our kids were growing too fast.

For whatever reason

This was our year. 

Providence.

 

The houses and cabins on our road all have names. Given to them after the wildfires had come through and reminded them that there was no way to really tell who was what and where. I love the names of our neighbors' places... 

Names like Bear Path and Pine Cone... 

Ours is Pine needles... 

There's a chill in the air. Fall is coming. The humming birds are filling themselves up to the brim at the feeder. Chipmunks quarrel with the bluebirds over the peanuts the kids throw out.

We sit and take it all in. 

We are quick to be thankful.

So thankful.