A trip down memory lane

Yesterday, the girls and I had to make an unexpected trip to Woodstock, GA and so I thought it would be fun to take a run by our very first house-- since we were relatively near by. Michael and I built (not literally!) this house during the first 3 months we were married-- which any good marriage counselor will tell you is a big NO-NO! But-- we've managed to survive for nearly 15 more years so....

Anyhow, it was interesting to see the changes in the Acworth area-- we used to be in the 'boonies'-- no shopping or anything for a good 10+ miles around us. That had certainly changed. I was pleasantly surprised at the shape of our old neighborhood-- there were some houses & yards that could use some more TLC, but overall it was in decent shape.

Without further ado, here are the pictures:

We planted the Bradford Pear and Maple trees in the front yard and they were teeny tiny (remember, we were poor newlyweds-- we bought the cheap landscaping items at Home Depot!!). They are HUGE now!! Glad someone else has been able to enjoy them... We also planted (and repositioned about 3 times) all of the holly bushes by the front walkway and those are nicely filled in as well. "Our lawn" also looks to be in fairly good shape-- we redid the entire lawn during our first summer---re-grading the lot and planting/watering in the seeds. That was a project we have NEVER repeated (wonder why??!!).

It would have been fun to see the inside-- the site of another HUGE project (we finished the downstairs 'bonus room' entirely by ourselves).

It all seemed a bit smaller than I remembered (especially the front lawn-- I remembered that as being MUCH LARGER-- probably due to that grass project previously mentioned??!) It could also be that the plentiful trees have grown and filled in quite a bit...

Anyway-- it was a fun experience and I don't even think the girls were too bored!