Top TEN!!!

So as we are winding down our last week here in New Hampshire I had started my Top Ten Things I LOVE and will MISS in NH list on Facebook... then I realised our Internet will be shut off long before Saturday (when my #1 should have been posted) so I'm cheating and doing it here!!!

10: Winter beauty: do not get me started on how I HATE the snow and all things cold but there really isn't anything like going outside after a blanket of snow.. it is SO QUIET, and beautiful... what did not make the list is the 2 days after the beautiful blanket of snow when everything is soggy, muddy, salty and down right gross!!!

9: Small town feel/ So I'm not sure if there is any place else in the US that is Literal full of TOWNS, not CITIES TOWNS.. and they are very happy and resist becoming a City at all cost.. the New England folks are a tough nut to crack but once you do they'll do just about anything for you...

8:  Lots of fun family stuff to do, we've visited Ben and Jerry's ice cream factory in VT, gone apple & blueberry picking, forth of July fireworks, old home day, days at the lake just relaxing, skiing/snowboarding for the kids (adults too if they wanted but these adults don't!) Bostons science museum, freedom walk, harbor museum and the ships old and new to go through and see... I know GA will have just as many (if not more) things for families to do but we have had a blast seeing all there is to see and do in NH (and surrounding areas)

7:  I know this was mentioned in the last post but it REALLY needs it's own, Skiing and snowboarding... why do you ask I put this on the top 10 list when I myself (or Ben) do not do either... because we moved here the week after Thanksgiving when Brad was in 4th grade and Hunter was in 2nd we enroll the kids in Bradford Elementary and with our we...

6: Lake Life, Thankfully GA has lots of lakes but I cant deny that NH has the best lakes I've have ever seen (yes even better than CA sierra's) have lots of memories of hanging out at the dock of Lake Sunapee with the kids swimming and having fun! I will definitely miss Lake Sunapee Dock!!!

5: History, The History of the North East is fascinating, funny at times and just awesome.  from going to Fort #4 (Google it!) or the Indian Museum (there are several but we have gone to Warner NH one).. every little corner of New England is packed full of History and lots of fun things to learn about the birth of our Nation.

4: Fall Foliage, I had heard of the New England fall foliage before moving here but until you actually see it face to face in no way can you appreciate it... it really is probably my most favorite season and I can honestly say I've never seen anything like it before..

3: the People of NH, they are a no nonsense people who work hard and tell it like it is... I know I'm going to have to go back to makeup wearing doing my hair Georgia but here in NH especially in the winter I felt just as at home with my hair back and not a stitch of make up on... so thankful for this place that has welcomed us!

2: Our church family.  I don't know if it was because it was NH and on a whole it is hard to "crack those nuts" but it took us a while to find our groove but we did and I will miss the Concord Ward SO MUCH!!! it is a unique ward with a big Student group that rotates out every few years but I have learned so much from the people here, I have had the pleasure to serve with cub scouts, Young women (camp!), Young Men (scout merit badge stuff) and of coarse the Primary I can not say enough how much I have loved serving and working with this group of people it has taught me so much  and we will miss YOU so much.

#1:  I know that the people I have met and love so dearly that we are grown ups we can visit and call and keep in touch but there is going to be a huge void when I can't just go over to my best friends house or her mine.. She has been with me through some of the most extreme moments I have had in the last 6 yrs.  we have laughed, cried, vented, asked opinions and advice we have had deep discussions and had very light hearted exchanges.. we have cheered for our kids from the side lines and have hiked through the muddy turane of Cub Scout Day camp AND Girls camp.. day trips, movies you name it our kids have grown to love one another and each consider the other their 2nd Mom, I am not only leaving my best friend I am leaving someone who I know would step in for me in a moments notice for my kids and THAT IS HUGE!!! any one reading this already who knows me knows who I am talking about so I won't mention names in this public forum just know I know what a void will be left in my and my families life!!! and YES we will keep in touch visit back and forth and phone calls for sure so I'm not disappearing ever but I'm not looking forward to this change AT ALL!!!

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