Christmas

Sara and I were lucky enough to get to spend our Christmas break back in Tennessee with family and friends.  We both were able to take a full week off from work, so we got to spend 9 days back in Johnson City.

We flew home on Saturday the 21st.  Abe had his 'Classy Christmas Party' that night so we hung out at his party for a while before going out to celebrate the engagement of our friends Antonio and Jaymie.

Christmas Eve morning I had the itch to get out and do a bit of running in the East TN mountains.  I decided to go run up to the Pinnacle Mountain Fire Tower in Unicoi.  It is about an 8 mile round trip up to the fire tower and back down.  It was a cold, snowy run but great to be able to run in the mountains.

That evening, we went to the Christmas Eve service at Grace Fellowship.  It was good to be able to go to a service back at my home church.  After the service, we went over to Grandmommy Lois' house to spend Christmas Eve with the Greenwell family.  It was great to be able to get to see family that we haven't seen in a long time.  We had a nice night with great food, fellowship, and gift unwrapping.  

 Christmas morning we woke up at the Greenwell's and opened presents and enjoyed some breakfast bars and coffee before heading to mom and dad's house.  Grandma, Aunt Dolly and Uncle Bruce came in town from the Knoxville area for Christmas day.  We had a nice brunch of swedish pancakes made by dad.  After doing gifts we headed back to the Greenwell's for Christmas dinner with a combination of the Jacobson and Greenwell families.  It was a wonderful Christmas day filled with family, gifts, and food.

 The day after Christmas, Abe, Dad and I braved the cold for a day on the golf course at the Johnson City Country Club...

Saturday morning, Mom, dad and I went hiking at Spivey Gap near Erwin.  We hiked from Spivey Gap up to High Rocks along the Appalachian Trail.  From High Rocks there were 360 degree views of the surrounding mountains.

As usual, time flew by while we were at home.  It never fails that the trips are over in a blink of an eye.  It was great to be able to see family and friends that we rarely get to see anymore being in Texas.  Thanks to everyone who made it such a special trip for us.

Home Is Wherever I'm With Youuuuu

Hello from the Jacobson residence! We have been MIA for a while as many of you have let us know. I guess that means that someone is actually reading this then? Maybe. Who knows. We have been busy around here recently with work and extracurricular activities. I am pleased to inform that Kyle and I both seem to be finding our "nitch" here in Dallas a little more. We have met more great people (in addition to the ones that we already knew) and have been more involved! As some of you may or may not know... we moved within Dallas in June. We have had some requests to see the new pad, but as you also may or may not know... setting up a house can take time! It doesn't just happen over night! That being said, we have decided to give a sneak peek. If you want to see more, well...you are just going to have to come and visit. Follow the picture tour below!

View from outside...

Welcome into our living room...where we spend most of our evenings winding down from the day. 

View 1

Aaaaand view 2

From the living room, you can see that you enter our dining room...

** FUN FACT comin at ya ** Some of our great friends down here (shout out to Chelsey and Daniel) donated this table and chairs, Kyle stained the table and painted the chairs like the good handy man that he is. 

Now, continue walking through the dining room and you will find yourself in the kitchen!

View 1 (with an additional view of the laundry room)

 View 2

**ANOTHER FUN FACT comin at ya ** We found this large piece below at a thrift store. Kyle sanded and painted this beauty also, with minimal assist from me.

 Aaaaand walking back out you get the long view! 

Go through the door on the left and you will find the bedrooms and bathroom.

Our room.

Part of the bathroom, for those of you who may be interested?

Now, we also have a guest bedroom. But I have decided to leave that room a mystery to entice everyone to come and visit. My sister Jenni and Uncle Pete have been the only ones to take advantage of this offer so far... but we need more! We are just a hop, skip, and a jump away! Ok, maybe more like a plane ride... but it is totally worth it! Some other hidden gems in our new place are the glass door knobs and a covered front porch. That is all for now... Hope you enjoyed!!!