ricky's home and so am i

oh man. it is so good to have ricky back home! the past week and a half has been great! here's the rundown:

-we've made a little bit of house progress (update on that to come)
-i've been able to cook again! "cooking" for one consisted of a lot of special k red berries and honey bunches of oats
-happy dogs! ricky's been working from home a lot which means no crate for our little ball of destruction
-we went to b dub dubs...on wwe summer slam fight night. i especially enjoyed the sound effects from the major fans (BOOM!)
-catching up on our dvr. we don't always love the same shows (i'm convinced that ricky loves the bachelor pad, he just won't admit it), but one of our favorites is man vs. food. last week they featured KANSAS CITY! including two family faves, oklahoma joe's BBQ and stroud's pan  fried chicken, yum!

so yeah, that made me a little homesick. but something else makes me a lot homesick.

these two. they officially live in kansas. for a few months, at least. i have always been a major homebody. home has been a lot of places: kc, manhattan, 408 boyd hall, gphi, lost canyon, beth & nick's, mi cas, and now georgia. i do feel home here. the macdonalds, our friends, and these students that i am in love with have made it home.

but the best definition of home is where my family is. my family is ricky, hunter, and penny. but it is also pam, jim, pat, jo, libby, and ruffin. and a lot more people i could list that are family even though bramlett is nowhere in their name.

so yeah, when the rest of the bram fam got together for dinner this week, i was homesick. and sad that we couldn't just drive over and join them. it's always hard to not have all my homes in one location, but i'm realizing that this fall is going to be particularly difficult.

but instead of being sad, i think i'll choose to be thankful. thankful that i can now visit all of the bram fam and a whole bunch of my friends in one place. thankful that i have such wonderful people in my life to miss. thankful that i am at home here and if we were to leave this place, i would be confronted by the same feelings. thankful for this sweet life that God has given me, and that He has surrounded me with grace, purpose, and relationships that make me feel fully alive.