Home Sweet Homewood

John Ed Pearce - "Home is a place you grow up wanting to leave, and grow old wanting to get back to."

There's no place like home.

Last weekend I went back home for Easter.....and I desperately want to get back there ASAP!

Friday:
On our way back, we had to ref 2 jv boys' soccer games in Montevallo. It was our first high school reffing experience, and we were nervous...but we beasted it. the bad thing about it, though, was a kid from Prattville during my last game broke his arm; he was okay, but it caused a 27 minute delay for us to get home. We finally pull-in at about 11ish and you can just see the bright smiles on Pam and Ray's faces that all of their kids are home. Haha immediately, Austin and I direct our attention to messing with Lindsay (an epic tradition on school breaks), and it's obvious she's glad the family's all back together again.

Saturday:
After staying up til 4am doing whatever the night before (BAD MOVE), we had to wake up at 10 that morning because we had 3 girls' jv soccer games to ref at Hoover. Ha all of the complaining and resisting on my part to wake up brought me back to my high school mornings over the past 4 years- a lot of which I miss. the soccer games go well and as expected, all the freshman and sophomore girls on the teams hit on me and Austin haha. Pulling into the driveway once we get back was simply amazing...at about 5-6 o'clock the sun sets perfectly over the trees and plants in the back of our driveway creating an almost majestic scene. It was that moment that I knew I was home and wished I could stay there for weeks and weeks. We spent the rest of the night in absolute peace - me chipping golf balls in the backyard, Ap watching a movie with one of his girls, and Lindsay celebrating her best friend's birthday with people.

Sunday:
EASTER. We all woke up at 9ish to get ready for Sunday school at 10......the Powell family was looking fresh in their spring attire to say the least! The Easter Bunny came and left us all candy and gifts- Lindsay some white heels, Ap a new phone, and myself some khaki golf shorts! After Sunday school, we all attended the traditional 11 o'clock service and embrased Reverend Wolf's sermon about Easter. When we got home, we all hung out while the Easter Bunny (Big Ray) hid the easter eggs, and we prepared for our anual egg hunt! Lindsay is the reigning 6-time champ of this event, so me and Ap plotted to bring her down this year............yeah- didn't happen. She beat me by ONE freaking egg. Wow. Guess I gotta set bear traps next year or something to stop her pace. Later on the family said their goodbyes and Lindsay headed to AU and we headed back to Mobile (which was a huge buzz kill to our awesome weekend). Nothing was as bright and as green as Homewood, and I can't wait go back.

I love Homewood.

Lord, I have been EXTREMELY blessed to have grown up in such a great and wonderful town like Homewood, AL. I am confident in the idea that You planned that for me, so I would grow up being the person I am today. It is an amazing place, and I hope that life  takes me back someday soon.

"Well I'm going home,
Back to the place where I belong,
And where your love has always been enough for me.
I'm not running from.
No, I think you got me all wrong.
I don't regret this life I chose for me.
But these places and these faces are getting old,
So I'm going home.
Well I'm going home." ~Daughtry
-GP