The Most Awesome Grandparents in the World!

I love my grandparents, Gary and Sally Moore aka "Grandmommy and Grandaddy!"  When I was born my parents named me Amanda Sue; my middle name being a namesake to my grandmother's middle name.  Grandmommy kept me during the day the first year or so of my life while my mom worked at the bank. She and I have always been "joined at the hip" since then! When I was 2, (until I was about 6) I started spending two weeks every summer with Grandmommy and Grandaddy after they moved to Goodlettsville, TN.  I have so many memories of staying with them and I can’t believe that I remember so much for being so young!  Grandaddy had a little red car and I remember riding with him to Home Depot one day when he told me that his little car wanted to be a pick-up truck when it grew up! Haha!  Grandmommy let me have pink bubble gum after breakfast so of course I thought she was the best ever! And anytime that I got a boo-boo, there were Minnie Mouse Band-Aids to “make it all better!” My favorite thing in the bathroom was Grandmommy's mirror, that had a magnifying side. I would look into it and constantly flip between the two sides saying, "Big Amanda!" "Little Amanda!" I also became fast friends with their neighbors, Johnny and Cathy Carneal (and their cat, Rusty!).  I would go over to their house and sit on the backyard swing with Cathy and sing songs!  I also loved to help Grandaddy fill the bird feeders and at the same time pour cups full of bird seed all along their retainer wall!  (He “joyfully” pulled the weeds from the sprouting bird seed because I was so darn cute ;))   Grandmommy also said she also used to wait a week or two to Windex the hand prints on the glass front door!!  One summer Grandmommy and Grandaddy put up the first swing set and that’s where I learned to swing all by myself with Grandmommy teaching me to swing my legs, back and forth.  There was a little creek behind their house that we used to go walk along. Grandaddy got a small sailboat and tied a string to it so I could watch it float in the water.   On the other side of the creek were the football fields at Moss Wright Park.  Every 4^th of July, we would have a huge cook out at Grandmommy’s house and sit in her backyard and watch the fireworks taking off from those football fields when it got dark!  I wasn’t a huge fan of them when I was younger and would watch them out her bedroom window. But as I got older, that was my favorite part!! At the same park, there was a yellow metal bridge that went over the little creek that I affectionately named "Grandmommy's bridge!"  And on the journey from Texas to Grandma's house, the blue water tower of Rivergate was always my sign that my wonderful grandparents were only 5 minutes away!! I absolutely loved those summers! And since then, it's only gotten better!  My family lived in their basement for 2 years when we moved to Tennessee until we were able to find a house.  Instead of a house we found 23 acres and decided to split the land between 5 families and build homes. My grandparents have lived 2 doors down from my family for 9 years (I'm pretty sure it's 9!)  They have taken my cousins, siblings and me on multiple trips to the annual Aldersgate conferences and also to Gatlinburg!  They have laughed with us, cried with us, supported us, and most importantly encouraged us spiritually and challenged us to grow closer to the Lord!  I even had the extreme privilege of having my Grandaddy marry Josh and I on August 7th, 2010!  It was definitely one of the most memorable days of my life to date!!  

I can't say enough about my grandparents. They are two of the most special people in my life and I absolutely love them with all my heart!!

I love you Grandmommy and Grandaddy!!!