LET US LOVE AND SING AND WONDER, LET US PRAISE THE SAVIOR'S NAME

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

We Are Off

Richard and I are officially off work and are ready for Thanksgiving. I have been looking forward to these two days off work for quite some time! Quality time with the hubs and our families is in order for the next several days. We plan to eat well, relax a lot, watch a little football, enjoy the farm, spend Thursday in Birmingham, and most important be THANKFUL! My heart is rarely thankful for all the Lord has given to me. May the spirit enable my heart to be truly thankful to the Lord. I'll be back with all that I am thankful for in life. I gotta get packing!
By the way, that sexy boy asked me to be his girlfriend 7 years ago today :) I said "YES" and never looked back!

Monday, November 22, 2010

Mr. & Mrs. Neal Pettus


Erin became a wifey this weekend and she was a beautiful bride. The entire weekend was wonderful as all of my best friends from Auburn were in town to see Erin walk down the aisle! Also, the weather was absolutely perfect. Richard and I took advantage of the wedding being in Montgomery and had friends stay with us for the weekend. We felt like we were back in college!  Time with all of these girls in the same place is becoming few and far between. I laughed a whole lot and even though I'm tired today I feel refreshed from being with them. I took a TON of pictures.....enjoy!
After a wedding day brunch, we walked around East Chase and found ourselves at Chick-Fil-A catching up on life over a glass of sweet tea :)

Erin's cake was beautiful! She wanted the flowers on her cake to match her dress.
We danced and danced and danced. So much fun!
Erin and Neal are honeymooning in Big Sky, Montana. I hope they have the best week and am looking forward to them being back in Montgomery!

Monday, November 8, 2010

What Not To Wear

Don't worry I was not on TLC's hit show What Not To Wear, rather I held an event at church in which we called "What Not To Wear." This event was for 7th-12th grade girls and their moms. I started thinking about this idea back in August, but boy when Sunday morning came around I was super, suuuupppppppeeeerrrr NERVOUS. Talking in front of one hundred moms and girls is not my favorite thing. The good thing is I only talked for 10 minutes and the rest of our time interviewed a panel. The best part is that the Lord is completely in control and he carried me through the whole thing.
Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and he will establish your plans. Proverbs 16:3


There were a couple of things I wanted the girls to take away from the morning:
1. We are all born into this world with a sense of shame and we are now trying to hide that shame. In relation to what we were, we hide our shame by either wearing very little or wearing several layers of clothes.
2. To start thinking about the clothes you wear and why you wear them.
3. We can't change on our own. We are in great need of a Savior who can enable us to find our satisfaction in Him, not our clothes.

The pictures show some of the details and fun I had planning for "What Not To Wear."

 


One afternoon, I got together with some girls to paint. They did a fabulous job and made great decorations!
This card was placed on every chair and I encouraged the girls to put the card somewhere they would see it when getting ready. I'm pretty sure I need and will put it up for myself.
The panel did an INCREDIBLE job! One the panel was a college-aged girl and guy and a mother of 19 year old twins. I prepped them with the questions I planned to ask and it was great!
You can see my sweet husband standing in the back :) He was most supportive and being able to look back there at him calmed my nerves.
Lastly, what would be a girl's event on modesty and dress without little dress cookies!

To God be the Glory.

Friday, November 5, 2010

Cozy Nights

Tomorrow when we wake up, it will be freezing outside according to the local weatherman. I'm certainly not a fan of winter weather, but I can assure we will be super cozy as the heated blanket was put on our bed minutes ago. I LOVE turning it on before we get in bed! Hopping into warm sheets is the best..it's the small things in life. Oh, the husband and I definitely have our own controls. You need one of these!
Happy Sleeping!