WESTVIEW

I thought I would post from my adventures with the Grady girls last week. We went to Westview pumpkin patch, and had a blast. I love hanging out with these girls aside from the everyday afterschool schedule. Kerry came too, which was nice. She left Fox 2 a couple weeks ago to start a new job with MEA, which she really enjoys. It will be nice for everyone, because she'll be able to have more time with her family.
The animals were a huge hit, and probably my favorite part. We loved the donkeys and chicks.

The girls also enjoyed bouncing on the big pillows. I had never seen anything like it before, but it's like a moon-walk, only much more cool! :)

Lexi and I did the corn maze, while Kerry and the girls went to pick pumpkins. We enjoyed apple cider and doughnuts, as well as a pumpkin roll and caramel apples to end the fun day!

Sorry about the weird layout....I can't seem to figure this out. One of these days I'll get it! :)

There is just something about a good friend....

This is Dominique, and I consider her my bff. There are so may reasons why. We have been friends since I was 15, and I can't get enough of her. Unfortunetly, our lives have taken us to different places in recent years, so we are not able to get together nearly as much as we would like to. But when we are able to, it is like time never passed. And this happened last weekend. I love that I can talk to her about anything, and that we can share our life with each other, and what issues we are facing and going through. She supports me, and I support her. She loves me, and I love her. She encourages me, and I encourage her. When she hurts, I hurt. And when I hurt, she hurts. I could go on and on, but I think you get the point. I am so thankful to have her in my life. If you don't have a friend like Dominique, I would pray that you would be able to find someone just like her. We all need these types of friends in our lives!

Missions Conference with the Columbine's!

We had our week long missions conference this past week, and it was amazing! I enjoyed connecting with our missionaries, as well as spending time with a few of them individually. This was the case with Michelle Columbine. Her and her husband Bo, as well as their girls Grace and Faith are getting ready to leave for France to attend language school, where they will then go on to Senegal. Michelle loves to scrapbook, so I took her to Archiver's, my favorite scrapbook store of all time, and we had a blast! It was so fun to "spoil" her and pick out fun stuff for our albums. Although scrapbooking is a very arduous and time-consuming task, :) both Michelle and I see it as a way to relieve stress, and have a lot of fun! We also had to make the all coveted stop to Starbucks to get our needed fix of energy! (although, hot chocolate doesn't give me too much energy. For those of you who do not know, I can't stand coffee...the taste, smell, nothing. Nada. And I don't like tea. So it is either hot chocolate or vanilla bean frappacinos for me at Starbucks!)
The girls were cold one night, so they grabbed their daddy's coat, and got right into it! :)

Michelle, I love ya and I'm praying for you and your family as you go out and serve our Amazing God! Thanks for the blessing you were to me. I'm so glad we were able to go out and spend time together!