Friendsgiving

This month Alex and I have been excitedly looking forward to celebrating Thanksgiving. It is Alex's favorite holiday, so I try my hardest not to gloss over it and skip straight to Christmas (like the rest of America). To celebrate, we are trying to eat as much delicious food and spend as much time with our friends and family as possible. 

Last Saturday, Alex and I got together with three other couples and celebrated Friendsgiving. It was such a great night of talking, eating, laughing and playing Balderdash. Since it's November and Thanksgiving is looming around the corner, I've been reflecting a lot lately about what I am thankful for. At the top of the list are the friends that we are so lucky to have.

As I have gotten older (and I'm 92% certain everyone feels this way) it has gotten more difficult to make new friends. Not new acquaintances, those are a dime a dozen. I'm talking about real friends, the ones who have seen your ugly cry and still want to be around you, the ones that care about you just as much as you care about them, the ones who will text you late at night just to see how your day was; those friends. God has richly blessed Alex and I in the friend department and I am so very, very thankful. 

Happy Friendsgiving!

p.s Friendsgiving 2 is happening tonight...I said we are trying to cram a lot in this year!

fall retreat

Last weekend Alex and I, along with Brian and Melinda, took our high school youth group on a fall retreat. We drove through the winding back roads of Missouri to Koinania Family Valley Ranch. We had a great time digging into God's word, playing silly games and enjoying the beautiful weather.

We are already looking forward to next year and we're excited to see how God continues to move in "our" kid's hearts. We are so grateful to be a part of their lives and look forward to watching them grow in their faith. 

look up

I created a new page to follow along with my challenge to complete twenty five items/tasks before I turn twenty six! Just click on the twenty five by twenty six tab and you can see what I have completed so far.

happy halloween

It is October 31st and all that means to me is: tomorrow there will be discount candy! I don't buy into all this Halloween business. It's not fun for me to be scared so I just opt out, although I do watch It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown every year. As as kid, I had a friend that would have a haunted hay ride for her birthday and I made sure that my mom was there to pick me up before it started. I didn't care that I looked like a weenie, I did not want to go into the woods!

This weekend we are taking our youth group on a fall retreat, so I have a fabulous excuse to skip Halloween. But, that doesn't mean that Moose got to skip out on dressing up. He was not the most cooperative little fella, but the bribe of a few treats got him to hold still.

Have a happy, safe and not too scary Halloween! Don't forget to brush and floss after all that candy!! 

Minnie Moose

Doesn't he look thrilled to be a girl?!