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Wednesday, November 16, 2011

WEDNESDAY SMORGASBORD

You all know how I always brag about how sweet and beautiful my girls are. Well, here we go again. For girl time last week, we brushed up on our fashion sense

Here are a few fashion statements from Brooke's Pre-Preggo Past

Brooke received an invitation to the Anthropologie Holiday Fashion show, and she was so sweet to invite Sommer and I. It was a beautiful night

The clothes and shoes were so pretty

For our fashion night, we ate at a very French restaurant: Chez FonFon. Chic and awesome

Here's a few of Brooke's superb Preggo fashion statements

I grew this!!!

A few random fun shots from the week, including a beautiful Bama Mom

Getting sooooo excited about the holidays!!

One week until THANKSGIVING!!

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

MAWMAW'S 90TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION. SURPRISE!!

SURPRISE!! They took mawmaw out to eat, and when she got to mom's house, she was so surprised by a 90th birthday party

Lots of great gifts!

Awesome decor including a collage of her FIRST 90 YEARS

Lots of friends and family...

... And celebrating

And last, but not least, lovely cakes and goodies

Monday, November 14, 2011

FUN FALL WEEKEND!

Sue was the model for the hand-knitted shawls at the Botanical Gardens holiday craft show

We saw My Fair Lady at the BJCC. Eliza was as beautiful as Audrey - and THAT VOICE! WOW!!

Jon and Colby planned a weekend Fall retreat for 120 of their closest friends

I volunteered to make the desserts for the picnic Saturday, one of which I found on Pinterest from here

Had dinner with these guys at the OG. Hadn't been THERE in a while. Just discovered their yummy soups

Friday, November 11, 2011

SECOND CHANCES
by Max Lucado

It was small enough to overlook. Only two words. I know I’d read that passage a hundred times. But I’d never seen it.

But I won’t miss it again. It’s highlighted in yellow and underlined in red. You might want to do the same. Look in Mark, chapter 16. Get your pencil ready and enjoy this jewel in the seventh verse (here it comes). The verse reads like this: “But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going before you to Galilee.

Did you see it? Read it again. (This time I italicized the words.)

“But go, tell his disciples ***and Peter*** that he is going before you to Galilee.”

Now tell me if that’s not a hidden treasure.

If I might paraphrase the words, “Don’t stay here, go tell the disciples,” a pause, then a smile, “and especially tell Peter, that he is going before you to Galilee.”

What a line. It’s as if all of heaven had watched Peter fall—and it’s as if all of heaven wanted to help him back up again. “Be sure and tell Peter that he’s not left out. Tell him that one failure doesn’t make a flop.”

Whew!

No wonder they call it the gospel of the second chance.

Those who know these types of things say that the Gospel of Mark is really the transcribed notes and dictated thoughts of Peter. If this is true, then it was Peter himself who included these two words! And if these really are his words, I can’t help but imagine that the old fisherman had to brush away a tear and swallow a lump when he got to this point in the story.

It’s not every day that you get a second chance. Peter must have known that. The next time he saw Jesus, he got so excited that he barely got his britches on before he jumped into the cold water of the Sea of Galilee. It was also enough, so they say, to cause this backwoods Galilean to carry the gospel of the second chance all the way to Rome where they killed him. If you’ve ever wondered what would cause a man to be willing to be crucified upside down, maybe now you know.

It’s not every day that you find someone who will give you a second chance—much less someone who will give you a second chance every day.

But in Jesus, Peter found both. THANK GOD!

HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND!!!