Fall Updates

If anyone would be so kind as to help me figure out how to layout pictures on my blog, I would be much obliged.  In the meantime I will continue to post them hapharardly around the page.  Blogspot - sometimes you infuriate me.

So one with the random update!  This fall one of my favorite bloggers asked her readers to comment on the following:  "tell us what decorative item in your home gets used differently for every season".  My answer was easy - this wreath!  I bought it a couple of years ago and it has carried us through several seasons.  This fall Springer politely requested I NOT use an orange ribbon again, for fear that some might think we were abandoning the Bulldogs in this dark and lonely season for another team such as Auburn, Tennessee, or Florida.  But do not despair Dawg fans, we still don the red and black proudly.

Soon I'll be pulling out the yellow ribbon, replacing it with green and voila - a Christmas wreath. You will, however, have to come to my back door to enjoy it because I am crazy about the fresh wreath that I make each year for my front door. If you're lucky, I'll blog about the how-to's of a fresh wreath soon (seriously could not be any easier).

This past weekend we hosted Flink Family Thanksgiving.  Our sweet friends, Sara Beth and Stephen Shealy, asked us to host a Thanksgiving Dinner - Minnesota/Flink style.  All I had to do was clean up my house and set the table - I think I got the better end of the deal!  I was really excited about a chance to use our china, and I thought it turned out really pretty. 

Here I am posing for the cover of Southern Views Magazine - ha! 

Once everyone (18, in fact) got here, I was too excited about hanging out and eating to take any other pictures.  Sorry!

My friend Claire and I have the great priviledge of spending time each week with sweet high school friends. A couple of them were on their school's Homecoming Court, so we went to celebrate!





What's Goin' On

Warning:  Random thoughts coming your way in no particular order!

This summer Brad, our friend from college and one of Springer's roommates too, got married!   Here's Springer (and the guys) looking all spiffy!

 Bride + groom (Jennie and Brad) - so beautiful!

Bride + Groom (me and Springer) -- can you believe it will be five years in December!!

"I never thought I'd see this!" + Update Coming

I just learned how to download pictures from my phone to the computer, so an update of the past few months is in the works.  But first I thought you might enjoy a little place I discovered while driving to a wedding in Atlanta this summer... but first a little background.

We love our church, CrossPointe; however, we know we are not perfect.  Brad often refers to us as a group of "pardoned rebels".  There will be reasons that people come and go from time to time, but it's made clear that if anyone is looking for the "perfect church"... well, that just doesn't exist.

Until now apparently!

Love Our Family

These first pictures were taken at my grandma's 90th birthday.  I absolutely LOVE them.  Thanks Judy for serving our whole family in such a neat way.

In other news (I don't think I've announced this on the blog yet) - Caroline is engaged!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

We love Brian and are so excited he is joining our family!

Tip for Guacamole

I saw this tip in a magazine this summer... and I think it is brilliant.

Step 1:  Open avocado.

Step 2:  Remove pit and make a grid with your knife in the avocado.



Step 3:  Scoop it out with a spoon.

Step 4:  Smush it to your desired consistency.

Add your favorite fixins - sometimes I just add salsa - when I'm real industrious, I add fresh tomato, cilantro, onion... mmmm.

welcome...

... to my morning.

What should have been:
5:45 wake up/get ready
(an overachieving wife would have gotten up at 5:30 with Springer to help fix breakfast for his Bible study guys coming over at 6:30...
but we all know that didn't happen)
7 leave for work - need to be there before 7:15 since my students are presenting at 7:30 to a group of nurses

What actually occured:
6:49 woke up
6:56 out of shower, scruntch the hair
7 pick out some clothes
                         dress sounds good
                         (no ironing)
                                             tights sound good
                                             (covering up legs that I didn't have time to shave - but it's a little chilly today anyway)
7:10 realize a big truck is blocking my car in the driveway
7:12 leave the house (at red lights - apply powder and lipstick)
7:17 make it to work, profusely apologizing to my students
7:19 put on mascara and eyeliner while the students fix a couple of PowerPoint slides
7:30 presenting... is it time to go home yet?!