Today (or yesterday for her) is...

This girl's birthday!

At the moment she is on the other side of the world, so I am not able to share in her birthday festivities! I have been very sad this week about not being there and in person to make her feel special. She sure does deserve it!

I love her for a number of reasons: she has a really great sense of humor, she shares my loves of games, she can speak difficult words of truth to me that I don't like to hear from anyone else, she has already been named my desired favorite aunt name of "mommasissy", she needs very little... to live well, she is a real life portrait of a Godly woman, she is a wonderful wife- one whom I would like to emulate, she doesn't like the word "the", she isn't afraid to speak her mind, she is an intentional friend, she is the best friend a girl could ask for... I MISS YOU!

Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday to Anne... happy birthday to you!

Working on the Weekend (Thankful Monday #3)

Most are working FOR the weekend... not me.... I was working on the weekend. However, there is not much to complain about. I was able to make it to the Georgia game while working. Great start, rocky middle and terrible ending, that about sums up the game. This guy went with me and was a great help. He can hand out drinks and heard people with the best of them. I told him, I think he has a future in event coordinating someday... ha ha. We rode in with the team... this is the view of Tiger Walk from our bus. It was a great experience!

However... the highlight of my weekend was hanging out with these girls.

Courtney and I meet with most of them on Sunday nights for a little prayer, Gospel Centered Life, and hang out time. Last night the Beach House had a group of girls over for Thanksgiving/ Christmas Dinner complete with decorations and a roaring fire. We were so honored to be included. We had a BLAST! Theses pictures are worth a thousand words...

It definitely made Court and I miss those great college days. **Disclaimer: This is not our average Sunday night! We missed our friends and all being in one place. It made me THANKFUL for all the sweet memories we made and the innocence of just being in college. Life was so simple. Food on the table, money in the bank, maybe a few classes and a drawer full of Nike shorts and t-shirts. While we were screaming at the top of our lungs, "All I want for Christmas is you!" I was looking around for a wooden spoon, Daddy Beas and someone from Lupton.

PS... if you don't just love this girl... something is wrong with you...