You Say Goodbye, I Say Hello

Yesterday, Matt and I went to Florence, AL to see my grandmother. She was not doing well, so I took the day off to see her. It was a long day. Four and 1/2 hours there and back. A lot of driving! But it was worth it to see my grandmother one last time. My mom called me this morning and told me that my grandmother had passed away. I was so thankful that we had taken the time to go yesterday. I know she is in Heaven right now with Pawpaw and Hannah. We will miss her dearly!

On a happier note, I got to see my neices yesterday as well. It was so evident to me of how life goes by so quickly. They were there to see Mawmaw who had lived a very long life, while my neices are very new to this world. It seems like that no matter how many times we have to say goodbye to someone, there is always someone new to say hello to.

Here are some cute pictures of them yesterday.

Daily is working a "catching" some rocks.

Remle enjoying the see-saw.

My beautiful sister!

Matt is definitely everybody's favorite.

TRANSFORMED

This past weekend was the annual Fall Retreat for the teens. We headed to Pine Eden, a great retreat place in Georgia. Thankfully, it only takes about 45 minutes to get there, because the vans rides were very loud with all the girls singing! We got there Friday night and kicked off the retreat with a wonderful guest speaker. Kenny is a youth minister from Anniston, AL. He did a wonderful job of showing us the importance of TRANSFORMing our lives.

Friday night, we didn't get a whole lot of sleep, because once again, girls were singing until about 1:00 in the morning. I don't think they went to bed until 2:00. But Saturday was still good despite the sleepiness. I managed to find time to take a nap. :) Saturday was filled with wonderful food cooked by our amazing cooks, games and funny movies, and a tear-soaked activity called "apples".

Sunday was short and sweet. We had a lovely communion service, and then cleaned and packed up to go home!

The retreat was incredible. I am always amazed at what a wonderful job my husband does at planning these events. And he stays so energetic throughout the weekend! Anyways, check out some of these pictures from the retreat!

Wonderful Weekend

My grandmother has been staying with my mom while awaiting potential eye surgery. So while my mom was in possession of my grandmother, they decided to pay us a visit. My grandmother got to spend some time with her daughter, Charlene, who she has not seen in 6 years. Grandma Curtis cannot drive and Charlene never leaves the Valley. I had never met Charlene, so that was exciting for me. While Grandma Curtis stared with Charlene the majority of the time, Mom hung out with me and Matt.



She came to my work for the the first time on Friday. Then after that, we went to Olive Garden and then over to Best Buy. On Saturday, after Mom dropped off Grandma at Charlene's, we went to Tiger Town to do a little shopping. I got a new set of dishes! I have been looking for over a year for a new set. I love them! Matt got a different antenna at Best Buy. Matt has been trying to get regular channels (ABC, NBC, CBS, etc.) on our tv, but has been unsuccessful. This is not Matt's fault. Auburn does not get regular channels. Who knew?! Definitely not us. So Matt has bought 3 different antennas, with zero success. I guess that means no college football for my sweet hubby.



Matt has also been trying to set up Mom's new wireless internet. She has the connection through her cell phone service. It worked great in Auburn, but out in the boonies where my mom lives, she cannot get service. Just another reason to visit Best Buy for the third time in one weekend!

Wordless Rainy Wednesday

Jordan-Hare Stadium

Samford Hall

Visiting Old Friends

On Sunday, Matt and I went to see one of my best friends that I hadn't seen in 2 years! We were roommates through college, and we both took turns being bridesmaids in each other's weddings. We met Caroline and her family in Montgomery. They were headed to the beach, and we decided to meet them during their road trip. Matt and I only had an hour to spend with them, but it was a blast.

Caroline still looks as good as she always has, where I look like I've put on 20 pounds. I promise I haven't. In fact at my last doctor's visit, which was only 2 weeks ago, I had only gained 1 pound since my wedding. I think it has just distributed to other parts of my body, thanks to a new job where all I do is sit on my rear! Anyways, this is a blog about my friend and not this hideous picture. I should have zoomed in and gotten Angela to take a better one. Oh well!

Flowers Make Everything Better

Yesterday was not a good day for me. Matt knew this, and being the wonderful, sweet husband that he is, he got me flowers. When I got home from work, they were sitting on the counter ready to greet me with a smile. I love receiving flowers. They make everything a little bit better. Especially yellow flowers. They are so bright and cheerful. To quote Meg Ryan in You've Got Mail, "Don't you think they are the friendliest flower?"

God's Glory

As Matt and I were driving to Tiger Town one night, we saw this in the sky. The pictures don't show this, but you could see the entire rainbow. I don't know if I have ever seen an entire rainbow. Usually it is just one side or the other. There were a lot of people standing around trying to get pictures. When I see something like this, it is hard for me to understand how someone could doubt that there is a God.