girls night...

one thing i have really missed since moving to my new job is getting to spend so much time with my good friends. when i first took this position megan and melissa would come have lunch with me several days a week, but now they both work night weekends. we are all three really happy with the changes in our work schedule but we miss seeing each other! last friday night we decided it was way past time to have a girls night. we started out with the 3 of us plus alison going to get our nails and toenails done. it was nice to get pampered and just hang out with everyone! after that we headed to spindini, a restaurant on south main. alison and i shared the lobster pizza and it was soooo yummy!! we weren't quite ready to head home yet so we went over to the peabody and had tea and looked at the christmas decorations. it was a wonderful night of catching up and just hanging out with great friends!

please pray for megan...her grandmother passed away on tuesday morning. meg had hoped that her grandmother would make it to see her and trey get married in march, and then she began to hope that she would make it to christmas...so please just pray for her and her family.



white christmas...

the saturday after thanksgiving mom, katie, allie and i went to see "white christmas" at the orpheum. we started out the day by with lunch at one of my favorite downtown restaurants, the majestic.

it was such a beautiful day so after lunch we walked down main street. we went in some shops and then took the trolley back to the orpheum.

the show was amazing and we all really loved it! it was allie's first time to be at the orpheum so that was cool. it was a really fun day!

thanks...

i read something today that made me sit back and think...

i try to be thankful but this was very much an in-your-face reminder...it made me think a lot about the things i'm thankful for.
Psalm 69:30 i will praise the name of God with a song, and i will magnify Him with thanksgiving.
I Chronicles 16:8 oh, give thanks to the Lord! call upon His name; make known His deeds among the peoples!
Psalm 97:12 rejoice in the Lord, you righteous, and give thanks at the remembrance of His holy name.

friends that i love like family
i have been blessed with some of the very best friends a girl could ask for!

a few of my peeps

family that i like enough to count as my friends

my little piece of heaven
God gave me exactly the house i needed when i found my house. plus i have the perfect little roommate in libs : )

the awesome privilege and responsibility of being a nurse

healthy bones and a caring doctor

parents who still take care of me

freedom to worship, speak, and live as i choose.

and of course...

seven precious little sweethearts
kylie reed, allie grace, kenzie nicole, taylor anne, jenna klaire, kolbie kay, jett daniel...with our new little girl on the way!



slumber parties...

i've been letting each of my nieces take a turn coming over to spend the night with me. kylie came over a few months ago and we went to see "dolphin tale". a couple of weeks ago was allie's night. i asked her if she wanted to go see a movie, but she wasn't really feeling it. she just wanted to go hang out at my house. we decided that she would help me put up my christmas decorations. i usually put up a large tree, but this year i decided to put up a smaller tree. allie and i headed to walmart to buy a little tree. she really wanted me to get a white, pink, or blue one...but i convinced her that green was the way to go. she wanted to go to tops to eat and then we went home.

helping me put the tree up

allie was such a big help in putting up my christmas decorations! she kept asking me what her next project was. she made all of that work a lot easier : )

putting the finishing touch on the tree

last night was kenzie's night to come over. we went to chili's for dinner. she informed me that the chicken pasta there is the "bom-diggity", so we had to get that. she was right, it was pretty good. when we left there we went and watched "happy feet 2", and it was cute.

                                                  me and kenzie in our matching plaid coats

                                                                                
kenzie brought her elf chesney with her and let me tell you, that elf got into all of my jewelry while we were sleeping! she even had my rings on her little feet! when we found her i was so shocked but kenzie wasn't surprised...she said chesney is always getting into something or another.

this morning when we got up kenzie made me pretend that she was my pet cat named "wand". she kept getting in liberty's kennel and climbing all over my couches...there's only one word for that kid...quirky.

next weekend is taylor's turn so that should be quite the adventure! i'm looking forward to it and katie said she is too. taylor that is : )



thanksgiving fun...

i had such a great thanksgiving this year. this was the first time in a really long time that i have had both thursday and friday off and it was so nice to just be able to relax and spend time with my family. it was also great to have julie, daniel, jenna and jett in town.

i went over to mom and dad's on wednesday night and stayed until sunday. we had thanksgiving with memaw, lewis, aunt connie and john thomas on thursday. then on friday night we celebrated julie, katie and jeremy's birthdays. we had a great time visiting with aunt connie and john but we missed thom. hopefully we will get to see him at christmas.

thanksgiving family fun