Saturday, April 21, 2012

this & that...

i really haven't posted about what i've been up to in awhile, so this post is just going to be a rundown of things i've been doing lately.
for my birthday mom and stacy, katie and the girls took me to old venice for dinner. we ate on the patio and enjoyed lots of four-cheese pizza and birthday cake! that weekend i went to the beauty shop with melissa and jenn. i had the lamb chop and it was delicous! we hung out at molly fontaine's for a little while afterwards and listened to the piano.


the weekend after katie had blakely i went out to her and jeremy's house to  help with allie and tay. our church is working the concessions each saturday at the soccer fields in oakland and that saturday was my turn to work. as we were finishing up they were setting up for an easter egg hunt. allie and taylor had been cooped up all week so i went back and got them and took them to hunt some eggs. they got a ton of eggs!




blakely's billirubin was high for a few days so she had to be put on fluorescent lights to help bring it down. thankfully, this was able to be done at home.

little glo-worm baby

papaw with some of his girls

sweet baby blakely

julie, jenna and jett came up and we had so much fun spending time with them!!

this was the best we could do at getting a pic of all of the crazy kiddos
 
so, that's about all i've been up to lately. i've started back on facebook, so i'll be posting some pics on there again too.

Monday, April 16, 2012

update on my ethiopia trip...

well, things have been moving right along as far as my trip is concerned. here are some of the things i've taken care of:
  1. i got my new passport! (my current one expires in june) this was quite the ordeal, but the new one is here in my possession now.
  2. both of my spiritual references have been sent in by the appropriate people.
  3. i have sent in all of my other paperwork required.
  4. money is being raised.
today, God just went above and beyond what i had expected or hoped as far as the money was concerned. i got a text from a dear friend who told me that she and her husband have been praying about how to tithe their tax return. after discussing it, they decided to donate it to my trip! they donated $700 to the ethiopia medical trip today!!! i was so surprised, excited, humbled, and wowed at how God meets our needs. please keep praying for me as i prepare to go on this trip. it will be here before we know it! check out my fund thermometer to the right : )