Shout Out Sunday

This shout out goes to my oldest, best friend Carol Beth. I have blogged about her before. But, here's the reason today. We went to Brenda's birthday party on Friday night and ended up dancing at a hotel bar after having a Mexican dinner. A great time was had--but I got to give the shout to CB for exposing me to such classic raps like "Baby Got Back" and "Ice, Ice, Baby." Had I not gotten to ride to and from church and around town with her, I would have never known every single last word to those "songs." So, thanks CB and know my friends are stunned and impressed! :)

Christmas Parties with Babies

Sunday evening we headed out for our Sunday School Christmas Party. I managed to get everyone and almost everything there. What took all of my energy and focus of the evening though was keeping my kids in check--not touching Christmas decorations, not touching brand new babies, and playing nice with other 1 year olds. Forget the adult socializing. Tough challenge, but we made it though with only one broken decoration that Dad was able to super glue back together.

The highlight of the evening was watching Kendrick play with Ella. She is the daughter of my oldest best friend, Carol Beth. We have known each other for 29 year. OMG! I just added that up. Wow! Ok, I knew we'd been friends forever, but that is a big number. What is strangely beautiful is that we really haven't been in each others lives much since High School. She was in my wedding and then we parted and moved away. Several years ago, I was singing in the choir one Sunday and low and behold--she is joining our church! We hung out a couple of times, she got married to a really cool guy. They joined the Sunday School "Fish bowl"--a room with tons of windows in a location where EVERYBODY walks by. We kept walking by and decided we needed to check it out. Turns out while I was pregnant with Kendrick, CB was pregnant and another girl, Rebecca was too. We decided that this was where we needed to be.

It's been great reconnecting with Carol Beth and having her back in my life. Best part--I love seeing Kendrick play with Ella knowing that friendships can last that long.

New Friends

We have been going to our Sunday School class, the Lamplighters, since August. But last night was the first time that we have really hung out with several of them at the same time socially. Carol Beth had us all over for Gumbo and Strawberry Cake. A good time was had by all, especially the new babies. Kendrick got a kick out of chewing on Mary Katherine's feet. We are so blessed to have found this wonderful, supportive, and caring class and look forward to the many years of growth of new friendships and in Christ ahead of us.

FYI- Please say a prayer for Ella, Carol Beth's daughter. Monday morning she will have surgery to remove a bronchial remnent in her chest. Nothing major, day surgery, but she will be put under complete anesthesia.

Addendum: Unfortunately, there was no memory card in my camera and no one else got a pic. Oh, well, until next time. Ella is out of surgery and doing very well.