Radiate 08

This weekend we had our women's conference and it was soooo amazing! I wish that every woman I know could have attended this conference! It was life changing! I was so glad that my sister got to come and spend the weekend with us! We had such a great time. God always knows exactly what we need!
The theme of the weekend was "Couture" and they asked Ava and I to be in the fashion show Friday night. I agreed but didn't realize how awesome the other girls were going to be! Ava is definitely a super model, but I am only 5' 0 and far from a couture fashion model! Anyway we had fun and Ava was adorable!

Jon and Kate Plus...Pam and Gray

David and I traveled to Philly this weekend for a couple of reasons. First of all, we have not seen our dear friends Pam and Gray in way too long, and because another of my favorite couples were speaking at their church. When Pam told me in January that Jon and Kate (minus their 8 kids) were going to be at their church I told her to sign me up! We had thought about taking Ava along for the trip but decided she would have more fun at home with Nana J, Papa, and Aunt Shannon. I was a nervous wreck on Friday thinking about leaving her, but she did great and we had a GREAT time!!

On Saturday we did the "air-conditioned tour of Philly" as Pam called it. Then we had lunch downtown...Philly cheesesteaks of course. This was our first cheesesteaks ever.. (that's so crazy because I worked at Andy's for 2 years in high school and had never had one!) Let me tell you these cheesesteaks alone were worth getting up at 2:30 am and driving 7 hours! After lunch we did a lot of shopping and a lot of catching up!

Then the big day finally came!! We helped Pam and Gray and their church family set up for the big event. Everyone was very excited! I appointed myself to be Pam's assitant for the day so I could be on the inside of things. David and Gray were part of the stage crew and I think I may have even converted David to a Jon and Kate fan...(okay that may be a little of a stretch)

They have such an inspiring story and a heart for God! They said that TLC edits their faith out of the show a lot but they fell like their testimony alone shows just how faithful our God is!

Here are some pictures from our Philly weekend...

David, Gray, and the pastor doing important backstage stuff! :)

I made David break the rules and take just one picture for me! There was no way I was waiting in line and paying $20 (yes 20 bucks) for a signed picture plus I was dying to get home to Ava!! I have to say that Kate is beautiful in person!

Thanks Pam and Gray for such a great weekend! We love you guys!!

Family Time

We have had a wonderful long weekend together! We had no plans for this weekend so we just kind of hung out. We discovered Red Box recently (I'm sure we are the only ones in the world who didn't know about this but in case not...you can rent dvds for $1 a night) It's great for us because I have never been a good movie watcher and hated spending 5 bucks to rent a movie that I knew I would fall asleep half way into! Anyway we watched 2 movies this weekend. I won't say what they were because we have awful movie selection skills!
No new pictures to post yet, but hopefully any day now we will be posting a picture of Ava's first tooth!! She has been a little miserable the past few days so we are looking forward to this first teething episode to be over for awhile!

Beach Week

Sadly we are back from our vacation! We had a great time! We got some sun, ate way too much, did some shopping, and just enjoyed being together! Here are some pictures from the week:

Beach Bound

It's finally time for our vacation!!! We are busy packing up the entire house because we are heading to the beach tomorrow for a week!

4 Years Ago...

Four years and going strong!!

(Don't we look so young here?)

Happy Birthday, Jay!!

Happy 5th Birthday, Jay!!!

We love you so much and can't wait to see you

very soon!!!