Second Home!

Marc will graduate in May but he's been taking a few intensive classes so I've been going up to Richmond with him and this last session I actually set in the class with him (I will have more about that on the Blended Souls site next week).

 

This is the food in the lounge for faculty and ministers/pastors at VUU. I could soo not eat like this everyday!!! 

 

Sporting my new Kenneth Cole boots that were and early Christmas present.

 

Once again my sister was able to get us the use of the suite at her apartment building.

 

The food was soo good!

 

I felt so guilty for eating such heavy food I got a salad  for dinner!

 

You can only eat one meal like this per day!!!! 

 

Christmas lights in the building across from our suite.

 

Our last morning in the suite. We will be back in a few weeks though. LOL

Girls Nite In!

 

These photos are from our Girls Nite In Christmas Party. Needless to say there was lots of laughter and fellowship!

No place like home!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Back at the beginning of December Nicki and I made a random overnight trip to my moms just to play Bingo with her and my cousin the next day. These are the pics from that day and yes I know my blog is way behind and I plan to do better now that its 2015 but I still wanted to post all of the blog post that have been waiting for editing. So the next couple of post are old but at least the pics will be nice to look at. LOL

November Ministry Wrap Up

Thanksgiving weekend weekend the girls and I attended the baby shower for one of the young ladies at our church.

The following weekend was Baptism Sunday and we watched as two young people from our congregation gave their life to Christ. 

November seemed to be a month of celebration and I'm so grateful to God for the opportunity he has given us to love on so many different generations! 

I continue to be in awe of the fact that not only are we a diverse group of individuals from every walk of life but also from every generation! It's so beautiful to see young and old worshiping beside each other to further the kingdom! 

Not sweating the BIG stuff!

 

Just realized I had not blogged since before Thanksgiving! Maybe the fact that it was so laid back was the reason why but honestly for the first time that I can think of I was ok with just a quiet holiday with my hubby and kids. We chilled most of the day, ran a few errands and visited a friends home for dessert! And that was pretty much Thanksgiving in a nutshell! I missed my mom and sister but I didn't have to worry about preparing a decorative table or even making sure everything was in place and picture perfect. I cooked everything with the exception of the meet so by 12:30 the only thing we were waiting on was the turkey and roast to come out if the smoker. Sometimes it truly is worth not sweating the big stuff (or at least it's big in our mind...lol)!

Weekend before last left us.......Plum tuckered out!! lol

 

Marc is only a few months away from graduating but his work schedule has been crazy. In an effort to keep him company on those nights or mornings when hes traveling after a really busy week (or all night cram session) I have been traveling with him. So week before last I attended a mandatory 2 day session with him. The one thing I have loved about VUU is that the students and professors have been very kind to me and I've never felt uncomfortable sitting in class or other sessions with him. The Saturday session actually fell on the same day that he would be MC'ing the 45th Church Anniversary banquet for his home church. And since we both would be attending it didn't make much sense for him to travel to Richmond that morning only to have to rush back to pick me up for the banquet.

 

Me attempting to take a selfie in the women's bathroom. smh

 

It was a good thing I tagged along with him because we made it back from Richmond minutes before the banquet started. 

 

The banquet was very nice, but our favorite part was definitely seeing our Pastor Emeritus and our good friend Pastor Todd at the banquet. 

 

Sunday was Senior appreciation day at WABC. So after the morning service we attended lunch with the seniors and other church members at the local Golden Corral.

 

After the lunch with the seniors Marc and I headed over to GMZ for the closing of the 45th Anniversary Celebration and to hear our friend Pastor Todd Davidson preach. 

The photo below I added for the fun of it. My daughter snapped this picture of us the next evening. Apparently this is what ministry life does to you when you get old! LOL

November Ipsy bag

 

I loved most everything I got in my November Ipsy bag. My favorite items were the J Cat Beauty lip paint, the Laura Mercier Loose Powder/Brush and the BeaBombshell eye base. I'm still on the fence about the eyeliner (only because I'm not that good at applying it...lol), and I'm not sure that the Hair Oil will do me any good. Other then the hair oil I was very happy with this months bag, I mean who wouldn't like a glittery bag? If your interested my daughter Martinique did an Open box Ipsy video on youtube. Her box was different from mine though. LOL