Sweetheart Cookies

I'm so proud of my Valentines day cookies!  Thanks to Caroline for the famous "sweetheart cookie" recipe!  And thanks to my mom for my pastry bag!

More of Matt's wedding...

Matt went to like a million proms in high school... and has danced with his fair share of the elderly as well... so it was no surprise that he danced with his grandma

Recent Events:

Matt's wedding weekend (in reverse order)

Jeremy gives the best man speech

Dennis performing the ceremony

CBC gang 

Yummy baby shower cake from Whole Foods

Baby shower for the Taylors

Some pictures from Christmas:

Holly's new house in Centerville

Doug with his new Uke

Ric, Doug, Liz on Christmas morning

Hobbes wearing his Christmas scarf

Arlin and Pamela on furlough

Williams' visit ATL

Last weekend  the girls from our small group made soups, stews, and chilis... it took several hours, but now we have a freezer full of meals to take out whenever.  This past weekend Doug's parents came to visit.  On Friday night Doug's mom came to the Whole Foods class I was doing then we watched "A Good Year" at our apartment.  Saturday, we took them to Ikea, Taqueria del Sol, the Bodies exhibit at Atlantic Station, and back to our apartment for supper.  Sunday we went to church and the Flying Biscuit for lunch.  

Christmas

The past week has been busy with driving and seeing multiple families and groups of friends.  

On Thursday, 12/18, we drove to Nashville for the Andrew Peterson Christmas concert at the Ryman... Friday was lunch with friends... Saturday was breakfast with the Hendrixes and supper at Caroline's with last minute Christmas shopping with dad in between.  Sunday was church and lunch with Nana... and then a drive back to ATL to wash clothes and regroup for the next trip.  Monday we drove to Thomasville but then went to Winston to see some NC friends.  Tuesday we had lunch with Phillip and then went to High Point for the play of the 1946 radio show of Its a Wonderful Life.  Wednesday was lunch with Ric and last minute Christmas shopping... then cooking for Christmas.  Thursday was Christmas!  In the afternoon we went to Doug's cousin's house, with 25 other relatives.  Friday we left at 5:30AM (4:30CST!) to hurry to Nashville for my family Christmas lunch and presents... and then my mom's family came over for supper.  Saturday was Christmas in Centerville with my dad's side of the family.  Sunday was church and after-Christmas shopping and a couple movies at home.  Monday was errands, lunch at 5 guys, car serviced, and supper at Stan and Leanne's.  NOW, it is Tuesday.  Nothing to do... we might actually rest a little bit before we meet friends tonight at Calypso for supper.

NC

This past weekend we went to NC... we had a teacher workday Monday and election day off Tuesday, so I took off Monday so that we could stay for several days. We went to South Fork Sunday night and afterwards went to a young couple's house with some friends and were introduced to Rock Band. Although we both had our doubts, as neither of us enjoys "video games," it was incredibly fun. Doug talked about it all the way home. He wants to get PlayStation just so that he can get Rock Band! Monday I had breakfast with Sarah and lunch with Leslie. We visited Doug's Granny Monday afternoon. She had a knee replacement last week but seems to be doing well. His Aunt Iris flew in from Oklahoma to take care of her.

My computer at work has not been behaving at all. I can't open Explorer, Word, Outlook, Powerpoint, or Excel. So basically I can't do anything. The computers in the labs aren't bringing up my documents, so I feel quite behind. I really need to send out an e-mail about the Haiti meeting on Sunday, but I can't access the spreadsheet that has all of the team member's e-mail addresses.

Next week Alison Winstead and Jennie Rickleton are staying with us. That will be fun.

Doug takes the GRE Monday! Pray for him!