Super Bowl Sunday and Alabama

This Sunday as many of you know is the Super Bowl. Now those of you that know me know that I am a huge football fan. I watch lots of college games and a few pro games, but I haven't seen the Super Bowl the last four years. Every year during the Super Bowl I am flying to my Metro Conference. This year that conference is in Birmingham, AL. So once again I will be missing the big game for my conference. I really do love my Metro. It's about 50 preschool and children's ministers from all over the country who all work in larger churches. This group has become a great group of friends that I look forward to seeing every year. I hope everyone has fun watching the game Sunday, think of me while I'm flying and battling airports!

PS--Metro is moving to the second week of Feb. next year....so I will finally get to watch the big game! GO COWBOYS!

Wicked!

I feel like I haven't given enough play time to how much I enjoyed the Broadway show Wicked. Hank and I were 4 blocks away on the night we went to see the show. It was raining and snowing so hailing a cab was impossible. We got to the Gershwin Theatre about 45 minutes early and I looked like a drowned cat. My hair was soaking wet and I was freezing cold. I went to the bathroom and tried to dry my hair, but it didn't matter, I still felt like I looked terrible. I sat down in the Theatre where it was cold, I was mad that I was wet, and I was beginning to think I was not going to have a good time. Then the curtain came up and the show began. It was amazing. The story and songs are so moving. This is a great show for anyone who grew up loving the Wizard of Oz. I loved the back story of the witches and all the characters like the lion, the scarecrow, and the tin man. I didn't know much about the show, but I can't wait to see it again. I hear it is coming to Fort Myers next year for their Broadway series.

New York City Trip

Hank and I went to NY this weekend to see a couple of shows and to see the city. We got there late on Thursday night and stayed at a Hotel right off of Times Square. It was actually the same hotel I stayed in with my family when we went in 1988.

After walking around Times Square we went to Central park to have lunch at Tavern on the Green. We also took a carriage ride around the park.

After our carriage ride we went to Macy's, to buy Hank a coat, and to see the biggest dept store in the world. We also went to the top of the Empire State Building and took several pics. It was very cold but it was incredible to be able to see the entire city.

On Thursday night we saw Wicked and it was amazing. It was raining so we weren't able to get a cab. By the time we got to the show Hank and I were soaked. Needless to say there are no pics from that night because we weren't looking our best. On Friday morning we went to Ground Zero on the south part of the city.

Our last night in the city we saw Chicago and walked around Times Square. It was a great trip!

Thank You Cards

Hank and I got married on October 6, 2007 and my goal at that time was to have all my thank you cards written and mailed out by Thanksgiving. Then reality hit after the wedding and I didn't even have all our gifts OPEN by Thanksgiving. After Thanksgiving came Pageant and then Christmas and before I knew it I had been married 3 months. Now, Hank and I are really blessed by having our church family and our families in Georgia and Texas. We got gifts from all over the country and it was amazing, the only problem with that is that the Thank You cards start to pile up. We have gone through 6 boxes of 50 Thank you cards. Yes, that's right, over 300 cards have been written and we aren't done. We have about 70 more cards to write, and if you are one of these cards my new goal is to have them all done by Feb. 1. I am almost positive I can make that goal. It will be a glorious day when all the cards are written, but a part of me will be a little sad. It is an overwhelming feeling to know how many people love and support me and my husband and although I know that continues, I will miss looking through all the encouraging cards and gifts we received. We are blessed!

Ghetto Uno

So my friends and I have a little tradition that has come about on Sunday nights. We play this crazy card game called Ghetto UNO. We heard that some of our friends who used to work with us actually came up with this game while they were in college at Liberty. Now we are all addicted to it and the games popularity is spreading. We have taught Hank's sister how to play and she has taught a bunch of her friends in Georgia. If you want to know how to play email me and I will try to explain it, or just come play with us one night. By the way...I won last night!!!