Fridays with Johnna.....

This past Friday marked the FIRST Friday of Johnna and I's "2009 Fridays Plan." We have decided that every Friday we are going to a new place to eat, chat, and hang with the kiddos! It's OUR time together and I'm confident God will bless it! This past Friday we went to the Domain b/c the weather was GORGEOUS! We went to eat at California Pizza Kitchen and then hung out. Before we knew it the clock read 3:45! OH my....we may get in trouble together! Well.....at least we're TOGETHER! It is a true blessing to watch William and Anna be raised by two amazing parents! Many people don't know that I knew Will BEFORE he ever met Johnna. Met Johnna when her and Will were dating and what an AMAZING blessing it is to say that NOW she's one of my dearest and best friends! WOW.....I just LOVE how God works things for HIS good! I'm even more anxious to continue to see how God intertwines our hearts for HIS purpose~ praying for each other, encouraging each other, and simply just being there for each other. Here's to this next Friday.....I believe we decided on Central Market! 

Fun Times on New Year's Day....

Kent surprised Brooke at Christmas with a trip to Las Vegas SOOOO down came the girls to Lolli and Pops house in Austin! YEAH....Aunt Holly was happy about that! Not only did I get to spend time with my girls but when K & B got home I was able to spend some time with them! 

Kent had never been to Pluckers and it was his choice for dinner. Okay, so....if you've NEVER been you MUST go! It's a great place especially if there's a good game on the TV's while you're there. BEWARE: it's LOUD and you need to clean your ears before you go so you can hear the yelling conversation across the table. Kent got the All You Can Eat and so we tried Honey Bque, Lemon Pepper, Orange, Terriyaki, Jamaican Jerk along with some others that I can't remember. We were advised NOT to try the Dr. Pepper. Our waiter actually told us they were gross! We appreciated his honesty! Needless to say we were ALL stuffed and deaf before we left. 

 After dinner we spent some time at Mom and Dad's before B and I left for the movies. I wasn't sure I was going to get B out of the massage chair but we left JUST IN TIME. Kent took the girls home for us to have some "girl" time ourselves. Marley & Me was EXCELLENT! My biggest like about it was how they portrayed a loyal married couple despite the struggles. It's been a long time that Hollywood has done that. They were very faithful to each other, their family, AND their sweet puppy. B nor I had tissues so I was glad when I got our popcorn I picked up some napkins because by the end of the movie we were both crying like babies! I will SOOOO see this again. It was a GREAT movie! 

Ringing in the New Year....

Well, this year was a little different of a New Year's....a few weeks before Christmas Maranatha fell and tore her ACL having some fun with the girls from her Small Group at church. To make a long story short she had to have surgery. The same time she scheduled surgery (due to insurance purposes) was the same time Alfred had scheduled the College Ministry Ski Trip so.....at 1:30 on Wednesday, December 31st I found myself sitting in the Surgery Center Waiting room beginning a new book and sipping on my large sweet tea from Chick Fil A waiting on my sweet friend to get through surgery. Dr. Danney came walking through the door at 4:45 to tell me "all was well." Phone calls started....first to Alfred while he was enjoying the slopes at Breckenridge, second to NeeNay and Poppa in Memphis, and third to Momma T. Sent a mass text message out to about 8-10 people who had been praying for her surgery. At about 6:00 we were ready to load up and head out after recovery. She was SOOOO alert that when I got her in the car she wanted a Sonic drink! Crack me up~ so off we went! Got her home and settled into her two machines.....they were amazing and she quickly fell asleep. BUT she didn't drift off before she looked up at me and said wake me up at 11:30 so we can watch the ball drop. 

Needless to say we brought in the last minutes of 2008 into the first minutes of 2009 laying in bed. I'm quite sure this is a New Year's NEITHER of us will EVER forget!