Weekend to Remember

I only have one picture, and it's on my phone, from this past weekend (maybe I'll put it on here later), but I wanted to be sure and add something about Sean and I's experience. We attended the FamilyLife Weekend to Remember marriage conference at the Chattanooga Choo Choo in downtown Chattanooga, TN. If any married (or engaged) couples out there ever get the opportunity to attend one of these weekends, DO IT! It was truly a weekend we will not forget, and our marriage has already grown much stronger just by going through the weekend! And we will only get better and better from here if we follow the Biblical principles that we learned!

The presentations were very thought-provoking and enlightening, and the speakers were real and knowledgable and you could tell they have personal relationships with Jesus that enable them to share truths about marriage that are relevant. The meetings were peppered with humor, a few tears, a few "aha moments", and a TON of information! But the weekend was not all about sitting and listening to someone else speak! The most moving and life-changing moments came from the interactive assignments and "projects" we completed as couples.

There were great resources as well...this is unfortunate as I now have a long wish-list of books and such that I would love to have! You might even see a few book reviews on here sometime if I ever actually get to finish any of the books I want to read and go through with Sean! :)

Anyway, all this to say, that I HIGHLY recommend this conference! And if you ever have the chance to go--DO IT! :)

Pump It Up!

We went to a birthday party last weekend for a little boy named Ethan that Aile is friends with. The party was at a place called Pump It Up!, a place with two "arenas" filled with various huge inflatables such as slides and jump houses and obstacle courses, etc. The kids had a blast! (And, much to the delight of their parents, also expended much energy and thus slept very well that night!) :)

Brenner loved going through the obstacle course (which Mommy had to go through with him about 8 times in a row until I thought I would simply collapse in a heap if I went one more time!), and the huge slides! He didn't, however, feel generous with his smiling face for the camera! Obviously:



It didn't take long for Aile and Ethan to become inseparable at the party, and they did everything together (including opening Ethan's presents) all the way up 'til it was time to go home! They held hands going down the slide I think every time they went! Hmmm....and we thought we wouldn't have to deal with boys until she was much older than this!!

"I like trucks, I always will..."

I don't know if you've ever heard that song, but it used to be one of Brenner's favorites from a DVD we have about trucks. "I like trucks, I always will! Big or small, I like them still...I like trucks! I like 'em!" We've heard it around the house many many times!

Anyway, one day the kids decided it would be cool to pose on Daddy's big off-roading toy, so up they climbed! They think it's just groovy that Daddy gives them rides through the kudzu on our hill to give them a glimpse of what off-roading feels like!