A Week of "Lasts"

Over the past week, Benny and I have started having a lot of "lasts" for our time here in Ruston. Sunday was our last Fusion meeting (our weekly Sunday-night meeting with our church kids), Tuesday was our last Community Group meeting (with a group of our peers), tonight was our last small group meeing (with our high school girls and boys), and Sunday will be the last church service we attend at Crossroads. There have definitely been lots of emotions felt in the last week, as the reality of our pending move is upon us.

Below is a picture of my small group (the girls) and Benny's small group (the guys) from our last meeting tonight. Our groups have met together for the past few weeks so that we could go through some great student-leader curriculum.



The next two photos are random...from a fun Friday night a couple of weeks ago with our great friend Theresa. Benny, Theresa, and I made dinner together and watched a movie.

(By the way...we DID sell our house!! It was appraised a few weeks ago, got inspected last week, and we'll close at the end of next week. Thanks so much for your prayers...God is so good!)

Spring Softball

Benny is playing on our church's spring softball team. I may be biased because I'm his wife, but I'm pretty sure he's the MVP. :) They had their first game on Tuesday.


Batting. (He hit a really great line drive after this and ended up scoring.)




On second base.



The supportive wives/fans.

Good sportsmanship!

Post-game prayer.

A Visit from Benny's Dad

In April, Benny's dad (Larry) and his fiance (Lita) came in for the weekend. We visited the batting cages and played a few arcade games to quench the athletic and competitive spirit in the boys.


Benny and Larry.


Pop-a-shot. I lovethe intensity on Larry's face.

Student Life Paintball

For our last big monthly event with our kids, we took them on a much-loved event in Louisiana--paintballing! We left the church at 7 in the morning and didn't return until 5pm. They were exhausted at the end of the day (and had some great battle wounds) and had a fantastic time.

Selling Our House

So, many of you know we bought a house back in May of '07, and since we're moving to Indiana, we get to sell it! Fortunately, we live on a desirable side of town and are selling the house in a desirable price range, so we should be all right. We're trying to sell the house on our own, so I created a little website for people to learn more about our house. Since Benny and I live so far away from y'all, and most of you will never get to see our home in Ruston...here's the link to our house so you can see it!

http://www.arcadiadr.blogspot.com/

Easter Weekend: Hot Springs, AR

Easter weekend, Benny and I went up to Hot Springs to meet up with the Ambuehls and the Schulers. We played some putt-putt, did a little hiking, played games, and the girls enjoyed the mineral baths (while the boys enjoyed March Madness, of course.) It was such a WONDERFUL weekend with good friends!


Benny and I putt-putting.



Ben, Jared, and Benny.



Silly boys....



Jared, Benny, Ben, Heather, me, and Christi.

Playing Shampoo.

Sheryl's Baby Shower

Friday night, I helped host a baby shower for one of the girls I work with. Her name is Sheryl, she's due April 10th, and she's having a little girl. I'm honored to say that she's picked me to be her labor nurse! (We have a deal that if she goes into labor when I'm not working, the other nurses will call me.)


Me and Sheryl.

Toni, Jennifer, and Sheryl.

Jennifer (pictured with Toni and Sheryl above) his insanely creative...especially when it comes to decorating cakes. She actually works at a local cake shop on some of her days off. She makes all of the cakes for our showers, including this really fun one! I've got to figure out a way for her to make cakes for me when we live in Indiana...