The Sister is Getting Married!!!!

And now for the most exciting catchup post.  This weekend my little sister got engaged.  Stephen proposed to Deborah Saturday night and then threw a great surprise engagement party with sixty of their closest family and friends - they are both a bit social.  So we all piled into the car and road-tripped it to Oklahoma City.  Deborah was surprised by the proposal and the party.  Stephen did a great job - we're excited to welcome him to the family.

 In the hotel room - getting ready to surprise!

 Deborah when she saw mom.

 Sweet engaged couple!

 The dads - they formed their own private party on the balcony.

 Deborah and the OBU girls - love them!

Deborah and one of her best friends Kate, who flew in from Houston.

 The Welch girls!

 Bling

 The Welch family with the newest member.

 Both families.

Baby Madison's Shower

My coworker Alex is having a little girl in a few weeks.  We had a shower for her last week at work.  Her husband Nick got to come and it was a lot of fun.  I can't wait to meet miss Madison!

 Part one of the gift - my first attempt at dyeing a onesie!

 And probably my favorite burp clothes I've ever made.

 The setup.  The cake and the cupcakes were my responsibility.

Sweet Nick and Alex - I think they are adorable.

Ashley's Wedding

Way back in March, my cousin Ashley got married.  Yes, I have a lot of blogging to catch up on.  The family all came to town and we had a great weekend in Arlington.  Sadly, I forgot my camera.  And I had to steal the ones I have from my sister.  And we have none of the bride.  So, this is a little bit of sad post.  But I do have fun pictures with the family.

 Silly sisters.

 Welch girls.

 At one point they were short handed, so I ended up serving ice cream.  

 The precious parents.

Grandparents...I love them.

Living He Loved Me...

Do you ever have one of those songs that just gets stuck in your head and it seems to play over and over again?  This has been one of those lately.  I've heard the Casting Crowns version on the radio a lot, and I believe we've sang it in church.  I just absolutely love the lyrics, especially leading up to Easter and thinking about the sacrifice that was made for me.



The Village Church's worship leader, Michael Bleecker wrote the song.  They are releasing a worship album this Friday, and I am super excited about downloading it, as our worship leaders wrote several of the songs with them, so they are songs that we sing in church too.  Anyway, on their website, they have a "behind the song" about all the songs, but I especially loved this one.  Go read it!


Glorious Day (Living He Loved Me)

One day when Heaven was filled with His praises

One day when sin was as black as could be
Jesus came forth to be born of a virgin
Dwelt among men, my example is He
Word became flesh and the light shined among us
His glory revealed

Living, He loved me
Dying, He saved me
Buried, He carried my sins far away
Rising, He justified freely forever
One day He’s coming
Oh glorious day, oh glorious day

One day they led Him up Calvary’s mountain
One day they nailed Him to die on a tree
Suffering anguish, despised and rejected
Bearing our sins, my Redeemer is He
Hands that healed nations, stretched out on a tree
And took the nails for me

One day the grave could conceal Him no longer
One day the stone rolled away from the door
Then He arose, over death He had conquered
Now He’s ascended, my Lord evermore
Death could not hold Him, the grave could not keep Him
From rising again

One day the trumpet will sound for His coming
One day the skies with His glories will shine
Wonderful day, my Beloved One, bringing
My Savior, Jesus, is mine


Oh, glorious day

Weekend Happenings...

So, I had another busy weekend.  But it was packed full of good things.

• Friday night with three of the four Sherman's.  We loaded up the kids and took them to Jeff's baseball game. I took a ton of pictures, you can see more of them here.  There's a ton of Harper making some pretty funny faces!

 How does she have two kids?!? It's just crazy!

 Me with the precious kiddos...I want to steal little bubble mouth!

 Precious Brody.  He's the sweetest little baby ever!  Especially in his team gear supporting his daddy!

 Oh sweet Harper.  Up and down and all around in the four innings we stayed for!

• Eleven miles at White Rock on Saturday morning - race in two weeks!
• Grocery shopping, cleaning, laundry, and cooking for a dinner party. Productive Saturday afternoon.
• Dinner party with good friends Saturday night.  I tried two new recipes, both of which seemed to be big hits.  Baked Pasta with Chicken Sausage and Caramelized Onion and Rosemary Rolls.  We also played some telephone/pictionary...always a hit!
• We also watched a little of this video and really laughed hard at the Watermark Student Ministries parody of it.
• Church and Shoreline and working in the yard on Saturday.  I cleaned out and planted three bushes and some flowers in the front flower bed.  Here's the finished product.  It was really overcast, so the picture didn't turn out great.