Sunday, September 11, 2011

A Great Weekend

We had a great but busy weekend! Friday, Clay attended an all day youth conference in Birmingham with the other staff from church.  I enjoyed having lunch with one of our youth girls and getting some things done at home. Then Friday night we went to a local high school football game (East Limestone) where a lot of our students in the youth group go. Saturday morning I went to an arts festival in downtown Athens with a sweet friend and Clay did yard work. That afternoon we watched the Alabama game together and then that night had a young couple from our neighborhood over to eat dinner! Clay smoked a pork roast on the smoker and we made barbecue sandwiches out of it, with corn on the cob and baked potatoes! We had a great time with friends and enjoyed some great food!

Today (Sunday) was filled with church and lunch with the youth girls...then a nice afternoon nap for me....and back to church for our youth service! We are so blessed to have the opportunity to work with such an awesome group of youth!!!

Remembering 9/11/01 today! Hard to believe 10 years have passed since that day! I was a senior in high school at that time! We took time to pray for our country today at church and I watched some of the memorial services/documentaries on t.v. Such a hard day for so many people who lost loved ones or endured the traumatic events first hand that day! 

Had a great time with the youth girls at Mellow Mushroom

Clay teaching about living a Gospel Centered Life to students during our Youth Worship Service

Friday, September 9, 2011

Celebrating 4 Years!!!

 It is amazing how fast 4 years can fly by! On September 1st Clay and I celebrated 4 years of marriage!! Over the last four years, the Lord has taught us and grown us so much as individuals and as a couple! I am so thankful for his work in our lives! Last weekend we had the opportunity to celebrate our anniversary with a trip to Gulf Shores/Orange Beach.......the place where our marriage began! It was so nice to get away and enjoy time together! The weather was terrible with the tropical storm stirring up in the gulf......it rained everyday we were there so we didn't get to spend as much time as we would have liked actually on the beach but we still found things to do and had a great time! Here are some of our pictures from that trip!

On the balcony of our condo
Eating at The Original Oyster House....great food!
We revisited the place where we had our wedding
Enjoying what little time we could on the beach when it wasn't raining