dressing up

its a rarity these days. but i love it. i love pulling my jewelry out and my high heels. i was also glad to take pictures of my 7 month belly. i havent been good about documenting the progress of this little one.
these pictures are Matt and i at the annual seminary christmas banquet. It was fun to finally put some faces to some professor names I've heard over the past three years.

gulf giving

not sure who came up with the name but Gulf is the street where we live and thanksgiving somehow turned into gulfgiving! (was it josh that came up with it?)
anyway, we shared a meal together before we all left for our homes. these are dear friends who are in seminary with us. (just a few of the wonderful friendships we made). i see these guys and gals as champions for one another as we depart these safe waters of gulf drive and head into pastoral ministry. its not going to be an easy road and i want to champion them as they tend to the brokenhearted, minister to the sick, and share the Good News to those to who long to hear it.
this evening, we sent all our kids to another apartment, got a babysitter, ordered pizza for them, and got to spend hours of fun talking and eating with out little ones biting our ankles. what a night!

josh cutting his first turkey that was betsy's first turkey! delish!!!

the ladies after we stuffed our faces. rachael, on my right is due a few weeks before me!

to. die. for. 

kinda i wish i had some right now.

the kids raided the leftover blackberry pie when they got home