Eat 'Em Up Jacks, Funerals, and Weddings

The last week has been a blur of activity for us. One of my close relatives passed away unexpectedly so we made a whirlwind trip home for the funeral. We were able to see Derrick's parent's for about half a day and were glad for that! The funeral was sad, but very encouraging too. I never knew much of my aunt's relationship with the Lord, but after hearing the details of her last few days, she really did walk with the Lord.

The day after we returned home from Louisiana, about 15 SFA students joined us in Huntsville for the annual SFA v. Sam Houston football game. While the Jacks battled the Kats on the field, Derrick and I went to Andrew & Leslie's wedding. They are two of our first-year interns - what a beautiful wedding! We left the reception a little early to make it back to our house in time for a post-game party with the SFA students.

Eli Gautreaux bought more BBQ meat than I knew what to do with and the students ate for hours! We spent the night hanging out in the backyard around our fire pit (which wasn't stolen after all!), talking and playing games. The weekend with the SFA students was very special to us - until now, the SFA folks haven't known much of our life in Huntsville so it was really great to have them in our house! The girls stayed at our house and we were up until almost 3am (that's 4am w/o the time change!) talking and having fun. This was the first chance the girls have really had to spend a weekend together and we had a blast! They are all so amazing and different and beautiful.

The girls and I stayed up so late because we were making journals by hand. I learned how to bind books recently and I made myself a small blank book to journal my prayers in. The girls found out and when the saw the book, they asked if they could make one too. So we stayed up binding books for journals! Haha. I couldn't help but think about all the things they will fill their journals with over the years - victories, defeats, prayers, hopes, dreams, questions, memories... and I feel very honored to be part of their stories!