The Gala

Some of our closest friends have a daughter with juvenile diabetes. She was diagnosed before she even had her first birthday. You can read about her and her amazing mom on Sugar Savvy.

We are seriously going to miss this family when they are away for a fellowship in North Carolina. But, I won't talk about that.

On to the fun stuff... :)

We've had fun dressing up and going to the gala to raise support for JDRF for the last 4 years. Such a great excuse and cause to plan a date night ; )

My sweet cousin, Mackenzie, also has type 1 diabetes and has to endure the painful pricks and all else that comes with this nuisance-of-a-disease. It seems like we hear of someone new being diagnosed all too often.
So thankful there are so many who are working towards a cure as we speak. Or as I type.

That last one had a funny flash effect when it was taken on my iPhone. 

So I retro-ed it up with my camera + app.

You can hardly tell ;)

Dear friends.

I wish we had taken more pictures of more of the group that was there to support this family.

It is heart warming to see how many people have been touched by one little girl.

It was fun, Peeps! Love yall. 

Randomness: Catching up

Some of the random stuff we've been up to the past week.







My mom and dad took our family to eat at Brownings. My parents used to go there on dates back in the day, so it was fun to enjoy the nostalgic updated/newly renovated restaurant up the road from our house. It was such a nice night, we all just walked there.






Hugs:)






Charlie has always been my cuddler. Which so melts me. I'm a huge affection-needy person. And lately, he has started hugging our necks. Tightly. And sporadically. Sounds simple, but until you've felt it, you just can't understand. I guess it reminds me of those really good huggers that we meet in life. I have a mental list of people who give really good hugs. Charlie just made it onto my list.






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My friend was so good to organize a little ballet class for our toddler girls. She found a friend to come teach our kiddies ballet at a church for half an hour each week. Such a good idea! The girls love it... And it's free and not too structured. So nice. We will probably do a 'real' class next year or the next year, but this is just perfect for us right now.

































Charlie wanted to participate too:)

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My Dad watching kids while I tutor.














We have been outside a LOT this past week. Loving the weather.

Charlie is way into keys right now, so this picture is so him right now.

We went to hear Robert Earl Keen on Friday night. He played our favorite old songs. Felt young again:)

Then we went to the JDRF walk on Saturday morning to support our little friend, Ada.

































We had some friends from west Memphis over for dinner last night. Isaac made some amazing sliders.

Then we were off to church this morning.





Taking a rest in the middle of the sidewalk after church this morning. It was raining on the way to church and we were all huddled under the umbrella when it closed in on us. So hilarious. I dropped my open DDP all over our feet and Isaac was holding both kids and we were a mess. And Isaac and I looked at each other and started laughing so hard. Im sure the people around us were very curious. A memory I don't want to forget.

And here we are at the end of the weekend. Just put my sweet Annette to bed. Read books and sang songs and prayed a very grateful prayer.






And now we are ready to start a new, busy, and full week.



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