What We've Been Up To....

We've had a busy last couple of days. A week ago Rick and I celebrated our 9th anniversary with dinner at Flemings. YUM! My birthday was Thursday, and I got to spend the morning at the dr with Andrew (who had a virus, it turns out). Mom was here and got us Panera for lunch and a Ukrops cake. YUM YUM! That evening I had book club. We discussed The Shack so we had a big group.

Shoes I got for my birthday. Aren't they cute?

Friday and Saturday I went on a retreat with the FLO (For Ladies Only) Crew in Williamsburg. We had a blast and got to eat at Chowning's Tavern in Colonial Williamsburg for lunch on Saturday. I came home and enjoyed some down time (Rick and the kids were in Emporia). Later in the evening I went to Ukrops and the cashier told me I looked flushed. I had noticed that it seemed hot in there, but she said it wasn't. So when I got home I took my temp and of course, I had Andrew's virus. So I missed church on Sunday morning. By Monday I was feeling better.

The kids and I have started our "summer activites" this week with Romp N Roll, swimming lessons, and storytime at the library.



The kids all dressed for church on Sunday.

Christmas Tea

FLO (For Ladies Only) sponsors a Christmas Tea at our church each December. It is a HUGE hit and almost always sells out! It is a great ime for the ladies to sit back and enjoy an afternoon of fun and fellowship. Take a look at some of these gorgeous tables:

Each table has a hostess who bring her own china and centerpieces.

I love this! The centerpice was dolls having a tea party!

This hostess used pictures of her kids with Santa as her centerpiece.

Fun with a hat centerpiece. Many of the ladies wear hats to the tea.

Beautiful!


Me with my table hostess and friend Barbara.

The men wait on us at the tea!

Servers include husbands, sons, and staff including our pastor Jim Somerville.

This year our entertainment was "Staff Harmony" who gave us a stirring rendition of The 12 Days of Christmas, First Baptist style. Our speaker was Christy Somerville who gave a moving talk about her grandmother and the things she and her daughters learned from her.