The turkey becomes a turkey!

His goodness...

God is so good to me. I wanted to share with you something that just touches my heart about the way He cares for His children and provides for us. Many of you know that exhortation, or encouragement, is my main spiritual gift. I love to encourage other people...making them feel good about themselves and that there's no task that's too great with the Lord on their side. When I was younger, one of the ways that I most enjoyed "using" this gift, was to write cards to people or letters of encouragement. I LOVED doing that. And somehow, over the past couple years, I really started to slack off in that area and really started to feel convicted about it. I began missing that. A few months ago, my office manager approached me and asked if I would be interested in taking on a task of writing cards to our patients in need. Um...YES!...was my reply. God knew my heart and He new I wasn't using this gift to it's full potential. First of all, how cool is that I get to take time each week at my JOB to find a quiet place and sit and write words of encouragement to our patients that need that "extra love"....and what an incredible reminder that God truly has "prepared good works in advance" for us to do. If you're not using the gifts and the talents He's so graciously given you, ask Him to provide ways to make that happen! They can come in the most unexpected ways!

WW Update!

It was a good day in the weight loss world! I was down 2.4 pounds at weigh-in today, bringing my total to 80.6 pounds. I was so excited to reach that 80 pound mark! A little over four more pounds to go to reach my next goal of 85. Whoohoo.

Happy Fall, Y'all!

My sister and brother-in-law took Luke to the pumpkin farm one day this week - I think he LOVED it! Just wanted to share a few pictures of the sweetest little boy in the world. I just can't get enough of him!

Happy Fall! :)

2nd Annual Sisterhood Weekend Getaway!

What a WONDERFUL weekend we had! Have I told you before that I have the BEST friends in the world? Well, just incase you missed it, I have the BEST friends in the world. There truly isn't a ton to blog about our weekend, simply because we stayed inside the ENTIRE time with the exception of about 4 hours when we drove to Helen, walked in a few shops, had dinner, then headed back to Courtney's house only to jump right back into our p.j.'s and find our respective spots on the sofa so we could start talkin' once again. I know for some of you it just blows your mind how 5 girls can have so much to talk about...but truly, we only stopped long enough to sleep. There is so much love in my heart for the girls that you see below. We are so blessed to have each other. You know it's been a good weekend when nobody wants it to be over. And incase you want to know where we "resided" this weekend, Courtney and her husband Nick so sweetly opened their home to us. Nick made himself scarce the entire weekend - he's a big hunter so, thankfully, it was no skin off his back and worked out perfectly. And he even gave Courtney some good pointers as to which mattresses to move first, should we feel the need to all sleep in the same bedroom like we did last year. THANK YOU Courtney, for the being the "hostess with the mostess!" I know we're all already looking forward to next year! Enjoy the few pictures that we got where we were actually "presentable" and not in our p.j.'s! Kimi, Courtney, and Karla
Just shopping...
Helen, GA
Courtney did an awesome job decorating for fall!
Kacee, Courtney, Kimi, and Karla

Kacee, Karla, and Courtney
Kacee (getting ready to pray, apparently) Kimi, Meredith, and Courtney
Kimi, Meredith, Karla, Courtney, and Kacee
Karla and Kacee

2nd Annual Sisterhood Weekend Trip begins...TODAY!!

I have been looking forward to this weekend since this time last year when we had our 1st Sisterhood weekend getaway. We planned it for the exact same weekend this year and I think it's pretty safe to say we have all been highly anticipating it! Here are some pictures from our trip last year to Pigeon Forge. We're excited that Kacee will be going w/ us this year, and sad that Aly isn't going to be able to join us. I'm sure I'll have lots of fun pictures and crazy stories to blog about when the weekend is over. For now though...let the fun begin!!! Courtney, Kimi, Karla, Meredith
Kimi, Courtney, Karla
Kimi, Karla, Meredith
Kimi, Karla, Courtney, Meredith
"Mountain Majesty"...our cabin last year in Pigeon Forge

A Good Day...

You know you're having a good day when you're walking out the door from work into the beautiful fall weather, attempting to put a chocolate Hersey's kiss in your mouth, having that sweet kiss miss your mouth just knowing it has fallen to the nasty ground, only to find out it has landed safely in your scrub top pocket. What a great day.