Point of Grace

Young Life and the Circus

Well I feel kinda bad because I'm stealing some pictures that my dad told me to give to Leigh for the first part of this blog. David and I went out of town last weekend for a little fun trip, and my parents came to keep Caroline for us. While we were gone, Mimi and Boppa took Caroline and Darby Mae to the circus. When Leigh dropped Darby off, she asked my dad to take some pics for her blog. He sent them to me to send to her a few days later, but I forgot to forward them to Leigh and just saw them in my email, so before the news is too old….

Here are Darby and Caroline at the Circus. :0)

Aren't they getting so big?? They had a really good time apparently and stayed for the whole thing. Caroline said the clowns were a little weird, and I was like "Duh"…clowns are the worst!!

I specifically told them that they were to buy NO cheap trinkets or souvenirs…so here they are in the gift shop…Boppa is such a sucker…

They HAD to get these cups because the snow cones were IN them…Genius…

I haven't been to the circus in ages, but I used to think it was so cool.

So that's that…sorry Leigh for stealing your blog…don't be mad.

So last night we performed at a beautiful home here in Nashville for Young Life. This is such an incredible organization that is sharing the gospel with junior high and high school kids, and I hope when Caroline gets in Junior High she will be involved in it. We didn't have it at my school growing up, and I know how fortunate the schools that do have it are.

Here we are with David Ott. He is the Nashville director over all the schools for Young Life. Too bad he's not very cute…We look like his grandmas…and remind me not to wear my hair in that kind of ponytail again. Thanks.

He did a great job organizing the event along with all the other Young Life committee members. Really really sweet people with a huge heart for teens. Kindred spirits with us for sure.

Here is Denise warming up. PS That's a guitar pick in Dana's mouth. Not his tongue.

And of course they had desserts and I'm proud to say I didn't eat a single one of them. Modern day miracle.

Thanks to the Elam family for hosting this fundraiser and all the people who came to support this great organization.

Happy ALMOST Friday!!

Shelley

Happy Tuesday,

Hope you are enjoying your day. I was putting some pictures on my computer and thought I'd just tell you a little about what we've been up to the past few days. Lots of fun and excitement has been going on!!

Last Friday was a big basketball game for our Middle School. So, we had a big Pep Rally. It was lots of fun and really loud. Because both of my boys are on Student Council, they got to lead in the Rally. Here's Price in the morph suit and wig. He was soooo excited that he was getting to finally wear his Morph suit somewhere.

Spence didn't get to dress up because he had to go get dressed for game. However, the crowd was pretty pumped.

It was 8th grade recognition, so I was given a rose and we took a picture. Look how much shorter I am than Spence and I'm even in heels! It was a very exciting game and we ended up winning by 2 points. I think I almost stroked out twice.

We rushed straight from that game to Price's game. He won all 3 this weekend. That was fun!! He was rebounding machine. Notice both of my boys are wearing the number "14".

Sunday we hosted a rather large Super Bowl party with Family and friends of the boys. Here are all of them piled downstairs in the basement.

Let me just stop right here and give Dana Cappillino a big shout it out. Way to Go Giants!! I'm not sure Dana would have recovered if the Patriots would have caught that final throw. Honestly, I didn't watch a ton of the game. I was too busy in the kitchen chatting with the women and eating all the food. Speaking of food..... I have to tell you about something I've just discovered. You know how much Shelley and I love white cupcakes with Butter cream icing. Well, I think I might have a new favorite.

This is from a fairly new little restaurant in downtown Franklin called Marcia's Patisserie.

If you are ever down there, you should stop by. Plus if you are hosting a shower, her pettifor cakes are REDONK!!!!!!!

My fun and fit group will be coming over today. It's a good thing because those cupcakes are sure to go straight to my thighs.

If you are in Nashville, don't forget about tomorrow night. We are doing an intimate acoustic house show for the Nashville Young Life organization. Go to Nashvillehouseshows.com for more info. It would be a great date night or girls night. Plus you get a very yummy dessert and coffee. Hope to see some of you there.

Have a very blessed day,
Denise