A Few of my Favorite Things from this Weekend

This weekend was absolutely fabulous. And to share with you how absolutely fabulous it actually was, I will use our handy dandy numbering system!

1) Friday night my sweet Hannah came from Huntsville to stay with me. She was on her way out of town on Saturday, so instead of driving five hours all day Saturday, she cut the first hour and a half out by driving to Houston Friday night. Oh bless my heart! I adored having her here with me. Remember that time when I told you that she too is in the same season that I am and she understands me? Oh yes, she does. My favorite part of the night was when we were on our way to dinner at Chuy's and she said, "Lindsee, I almost called you on Wednesday night because I knew you would understand exactly what I was feeling." And thus began our ongoing conversation about this season of life the rest of the night. It was so encouraging, good, and just uplifting. I love her to pieces. And I am so grateful for her friendship and the way the Lord has blessed it!

Plus we got to enjoy dinner with my sweet Claire and her friend Mandy at none other than Chuy's. There quite possibly may be nothing better than their ranch-jalapeno sauce. Mouth watering! The best part of the night was when Claire spilled her water everywhere and our waiter gave her a kid cup after that. Priceless.
2) Saturday started out with me sleeping to my heart's content. And oh, it felt so good! These past two weeks have been non-stop, so the sleep was much needed and so nice. After waking up, I put on my workout clothes, and headed to Target to get a few things I needed and a gift for little Miss Grace Parker. You absolutely cannot go to a two year old's birthday party empty handed!

I truly had every intention of shredding when I returned home, but the shower was calling my name because like I just said, I had a birthday party to attend. Grace was just the cutest thing! And boy did she get some fun presents. I kind of wanted to be two again. Plus, I got to hold baby Dean again and be with some of my favorite people in the World. It was a good party all around with two exceptionally good cakes, one of which was made by her precious Pops. And when Jack makes a cake, you best try it. Soon he'll have his own bake shop. It's very impressive!

Y'all can pray for Jaclyn now though, because currently she is at home with a Kidney Stone and is trying to pass it. Not fun at all. And might I add terribly painful? Just a total inconvenience with a two year old and a six week old!

3) After I got home from Grace's party, I changed into my Broadway attire. Lest you be fooled, I wasn't actually in a Broadway production that night, however, I went with my little brother (aka Freshman in college) and his BFF to see RENT! Since then, it has pretty much consumed my every thought. I have a weakness for good Broadway shows, thanks to Jen, but especially have a weakness for good harmonies, and folks, RENT does not disappoint in the harmony section. To say that Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp brought it is a complete understatement. They are two original cast members and it was so fun seeing them live. I've seen Adam Pascal twice in Aida in NYC, but oh, he just fit the role of Roger so well. I was wishing for Jen the whole time, because when we witness good harmonies together, we like to hold hands and squeal as silently as possible. It's just our thing. I didn't have a hand to grab, but my brother and I occasionally would grab our hearts and just sigh while glancing at each other. It was that all knowing look of, that was incredibly awesome. We love us some good stinkin' music and some good stinkin' singers.

We did stay after to meet some cast members and that was pretty fun, too. I really only cared about meeting Adam, but unfortunately, he was sneaky and left without saying hi to anybody. But, I completely understand. They work hard and are exhausted by the end of the day. And frankly, so was I.

4) After church and a meeting on Sunday, I got to be at my Mom's piano recital. She has literally been a piano teacher my whole life, and this year was the 20th anniversary of her having recitals in the same church! How awesome is that? I know I'd be biased by saying she is the best around, but seriously, she is the best around. Before the students got up to play someone prayed and he said that my mom exuded all of the Fruits of the Spirit, and I couldn't agree more. She not only is absolutely fabulous at what she does, but she loves it with her whole heart. Needless to say, it was very neat day and everyone did great.

Those are just a few of my favorite things from this weekend. I hope you had a great weekend, too! Tomorrow is my one year anniversary of being at this job. Can you believe it? One whole year. However, we'll address that in a different post. Adios!