SOOOO many pictures

Ok, so I'll just apologize up front for the massive amount of pictures. I just couldn't eliminate any, so there are TONS on this blog. David and I got to spend the weekend in Little Rock! I left on Thursday night because I was able to schedule my parent/teacher conferences all on Thursday and David flew one way on Friday afternoon. I got to Little Rock SUPER late and spent the day on Friday hanging out with Mom. We did a little shopping and worked to get set up for Deborah Johnson's church shower that was going to be at Mom's house on Saturday. Dad picked David up from the airport and we all met up (including Tripp who came to town to run in the Little Rock marathon) and ate dinner downtown at Dizzy's. Here we are at dinner.






We got to go over and see Shepherd on Friday night and Saturday during the day, so I included all the nephew pictures together. On Saturday morning was Deborah's shower. The women at Immanuel have traditionally done showers up BIG, and Deborah's was no exception. All the guests were able to eat on fine china plates with linen napkins and sterling silver flatware. Being a part of Immanuel was such a blessing growing up. I was reminded again this weekend of how important your church family is.

The bride and I...



The tables...





And now...the pictures of our wonderful nephew. We couldn't wait to see him and hold him for the first time. Here are two pictures of the proud grandparents, Mike (Grandpa) and Kathy (Gram).






Beautiful baby.



Proud parents.



We couldn't wait for our turn. David went first and it was the sweetest thing I have ever seen to see him holding and looking at his nephew. As a sidenote, he did great and is totally a natural at holding babies. :)





My turn!



So handsome.



My extremely athletic brother came to town to run in the Little Rock marathon as I mentioned before. He was planning on only running the half and finished 13 miles in 1 hour and 41 minutes! I am so proud of him and it might inspire me to run...might. Here he is near the end and finally closing in on the finish line.

Woohoo! Congratulations Tripp! We love you and are so proud of you.



This week is going to be good because it is the week before SPRING BREAK! We have the same spring break this year and will be road-tripping to the beach to find some warmer weather! David has two tests this week and I start my last class before I finish my masters! It should be a good week, full of lots to do.