Easter 2011

So the entire week leading up to Easter I was sick. I was having terrible sinus problems. On Friday I finally decided to go to the doctor. I am soo glad I did. Not only did she give me a zpac, but she also gave me a decadron shot. I began to feel better within a few hours. The only downside is that I had the shot late enough in the day that it was going to keep me up that night. On Friday night Scott and I went to listen to Barrett Baber and Ernie Halter play at Ferneau. We had a great time, but when we got home I was wide awake. We decided to just go ahead and drive to my parent's house on Friday night. So we walked in the house, packed our bags, took the front top off the Jeep (I still can't believe I agreed to this on a 1 1/2 mostly interstate drive) and hit the road.  We got there at 2am! We spent all day Saturday doing absolutely nothing. It felt great to just hang out with my parents and not have to do anything. Sunday morning we went to church then out to eat because my mom didn't want to cook. So we had Easter lunch at Outback. We finally made our way back to Sherwood mid-afternoon. We knew there were storms coming and didn't want to get caught in them.

Oliver with his Easter baskets

I think he was starting to get impatient

Diggin in!

My Parents went all out on the baskets this year.  I think they were making up for the last 8 years when we didn't get one.

Apparently my mom didn't get the memo that everyone was wearing purple on Easter this year.

Running Totals: Week 14, 15, & 16

We haven't been doing anything interesting lately so I have had nothing to report.  I thought I would at least update my running, so I will have something to keep me accountable.


April 5th - 3.1
April 6th - 2.85
April 9th - 4.0
Weekly Total: 9.95

April 12th - 3.7
April 13th - 3.7
April 16th - 4.0
Weekly Total: 11.4

April 18th - 4.5
April 20th - 2.9
April 22nd - 2.25
Weekly Total: 9.65

Yearly Total: 173.6

Running Totals Week 12 & 13

My running life has been pretty boring lately so I thought I would start updating every couple of weeks instead of every week.  Instead of running in the Capital City 10K last Saturday, Scott and I worked in the yard.  The weather was great, but I still managed a terrible sunburn on my back.  LESSON LEARNED!  Fair skinned people must wear sunscreen....even on April 2nd!

Mar 21st - 4.0
Mar 23rd - 3.1
Mar 24th - 6.0 (this was a combo of the treadmill and eliptical)
Mar 25th - 2.0

Weekly Total : 15.1


Mar 30th - 3.1
Mar 31st - 3.1

Weekly Total :6.2

Yearly Total:  142.6

Heaven Is For Real

I love to read.  Just ask Scott.  I almost always have a book checked out from the library.

Well a couple of weeks ago, my mom called to tell me about a story that was on TV.  After digging a little on the internet I was able to find the video clip.  It was about a 4 yr old boy who had seen Heaven.  Turns out his dad has written a book about the events that led up to and what happened after their son's trip to Heaven.  My mom mailed me the book a coupe of days later and I had it read it about 2 days.  Had I had the time to I would have read the entire book in one sitting in about 2 1/2 hours.  I can't even begin to explain how great this book is.  It is truly amazing the things Colton (the son) eventually tells his parents.  Colton talks bout meeting his great-grandpa who he had never met before.  He also talks about meeting his other sister, which turned out to be the child his parents had lost about 8 weeks into pregnancy and they had never told Colton about the miscarriage.  Even his parents didn't know the baby was a girl. 

 I am pretty sure I cried almost the entire way through the book.  I highly recommend this book. 

Argenta United Methodist Church

Today is SUYL - Tell Us About your Church over at Kelly's Korner.  I absolutely LOVE my church so I thought I would share.  Scott and I attend Argenta United Methodist Church in downtown (The Argenta District) of North Little Rock.  We are a new church and have only been around for about 3 years.

When Scott and I moved to Conway in 2005, we attended church pretty regularly, but never really felt like it was the right place for us.  In 2007, a friend of mine (who also happened to be my college roommate's fiance) graduated from Seminary and was appointed as associate pastor in North Little Rock.  His goal was to be part of a new church start.  Long story short....about a year later Argenta United Methodist Church was born.  We meet on Sunday nights @ 5:30 in the Argenta Community Theater.  We have only been in our new space for about 2 months.  We were meeting in the Starving Artist Cafe until the Argenta Community Theater was finished.  We decided to meet at night because a lot of the members were in their 20's and went home or traveled a lot on the weekends.  Meeting a night made it possible for all of us to still travel and have a "home" church that we attended regularly and could get involved in.

Scott and I both love this church.  It is a great place to worship.  No one cares how old your are, where you come from, or what you wear.  We have recently started a children's ministry that is going great.  There are many other ways you can get involved in our church.....anything from helping set up/clean up, handing out bulletins, helping with the children's ministry, playing on the churches basketball team, participating in a book discussion, volunteering in a community outreach project.

If you would like to find out more, visit our website http://www.argentaumc.org or our blog http://argentaumc.blogspot.com/.