The Warrens: March 2011

Monday, March 28, 2011

More Snow!!!!

So we got even more snow. We've had so much snow that the newness of it has worn off and we're ready for spring.

However this snow was a lot of fun. There was a lot of it and it was packed well and great for playing and sledding. So we took advantage of it.

Our little table on the back porch - that's a lot of snow

Rebecca in our front yard

Our cute little house - in a lot of snow

Heading to the hill for a little sledding

This is a new sled that Matthew bought - Julianna is figuring out how to steer it!

Can you hear the screams??

Fun, fun!

Playing in the snow

Rebecca heads down the hill...

Whoa......

Whoops....

Great picture

Christian attempting to use it as a snowboard

Didn't work out so well

Christian's friend Cameron was over and they were playing together here

Whipping down the hill

Hold on!!!

Somehow they recovered (their faces are so funny)

Rebecca did something to Julianna so she somehow convinced Rebecca to let her get her in her face!

Julianna got her good and you can tell she thought it was funny

We went with Christian and a bunch of his friends to a better hill and hung with them for a while - not sure what's up with Julianna here!

Obviously this was steeper and faster - check Julianna out!

She was FLYING down the hill

She is so cute!

Christian & Cameron again

They'd set up this ramp - this is one of their friends, Brad, who hit it right on - love this picture!

Triangle Fellowships

We recently started a new thing at church. It was something we did at our previous church in East Tennessee and was very successful so we thought it would be great to try at CCC. It's called Triangle Fellowships. Families sign up to be involved and then they are assigned to be in a Triangle - a group of three families that will meet together once a month for 3 months and just get to know each other. Even though we all attend church together, it's amazing how we really don't know each other. So this is a great tool.

We started our first set in January and went from Jan-March. We had a great group. And we had so much fun! We hosted the first one at our house and we had told everyone beforehand to come up with 2 truths and 1 lie about themselves (including the kids). Then when everyone got to our house, we put all the cards in a bucket and drew them out and read them and tried to guess whose card it was and then which one was the lie. It was so fun.

Our group had 3 families and one single lady. There ended up being 5 Middle School/High Schoolers and Julianna, so the big kids loved it and Julianna hung in there with them. We took a few pictures at some of ours and they were just cute so I thought I'd share them!

Julianna just fell in love with Rick and cuddled all evening with him at our house!

Rebecca & Faith were fixing their plates - we served Frito Pie & it was YUMMY!

This is the group of kids in our Triangle. The 2 girls on the ends are Faith & Hope. Their family is new to the church so it was great for them to get to know our kids and Madisyn through these 3 months.

Here we are - Rick & Rachel Shear, Matt & Katie and Marjorie & Mark Jarrett! Such sweet couples

This is a group shot, which includes Dana Ashley (who couldn't make our first one). This was hosted by the Jarretts and they live so far out that the rest of us loaded into the church van and went out there together. It was a great time and we were all a bit sad knowing this will only last for 3 months, however I know the friendships will last forever!

Saturday, March 26, 2011

Snow!

We got a pretty good snow fall in January. Julianna's friend Connor came over and spent the day with us. His grandmother was in the hospital and his Mom needed some help. We were glad she asked us. They have been friends since they were 1 and in Mother's Day Out together but they go to different preschools this year, so they don't see each other as much.

Here's our house!

The back porch

Julianna and Connor played the Wii together for a while before we went outside

But then it was time to go and play

Unfortunately there's not much of a hill in our yard but Connor sure tried to slide through the yard

What a cutie!

Having fun!

The trampoline was covered in snow so Rebecca got out there with them and bounced them around!

I think this was after she went down the slide. Silly (and cold!) Rebecca

Such good friends!

Christian's friend Cameron was over spending the night so they got out and played and built snow walls with the kids

Rebecca and these 2 filled up the wagon with snow and then Rebecca pulled them around.

Once we came back in and got warmed up, they pulled out all the stuffed animals and were having "Webkinz Wars" (notice Connor's face - not sure he wanted me to take a picture of it!)

And of course the afternoon ended with Popcorn and a movie!!

Girlfriends Weekend 2011

For many years now, my closest 5 girlfriends from Bryan College and I have had the opportunity to get together at least once a year. Words can hardly convey what this means to me. These are the kinds of friends where you can go months without ever communicating and yet when you do, things are picked up like you didn't skip a beat. I'm finding these friendships are more rare as you get older so I highly value these girls.

We went to the lake house again this year. We had lots of discussions of doing something different and big since in 2010, we all turned 40. However life took over and we gave up and landed at the lake again. Although I don't think anyone really minded when we stayed in all weekend and lounged in our jammies and watched movies and ate popcorn and caught up with each other!!!

We didn't do anything exciting enough to even get our cameras out other than the "have to" pictures of us. Here's one of my favorites!

Sheri, Susan & Katie
Marcy, Kim & Laura

Another good one of the 6 of us.

Susan took this of us and I really liked it so I posted it (sorry Marcy!) :-)

Susan brought sweet little Kinsey Arielle with her. She was just weeks old and we adored her.

So we have to set the camera on a time to get the shots of the 6 of us. While trying to place the camera, I couldn't help but snap a few of my "homies"