WEEKEND OF COMMUNITY + MARCH MADNESS

I know I say it all the time, but we have been extremely blessed with community in our lives.  Our last several years have held many challenges, and we have often been in survival mode.  These people have helped us to survive and thrive in so many critical ways, and I cannot imagine doing life without them - especially while raising young children.

Every year around this time, the guys from our church D-Group get away for some manly bonding.  It includes lots of eating, drinking and fire and not a lot of picture taking.  Here's five of the seven guys that went and a few scenes from their time away.

We ladies kept all the kiddos alive and well and entertained, which included a pizza night, a trip to the SEC gymnastics championship and getting sitters so we could have a Girls Night Out.



(We made the security people constantly nervous.)

Doing weekends like these require a lot of coordination between a lot of families and involves a lot of work and sacrifice.  But - it is worth it.  I'm always so thankful.

Past Weekends of Community {2015} {2014} {2013}

On another note - the UALR Trojans played on Thursday night and won their first game in amazing fashion in double overtime.  We watched in awe as a family and there was much cheering and jumping.  We sold CFA at their home games all season, so seeing their success was a real treat!

They lost their second game, but it was an amazing season nonetheless.  Looking forward to great things next year, and we are still soaking in the fun of the rest of March Madness.  There have been some incredible games this year - even though our brackets are busted.