Friday night we took my mom out to Nakato for her birthday. It was super delicious, as always. We got her the birthday special, so she got a dessert and a picture! Here's us:
It was so fun and so, so, so yummy! Then Saturday we went shopping and did all kinds of stuff. We went to Kohls, then to an animal shelter, then to Bass Pro! We got SO MUCH STUFF there. Knocked out a ton of Christmas presents. I love that Matthew works there because the discount is amazing! Then after our 2 hour spree there we went to Old Chicago for dinner. We had the best waitress ever. When I go back, I'm going to ask for her. After all that we went home and watched Water for Elephants. It was a long day!
Then, Sunday we went to a thrift store and found all kinds of awesome treasures. I got 20 new coffee mugs!
Aren't they cute!? After thrifting for a while, we went to Buckinham's to catch the end of the Chiefs game!
AND WE'RE TOTALLY 8-0!!!! GO CHIEFS! - Anyway, the food was delicious. I tried something new and LOVED it. We sat at the bar and had another awesome waitress. After hanging out there for a while we went back to the house and just kind of chilled. then we went to the Hotel of Terror!
It had been a few years since my mom had gone to a haunted house and I had never been, so we decided to go! I only cried once, and it was at the very beginning because the guy with the chainsaw cornered me. It was scary! The entire thing was so cool. It was only $11, which is super cheap. I'm so glad we went, and if I were going to be in Springfield next year, I'd totally go again. After that we just went home and watched Rush Hour 2.
When my mom and I woke up Monday we went shopping - AGAIN! I took her to Kirklands because she had never been. Of course she fell in love with it. I mean, it is an awesome store. After that though she had to leave. I was sad to see her go, but I'm so thankful she was able to come down for the weekend! This coming weekend, Matthew and I will be going to KC because his sister-in-law and niece are flying in from Hawaii!!!! I'm beyond excited for it. I always thought I was never going to be an aunt, and now in just four days I get to meet my niece!
Last night I went to Mardel - a Christian store here in town. I went looking for devotionals, and I left with three and a new Bible. Holy cow! I'm pretty excited about them though. The first devotional I found was this one:
This is a ten week Bible study that goes over Ephesians. If you know me, you know that I have a big love for Ephesians. It's also directed towards women, so that's exciting too. I'm going to work through this one first. The second one that I got was this one:
I'm not completely familiar with the parables of Jesus, so this one will be super awesome to work through. This also is a ten week study and I will do it once I'm done with Ephesians. (even though I want to start it now!) Then, as I was browsing, I found another devotional. But this one isn't just for me - it's for me and Matt.
There's 365 days worth of couples devotionals in this book. It's going to be super challenging but I'm really excited about it. I think this book will really help us stay accountable in keeping Christ in the center of our relationship. We're starting it today! I also got a new Bible. Mardel will put your name on your Bible for you, and so my first Bible has my maiden name on it. I asked if they could add my new last name, and they said no. I really wanted a Bible with my married name on it, so I bought a new one! I'm going to use it for my devotionals and studies and will use my other one for things such as Monday service and small groups and stuff like that. Here's my new Bible:
All in all, it was an amazing weekend. It really got me rejuvenated for this week. It even made it easy to get out of bed this morning when it was pouring rain! (which, by the way, my sweats are STILL wet). Weekends like this past one really just encourage me and remind me that God is so amazing!
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