The (Only) Man

I made a bad choice.

Murray and I went on a date last night. It was WONDERFUL to get away for awhile! He chose the restaurant, I chose the movie. 50% of our date was really great!! Can you guess whose pick was the good one???? I didn't think there were a lot of great movies to pick from...., "The Women" looked like it had some potential. It had a lot of really great actresses in it. (Meg Ryan, Debra Messing, Annette Bening, Jada Pinkett Smitt, Bette Midler, Candice Bergen...Eva Mendes, but I don't really like her). I knew it was solidly going to fall in the "chick flick" category of movies but surely some other men would be with their wives/girlfriends so Murray wouldn't have to suffer alone.

Uhhhhh...he's where my choice started to go south....not a single other man in the theatre. Oops! Ok....at least there will be some funny on screen actor that will bring some lightheartedness to the flick. (Chick flicks are full of great guys, right???...Tom Hanks, Billy Crystal ....). Uhhhh...wrong again! There is not a single scene in this movie that has one single man in it!! Not one! Even the scenes where the leading ladies are walking the busy streets of NY...only women are behind them! It was really ridiculous! There were male "characters" in the movie but you never once saw or heard them. They were only on the phone, or their footsteps were heard as they ran out the door and then started their car! One of the characters even gives birth without her husband b/c he hasn't made it to the hospital yet. I mean, come on!!!

I wouldn't even wait for the rental. It was that bad. The main message (I think) from the movie was to love who you are, in the deepest parts of who you were created to be. Yet, there was way too much plastic surgery on the actresses themselves (Meg looked so much better with her natural face) and scenes in the movie to really make it sound like their "message"was believable. It really came across as, have plastic surgery until you can feel good about who you are. Keep having surgery until you look as young as the women that your husband is flirting with (or more) and then, grieve over the loss of a friendship more than the loss of your cheating husband, b/c men are suppose to betray their wives, but women should never betray a friend.

Yick!! What a waste of 2 hours and $20!!!

Sorry, Murray!!! You get to pick the movies from now on!!!

Faith's 1st day of Preschool

Our little girl is growing up so fast! Here are a few pics from her first day of school this year. She LOVES Sonshine Preschool! She was so excited to have a new Dora lunchbox this year. She also couldn't wait to see "Marce" (She used to call her "Miss Marcy" but apparently they've gotten to be much tighter over the year!!)

Faith's news

In case you missed Faith's opening line, we are moving to Nashville, TN!! She's already got the accent down!! Murray is going to be the new worship minister at the Otter Creek Church. We are SO EXCITED!! (and stressed beyond words as we look at our "to do" lists!). We will be moving mid October so needless to say, we've got a lot to do! It is a bittersweet time for us as we start our goodbyes. We've been richly blessed by our wonderful family and friends here! We are thankful that Nashville is not too far away!

P.S. I couldn't resist Faith's "show and tell" with her Bible verses. I just LOVE to hear her speak God's word!!

Look Who's Walking....

Eli's 1st steps were witnessed by Mommy on August 7th. Since then, we've gotten almost no action from him...especially when the video camera comes out! Finally, during our visit to Mrs. Candice's house, we caught the little booger taking numerous steps! Isn't he the cutest little fella?? He melts our hearts!

Candice and crew....we loved the spaghetti and all the playtime that followed! Here are a few more pics from that day...

BFFs..Faith and Carrigan!

Faith, Eli, Isabelle, Anna Kathryn, Carrigan (Amelia was sleeping)

Pure cuteness!

Hamburger Helper!!!

Anyone got a quick last minute dinner idea for us tonight? I have a pound of ground beef I would like to use. Would like something quick, easy with basic ingredients (both kids are taking naps and a trip to the store won't be possible!).

Suggestions MOST appreciated!!