Church Christmas Party!

On Saturday night we went to the Christmas Party at our church. Matt and I have come to love our church family. The night started out with dinners of 8 (groups of us ate dinner at different houses) and then we all met up at one house for dessert and a white-elephant exchange. What fun the night was! Love you Heritage family!


Nikki & Sean...............and.........Mark & Patti Saeger

The Lovealls................and.............Aaron & Michelle


Hope and Lindsay.......and....The seminary boys being silly

Being Resourceful!

My mom started highlighting my hair in High School. Then when I went to college I tried it on my own and it always looked good. Well, now that we are in Seminary I am not making my monthly trips to get my hair done, I am doing it myself. It is not easy and my arms are usually tired by the end of it but I am always happy with how it looks.


Hey girls out there, if you want your hair highlighted give me a call. Maybe I should start a business! :)

Covenant Seminary Christmas Banquet

On Friday night Matt and I went to the Covenant Seminary Christmas Banquet. It was a fun time to hang out with friends and get dressed up. It was at the Marriott hotel and dinner was served, there was funny entertainment from Student Council, and dancing (can you believe they had dancing at a PCA function? Crazy I know) :)

Carin, Me and April

Dan & April Barber

The First SNOW of the year!

About an hour before I left for work on Thursday I looked out the window began freaking out...it was SNOWING! Everyone at work was laughing at me b/c I was making such a big deal (I am not used to this snow thing). I had to grab my camera and take a couple pictures before it melted. It snowed off and on that night but it all melted the next day. It was beautiful while it lasted (even though at times I forgot it was snow and I thought it was sand- that is what happens when you grow up in South Florida!)

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

Matt and I decided not to put a tree up this year (1. we could not afford it and 2. After Thanksgiving we are going home in 3 weeks and it would just sit in our house and die). Anyway, I have been enjoying the beautiful tree at work and the other decorations there and in our home!

Look how cute our fireplace looks!
Even our dining room table is decorated for the Christmas season!

Visiting Friends in Knoxville

After spending time with Matt's family we drove to Knoxville to spend time with some dear friends of ours. We were able to see Andy and Hannah (our old youth pastor from High School and my discipleship leader) and Bobby and Priscilla (our care-takers in college who fed us every weekend and let us do our laundry at their house). It was SO good to be back with all of them. It was like we just picked up where we left off. Their kids have gotten so big. Bobby & Priscilla's son was 4 months when I started babysitting him and he is 8 now. I was having so much fun I did not want to leave the next day!

Emma and Me. She has been my buddy since she was born! Love you Emma!

Anders, the youngest Deets. He is so cute and I loved getting to know him! Emma and Paul (cousins). I loved hanging out with all 6 kids.

Thanksgiving Weekend!

For Thanksgiving this year Matt and I traveled to Tennessee to spend time with his family. It was a good time up in the mountains. We went hiking, drove through Cades Cove and ate a lot of turkey! We enjoyed our time with all of them!

Here are some pictures from our weekend: