again… time for our (Good) Friday Update!
This is our once-a-week blog where we catch
you up on the random details of our life.
Check it out below!
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Murder
Mystery in Margaritaville. Last
weekend we were invited to our very first ‘Murder Mystery Night’. If
you’ve never heard of these (I hadn’t) it’s a theme party with a
‘mystery’ to solve in it. Every person invited has a ‘character’ to
play, and one gets ‘murdered’ at the party. Then it’s up to the rest of
us to figure out who did it! It’s kind of like a big, life-size game of
CLUE. Rusty’s character was Lucky, the Lottery Winner and I was Izzie
the
Island Girl! Even though it was
FREEZING outside (only a high of 40 that day) we still had a lot of
fun! I love any kind of theme party – dressing up and playing a
character is one of my favorite things to do!
Our host &
hostess :: Coconut Joe, his wife, and one of their little coconuts!
(also
known as Todd & Shanona Angell & little Tori!)
A few of the
‘characters’ :: (left to right) Candy Cotton & her millionaire
boyfriend Thurston (our Pastor Mark & his wife Tracee) and Tatum the
Tattoo Artist & Sandy the Surfer (our worship leader Ryan and his
wife Tina)
Tatum the Tattoo
Artist gave me an “I Love Lucky” temporary tattoo
(Lucky was Rusty’s
character)
Margaritaville Party!
(The lifeguard did it!)
Talk
Radio. Today, Rusty and I went to the local radio station
to voice a commercial. It
was so much fun using our past experience for a good cause (Rusty’s TV
& radio experience, my
Communication degree + my experience doing
TV, radio, etc from my pageant days). We were able to work together to
write the commercial and then voice it together. The commercial was to
advertise the “For
Our Lives 5K” – a fundraiser for single parents in
our area. It’s an event our church is hosting in May, and I think it’s
such a great idea! It was a lot of fun to be a part of it!
Here Comes
Peter Cottontail. That’s right – the Easter Bunny already came to
our house! My sweet mom just can’t let a holiday go without sending us a
treat (I wonder where I get my love
of themes, presents, and making things for people? 😉 so last
week she sent us an Easter Basket! It’s been sitting on our counter for
days, just waiting to be opened. I can’t wait until Sunday when we get
to tear into it….I love Easter candy! Thanks Mom!
Good Friday. Of course, we cannot
forget the TRUE meaning of Easter, the death and resurrection of Jesus
Christ. My favorite song for this season is Nichole Nordeman’s “Why”.
I’ve sung it several times at Easter, and it took hours of practice
before I could make it all the way through without crying! I have only
seen my Daddy cry a few times in my life, and once was when I sang this
song. It is such a beautiful representation of what our Savior went
through for us. You can see the moving video below:
Sunny Sick Days.
The GOOD NEWS from this week is, it’s SUNNY and WARM! The high today is
77, WAHOOO!!! It is BEAUTIFUL! The BAD NEWS is, I’m sick. BLAH. Two days
ago I started
having trouble breathing, which I think is another bad side effect from
these chiropractic adjustments. (another example of ‘it has to get
worse before it gets better’). The same day I started coming down with
what I think is a sinus infection – swollen glands, swollen nose and
swollen face under my eye. YUCK. Luckily I had an appointment with my
chiropractor today. Getting
adjusted definitely helped with the breathing, and he gave me a
supplement that will hopefully help me kick this infection! Prayers for a
QUICK recovery would be
appreciated! It is no fun to be sick!
