Last Fling Before the Ring

Caroline will be married in 6 weeks!! We headed down to the coast for the last fling before the ring last night and we had a blast!!

When Alex and Zack got married her lingerie shower was so cute, on your invitation you were told what type of gift to bring. (IE-cotton night gown) Alex made the cute invites for Caroline's big weekend. When it was time to open the gifts Alex read a poem before each one.
We started off with what Caroline will wear on the night of her 50th anniversary. It was flannel pajamas from our Grandma!! We had gifts for her 50th, 25th, 10th and 1st.

Then we moved to the week of the honeymoon.

Leah, Caroline, Alex

We had ice cream sundaes and cookies for our treat. Alex had these cookies made in Savannah at Two Smart Cookies. Are they not too cute? It was a fun relaxing weekend for sure.

Stace and Tay-Sorry, I do not have a pic of you. :)

I thought it would be fun to do a little linky party @ Tatertots and Jello

March 31st=Special Day at the Radfords

Most of you probably know that Bryan decided a few years ago that he wanted to go to law school. Right after we got married B started studying for the LSAT, he took it in late 2009 and applied for law school in early 2010. We prayed for God's perfect plan and he was not accepted last year. Bryan decided that he would retake the LSAT and try to raise his score. Let me just tell you he studied hours on end; it paid off the score went up. He applied in November for admissions into the night program at NC Central. We got back on our knees, lots of people joined us on our knees (Thank You!) and we waited to see what would happen this year. You know we are not getting any younger and I would like to have some little Radfords one day, but we got to get the schooling out of the way. Yesterday, when I got home from work I started cleaning when B got home from the gym he asked me if I wanted to see the award he won at work I went over to get it and this is what I saw....well I know you can't exactly read it, but he got accepted!! Bryan will embark on this journey in August 2011. I am very proud of him, but I think the best thing is that God has taught us so much through the process. We have prayed together, fasted together, cried together and praised HIM together as we waited on his plan.

It is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure.

Philippians 2:13

Lent

This year for lent I am giving up Facebook because, if I am true to myself I can get sucked into the FB world rather quickly. I have never spent a lot of time thinking about why do I make the choice to give up some thing for lent other than the fact that it is the least I can do for all that Jesus did for me on the cross. This year for some reason I have thought about lent differently and really wanted to make sure that I have made it more than just giving up Facebook. Lent last 40 days because , according to biblical accounts, Jesus went into the wilderness for 40 days of fasting and meditation before his ministry, with that said I want to make sure that I take these 40 days to meditate on the One and Only asking him to reveal the "ME STUFF" that keeps me from experiencing his full glory in my life. I read somewhere in blog land about a lady that spends the 40 days of lent clearing out every nook and cranny in her house. I thought that was the coolest idea, how often do we let all the "stuff" physical or emotional crowd over lives. I decided to take that on as a little side project and this week I have been working on the attic, oh my goodness the attic!! It is such a beautiful season to turn from the old and run to the new. What did you give up for lent? I would love to hear from you as we walk this journey to Easter morn together.

Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up. -James 4:10

Birthday Fun

We have celebrated all weekend and it was so fun. Yesterday we had a monogram shower for Caroline and today we celebrated Connor's 3rd birthday. Do you think he enjoyed his cake?!?

Mama and the Birthday Boy

Anna Kate enjoying the swing, she is such a happy girl!

As I look back on the weekend, I am just so thankful for all the blessings he has given us and special days to celebrate!

Monogram Shower

Caroline will be married in May and Saturday we celebrated her new initial! I wanted to share the shower with you!

Caroline proudly wore her new intial "C". Thanks Allie for putting this together.

Fun, Fun Gifts

3 generations

The sassy table. :)

The cake Ms. Terry had made, I thought it was too cute. It was really tasty too!

The Menu

Ham & Cheese Rolls

Chicken Salad Wraps

Pimento Cheese

Cheese Straws

Pasta Salad

Fruit with Yogurt and Honey Dressing

Sweet Tea

Lemonade

Our Family

B and Mr. Johnny

Today Kelly's Korner is hosting a show your family day, I thought I would join in. God has blessed me with a wonderful family and I thank him each day for the love we share.

Ms. Patty, Mary Beth and Bailey

The Radford/Liles Families

Aunt Angie and Mama

Uncle Charles and Josiah

aka The Dancing Machine

Zack and Allie

Cousins

Justin, Caroline, B

The Liles/Griffin Crew

Mama and her children

Mr. Jimmy and Ms. Lillie

Mary Beth and Matthew

Bailey Bug

Our fur baby Dowdy

Can you tell we love him???

The Radfords

I feel so fortunate to be able to share such close bonds with our families.

They are such a special part of our lives!

Praise the Lord

As I write this post I give God all the honor and glory for reigning so big in our lives each day. About a month ago my Dad had an episode and he thought he was having a heart attack, he went to the hospital and it was determined he was not having a heart attack. That night started a series of test as we all anxiously waited to find out what was going on. The nuclear stress test revealed something the doctor was not happy to see and he suggested bypass surgery. My Dad went for a second a opinion and he heard the same news, surgery was a must. This past Tuesday Dr. Chitwood performed robotic bypass surgery on my Dad. Dr. Chitwood shared with the family that my Dad had a heart condition referred to as the "Widow Maker", basically this is fatal in the event of a heart attack. My Dad is home today and beginning his recovery. This week our family has been blessed with an outpouring of calls, texts, cards, prayers, visits and goodies. I know that God has BIG plans for DK, because it is evident that his hand was all over him!!

Taylor is a BIG sister!! Our friends Katie and Daryl had another precious angel on Thursday.

We welcome Hayley Elizabeth Cherry to the world!! I am slack with the camera, but there will be pictures to come. Until then take it from me she is precious!!

I leave you with this verse...

Let all that I am praise the Lord;

with all my whole heart, I will praise his holy name.

Let all that I am praise the Lord;

May I never forget the good things he does for me.

Psalm 103:1-2