On Friday night, some friends got together to throw our buddies Elaine and Drew a baby shower for their Alice - due to arrive in a matter of weeks! The theme was "Welcome to the Jungle!" (yes, G 'n R power chords are appropriate here) and we had a blast living up to the decor expectations (well, creative M.E. and Karen did!). There was a great turnout and we all had such a relaxed time celebrating with Elaine and Drew. Karen made the best shower punch ever - she found diced and frozen tropical fruit and simply poured the fruit into a pretty glass pitcher, poured in ginger ale and that's it. Yum! Once the party ended, we hostesses cleaned up while watching the Inauguration Concert in D.C. - Karen made us watch Bono twice and I had no idea the history of the song "In The Name of Love" before she and M.E. set me straight.

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On Sunday, the Lands (aka Nana and Papa) came up for a lecture series at our church. If you've not heard Dr. Cynthia Rigby from Austin Seminary speak before (okay, I'm really just talking to seminary friends here!), she is fantastic, amazing - the Reformed Beth Moore and I told her just that! The afternoon was so warm and pretty that we got some good playtime outside. As always, our dog Gabby was the perfect watch-dog and so sweet to the kids (thank goodness!). The neighbor's new basset puppy waddled over and the kids loved playing with her - too cute and nice to have a dog that's smaller than they are!

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