FOOD & FELLOWSHIP!

Nothing better than that, right?

I think spontaneous moments are the BEST (well sometimes)!

After church on Sunday, some of our friends were going to The Olive Garden for lunch, and they invited us to come along. Can you tell we love to go out to eat?

There were a total of 24 of us. Nine adults. Fifteen kids.

We filled up the entire waiting area.

And, we practically had an entire private dining room to ourselves. I kind of felt bad for the three other people in there. We pretty much dominated.

We always have a good time when we're all together. It makes it even better that all our kids are good friends too!

We're all loud, we love to laugh, and we love to hang out and fellowship!!

And, excuse all the blurry photos. I had my camera on the wrong setting the entire time.

The boys! That's my eldest, second to the left.

Some of the girls! My girls are the one sitting down in the purple, and Veronica in the front with the brown shirt.

Ignacio, Michele, Christina, Lorena, Erica, & Jyl Time for ordering our food! Oh yah!

Yummy salad & breadsticks!

I'm so predictable! I order fettucini alfredo everywhere I go!My friends appetizer plate! Stuffed mushrooms, fried calamari, & fried zucchini!! Mmmm!Here are all the kids!!! My three youngest are in the middle (Veronica, Danny, & Eli), and then there's Isaiah on the far left flexing again, Miranda in the purple plaid!Stay tuned for the continuation on this post. It didn't end here. We had some fun in the parking lot!!!

FUN NIGHT OUT WITH THE GIRLS!

It was my friend Mary's birthday the other night, so a bunch of us got together to celebrate her 39th birthday! Just to give you a little history, I met Mary at church almost eight years ago! Little did I know that our friendship would have taken off from there! This lady has a heart that is always on fire for the Lord! She started discipling me about a year after I met her, and for that, I will always be grateful. She is those kinds of friends that no matter what she's doing, you can call her for prayer and she will pray for you right on the spot! She just has that heart for women to have that close, intimate relationship with the Lord!

On the other hand, out of all my friends, she is the one that I can be super crazy with!! Oh my gosh, when we get together, I know that I'm going to leave with a headache from laughing with her the entire time! The only thing that sucks is that two years ago, her husband (who is a pastor) planted a church near their home, so I only see her once every few weeks, and on special occasions like this! But, she's never too far...thank God for Facebook too..LOL! Oh..and before I sound too dramatic, we only live about 20 minutes away from each other..hehe!

So, Sara, one of the ladies at her church planned a night out for all of us! We all met up for dinner at Red Robin, then went over to the theater to watch Earth, and finally ended the night at Sara's house for cake and coffee!! I'm getting old, I started yawning at 10 o'clock!

Mary & me!

Some of the girls! The gal on the far right is a blogger too! Hi Natalie!

Some of you may recognize Carolyn (on the right) from Scrapping Servant!!

My mushroom burger! YUMMY!

Love this picture of Carolyn & Mary. The waiters totally scared us when they came up to sing "Happy Birthday" to her!

This is Sara..the hostess with the mostest! Thank you for letting us come over afterward! Oh..and she's in her first trimester!

Courtesy pose. She already blew out her candles!

Marlene & me! Her little girl and Veronica are good friends!

FUN FILLED SUNDAY!

I knew I should have brought my camera today! Last week, our friends from church decided to put a bbq together today, after service. There is a building across the street that our church owns, and there is a volleyball court on the grassy area. It's literally like being at a park because it's practically all grass and tons of shade! There was tons of food, and lots of us there! I'm so glad I didn't have to drive home after church and then come back for the evening service. We all just had to go right back across the street! I took only one picture with my cell phone (which is of Veronica & two other girls drying off in the sun). The kids had water balloons and got soaking wet. We kept telling them to stand in the sun..lol. It was so fun watching everyone play volleyball, too!! I'm glad we still have 80+ degree temperature in October! It was a great day of fellowship, fun, food, and more food!!