Community Group Thanksgiving Dinner and Fire

Last night JP and I celebrated Thanksgiving with some of the members of our Redeemer Community Church Community Group, Russell, Shireen, Ben, Virginia, and Kat. We went to Russell and Shireen's place for yummy soup, salad, bean dip, and dessert, as well as fire, and fellowship. Russell and Shireen had just gotten an outdoor fireplace for Christmas. We all had fun gathering around the fire, roasting marshmallows, telling funny stories, and laughing.
Our Thanksgiving celebration continues as JP and I head up to Decatur tonight to celebrate with my family on Turkey Day.
JP and Russell with marshmallows over the fire.

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Chili Cook Off

While I was in Atlanta on Sunday JP prepared chili for the church Chili Cook Off. He won! I wasn't surprised since he is such a good cook but I did have my doubts when he was telling me what he was going to put in it. I can't give the entire secret recipe ;) but I do know it contained ham, chorizo, whipping cream, and chocolate.We also made homemade mac and cheese on Saturday! Really he cooked and I assisted :)

ATLANTA

The past two weekends have been Atlanta weekends.

The weekend on November 8 JP and I went to visit his grandparents who live right outside of Atlanta. We had a good time visiting with them and relaxing. We watched a lot of football and enjoyed the yummy ice cream and pound cake his grandmother prepared and a leaf filled walk with his grandfather. We also enjoyed sleeping in the king sized bed opposed to our full sized!

The following weekend I went to Atlanta on Sunday to visit Amanda, my roommate in Dallas. She was in Atlanta for work and had Sunday off. It was a lot of driving for me, there and back in one day, but it was totally worth it to see my dear friend who lives so far away from me! We at lunch at the Varsity and then went to the Coca Cola factory where we tried all the different Cokes and decided the Beverly is by far the worst!

The Start of Something New

JP and I were recently married on September 27. It was such a special day filled with fun, laughter, and happiness. We were so glad we got to spend this day with so many of our family and friends. We felt very blessed by the people who traveled many miles to be with us on our special day. We had many from Phoenix, a few from Texas, and JP's aunt all the way from South Africa!

Not only is our marriage "the start of something new" so is this Blog... which will tell the story of the life JP and I live together. Yes it belongs to US but don't expect any entries from him :) I'll be the story teller...