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It’s Great to be an Aunt

Tomorrow I get to see my sweet, amazing, cute, cuddly nephew and niece (oh yes, and my brother and wonderful sister-in-law too). My niece Lauren is getting baptized this weekend so the whole fam, minus David (SAD), will be going.

My brother and his family live in Annandale, VA, a town about 30 minutes outside of DC. I just love visiting them, although I don’t get to go as much as I’d like. Here are some pics of the cute lil’ duo. I’ll be sure to post more when I get back!

Oh, and here’s a picture of my brother and his lovely wife ’cause I love them, too!

Have a super great weekend everyone. Much love!

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Forgiveness

A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to have coffee with a woman I really look up to and because of (awesome) Miami traffic I was almost an hour late. But, she was gracious and she dropped some wisdom bombs on me in the area of forgiveness. So ever since then I have been looking up a lot of stuff on the subject. And you know what I found? Forgiveness is kind of a big deal, especially in the Bible. This verse kicks my butt!

Matthew 6:14-15:

For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.

WHAT? Did I read that right? If I don’t forgive… God won’t forgive me? DANG!

I recently watched a teaching by Perry Noble (from NewSpring Church) on forgiveness and he laid into it! Here are some points I really appreciated:

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Me Duele La Cabeza

So for the past 6 days I have had this mysterious headache, kind of like a lightning bolt striking my eye ball every 30 seconds. No amount of medicine, caffeine, or sleep reduces the pain. So I did what any sane and logical person would do… I slightly panicked thinking of all the worse-case scenarios (you know you have all done it too).

I went and saw two different doctors and (boring) they think I’m ok. Just some kind of crazy long headache that SHOULD let up soon. I know, kind of wimpy but I’m so thankful to be alright. I’ll keep an eye on it and if it gets worse we’ll go from there. But as for today I think I’ll live. Thank God for health, for caring friends, and for a husband who has sat by me in every waiting room, made me laugh and didn’t die from boredom.

To those of you who suffer with this kind of stuff everyday my heart really does hurt for you. It’s not fun at all!

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Happy New Year

Well, well, well look who’s back in town.

So sorry for the long absence but… I’m BACK. Happy belated New Year to you all! I’m quickly learning I really love the new year. First of all, New Years is the most fun holiday to celebrate and I got to kiss a HOTTIE at midnight. What’s not to love?

And of course I love hearing about everyone’s goals and resolutions. I’ve never been too huge on resolutions but I do love making a list of goals. Thought I might share a few things I hope to accomplish this year…