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The Past Few Days

While I was at home we attended a lovely wedding. Here is Meme with her girls at the wedding.
One of my best friends, Kelly with SK. Kelly is soooo good with children. She is a pre-K teacher and my girls LOVE her!
Kelly, Eric, Lauren and Logan.
Sarah Kate wanted to hold this baby soooooo bad at the wedding. She asked his grandmother several times why she could not hold the baby. She LOVES babies, just like her mother.
This is Kelly's sister, Meredith. My girls love her too.
My parents wonderful pastor and his wife. I LOVE to hear him preach when I am at home.

When have just finished up a time of testimony sharing over the past 7 weeks. To say it has been wonderful is an understatement. It has been a tremendous blessing to those who have shared and to those who have attended. We have learned so much about each other and about the Lord. I love seeing how God has had His hand of these ladies lives and how He drew them to Himself. I am sad that it is over. I LOVE my church and I am so thankful to all the women that are such role-models to me.

Yesterday, I joined Kelly (above) and her children at the Little Rock zoo. OHHHHH the FUN!!!!!! It was so interesting. I think I had more fun than the kids. I had not been to the LR zoo since like the 8th grade. It is really nice because you can be so close to many of the animals. I do not have one picture to show for it because I left my camera battery in my car. Uhggg...... Sarah Kate is a bit afraid of animals and she was pretty much a nervous wreck the whole time. Some of the animals were a little too close for comfort to her. I want to go back on a cooler day.

Comments

Meredith said…
Thanks for coming to the wedding! I'll probably blog about it after Mama sees my pictures! Again, I really enjoyed visiting with you, as always. Also loved talking w/ Mary, Russell and your sweet girls! Miss y'all!
10:35 PM
Nancy said…
Nothing like a weekend at home with family & good friends!!
Stay cool outside!
I hope there were not any crazy birds @ the zoo!
3:34 AM
Surrounded-By-Boys said…
If you REALLY want to go to a zoo with live monkeys, come visit me in Florida at my house--I have 2 boys. And it's air conditioned. HA!
4:05 AM
The Anglin Family said…
We went to the LR zoo this week too and it was SOOOOOO hooot!!!! It is much better when it is cooler!!:))
9:50 AM
Ashley E. said…
Laurie, not to scare you, but as a fellow bird hater I have to tell you they have this cage like area that you walk into and it has like 1,000 birds everywhere. My friends dragged me into it one time and I was SOO scared. They also have a part in the reptile house that you walk through and birds are just walking around. Eeek!!!! No thank you!
8:41 PM
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