catch up

our brother and friend in uganda, pastor johnson enamu (shown here on the left with another friend, pastor james), was ordained as a pastor a couple of weeks ago. we are so proud of him and so thankful for his friendship. our lives have been richly blessed by him and his family. thank you, Lord, for this servant of yours.

please don't forget to pray for and praise God for our brothers and sisters across the globe.

B and mamaw came to hattiesburg to babysit one night and brought laurel her christmas presents.

i love my new blanket! thank you B and mamaw!

i'm supposed to eat this, right? EVERYTHING goes straight to my mouth these days...

last week pat and i spent a couple of nights in greenwood, ms, as a christmas gift from my parents. wednesday night we went to a cooking class at the viking cooking school. we had such a great time. here is pat with our new friends j wes and ines, after a night of cooking and eating together.

thursday we made it over to clarksdale to see ginger, chris, warner, and patty. here is warner opening our christmas gift to him.

isn't he the cutest engineer in training you've ever seen?

pat's new favorite place - turn row books in greenwood. notice the beard and longish hair - this military man is in heaven with several weeks off during the holidays.

this weekend we were in birmingham for my cousins' debutante ball. unfortunately, this is the only shot i got all weekend -- my mom, me, and one of my sisters-in-law, barbara. i had to include it, though, b'c barbara actually has her eyes open. good job, barbs!