1. Michael turned 28 on September 3rd! We went out and had a blast and crossed off a couple of our "do before baby" wishlist items. :)
2. Madeline turned 2 years old on September 17th! I miss the puppy stage but love this age because everything is so much easier now...though if only she would learn to be calm when we have visitors and not want to jump on them and lick their faces. We are really working on this right now!! I just read this out loud and realized this is major evidence that I need a BABY!!!
3. In my "Tagged" post, one of the things I wrote that I wish I could do was to sing at someone's wedding before I die; well, now I've been asked to sing at someone's baby shower, which is definitely close but something I've not heard of before, so we'll see how this goes. I will try to get it on video and download to the blog! The shower is October 24th. My sweet friend Amy Robinson is going to sing with me for two songs!! She has a beautiful voice and sings harmony so well! We are singing "For Good" from Wicked (she singing Elphaba's part and I'm Glinda - big shocker, I know!) and also "Knees to the Earth" by Watermark.
4. Coming up soon....my Mom has planned a reunion of sorts for our family. We are headed to a bed and breakfast on Lake Granbury for a little R&R. Since it tends to be very difficult to find a time for a getaway weekend that works for everyone, so she sent out adorable "save the dates" for this weekend several months ago and now we are all going to be there. Great idea Mom! It will be my mom, Michael, me, Kent and his wife Nicki, and Carter and his girlfriend Elyse (Elyse is already a completely integral part of our family - we absolutely adore her).
5. On Saturday, my friend Chelsi came to visit Dallas (she lives in Florida but is moving back in the next few months - yay!) and I got to meet her precious daughter Brierley! We had a blast catching up. We got to go to our friend Susan's house to spend time with her and meet her sweet newborn baby girl Carlee. Two of our other high school friends were there as well - Chelsey and Brynn. Girls - I had an absolute blast and always look forward to seeing my HS friends. I love that there are so many of us that live in the DFW area....but we need to get together more often. We (and when I say "we" - I mean everyone but me b/c I'm not the biggest football fan and b/c I was having so much fun with the babies) watched the Tech vs. Texas game and it was very strange because I was the only Aggie there and that is usually NOT the case. I'm used to being part of the majority crowd of Aggies from my HS, so that was nuts. I've been called a 2%-er before though so it's probably not a surprise that it didn't phase me being the only Ag....I don't get into the competitive thing....I just want to have FUN! :)
6. The Village Church (my church) opened up a new campus in Dallas! It's called their Northway campus and it's located at Midway and Walnut Hill. We absolutely love it!!!
7. We are officially obsessed with Dave Ramsey! We are addicted to his show and find it so motivating to hear his wisdom and advice as well as the stories of other people who are striving to live different from most Americans....debt free (including their mortgage!). So recently, we switched to an all cash envelope system which has proved to be the key to the Pennington family spending much less $$!
8. My cousin Kerri ended her national tour with Hairspray and booked yet another national tour - Avenue Q! She is the "Bad Idea Bear Girl" and "Mrs. T" and the understudy for "Lucy the Slut" among others...she is coming to Dallas May 25, 2010 through June 5, 2010. Tickets are not on sale yet, but I cannot tell you how excited I am for her!!! I am soooo proud of her accomplishments! Click here to see an article where she is highlighted in the Norman, OK (her hometown) newspaper. Avenue Q is unlike any musical you will ever or have ever seen - it's truly unique and raunchy and hilarious!! The show is largely inspired by (and is in the style of) Sesame Street; most of the characters in the show are puppets - you have to see it to get it. I will just be laughing hysterically if I get to see Kerri play Lucy the Slut! She will crack me up at that role and all the others for sure! This is special to me too because Avenue Q was the show Kerri and I saw together on my first visit of MANY once she moved to NYC to pursue her dream!
9. I'm currently re-reading Twilight and will also re-read New Moon before the movie comes out 11.20.09. I am sooooo excited!! You will be too when you see this trailer:
Love, Allison "Team Edward thinking about switching to Team Jacob after seeing that trailer!!" Pennington
1 comment:
cannot wait for new moon! love the trailer!
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