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This past week has flown by! We had a great weekend with friends though. We enjoyed having a fun couple over from our church on Saturday night, plus another couple stopped by our apartment for a little while that evening as well. Then on Sunday we enjoyed lunch with some of the couples from our community group, and then Sunday night, while our husbands were at Manskool with church, we wives hung out and watched a movie together.

Four of our couples from our community group. L-R: Rolands, Coobs, Berhows, Richmonds
Eating at Qdoba - L-R: Jason and Jenny Coobs, Kristin and Zach Richmond, Mike Berhow


L-R: Becky Berhow, Trey Salter and Chelsea Ballou (about to be Mr. & Mrs. Trey Salter!), and us, Michelle and Kyle Roland.

Here are four of the six of us girls who hung out last night while our hubbies were at Manskool. It was a lot of fun to be together! Thanks to Whitney for having us over! L-R: Becky Berhow, Me, Amanda May, Whitney Miller. (Not shown: Kristin Richmond and Jennifer Farrior).

On Friday night, my church hosted a Halloween Outreach for a condo community. Many elderly live in this community so instead of them trying to get out, we came to them. We brought candy, cookies, cider, and children. :-)

It turned out well and we have a wonderful time ministering/fellowshiping as a church and also getting to serve the community there.

Last night Kyle and I drove a little over an hour to Lexington, Kentucky to attend an adoption fundraiser dinner with some friends of ours. A couple from our church, Jim and Robin, adopted a precious little girl named Ella about a year ago. She was a stateside adoption through Bluegrass.
Since Kyle and I are desiring to adopt a few years down the road, they invited us and several other couples from our church to join them for this event.

It was a wonderful evening! We got to hear from several families who have adopted and also from a birth-mother and birth-father who gave their babies up for adoption and were saved in the process. It was so neat to hear what adoption is like from their point of view and the encouragement that they gave to all of us who have a desire to adopt a baby.

Here's a music video they showed us... be prepared, it may make you cry!

Everything to Me

The fundraiser was at the Fasig-Tipton Horse Farm in Lexington and it was beautiful! Here are a few random shots from the night:

I want to highlight what we were up to this weekend, so here's a quick overview for ya'll.

Friday night we went to Southern's Sesquicentennial Celebration. They had BMX bikers (stunt bikes), free food and drinks, a mechanical bull, fun rides for kids, face painting, fireworks, etc... It was so much fun! Southern has a wonderful 150 year legacy of boldly teaching truth and raising up leaders for the next generation. Kyle and I count it a privilege to be apart of such a wonderful, Christ-centered, school!

Saturday morning I worked, then came home, made my grocery list for the week, and went shopping. I made chili and cranberry-pecan corn muffins (recipe to come). It was very yummy! We sat and took time to relax and watch a movie during dinner. It was really nice because we hardly ever watch movies anymore!


Sunday we had a great morning at church, worshiping with fellow brothers and sisters. We love our Community Group and enjoy our rich discussions each week. Our community group is made up of a variety of ages and life stages, which we really like! After church we went out to eat with friends from our Group at Qudoba.

Sunday afternoon we went to my co-worker's son's memorial service. That was a very sad time. Jeremy was thirty when he died this past Friday. We still do not know the cause. He was found in bed. Please be praying for his parents, Bill and Cathy, as they are grieving his loss. Also, please pray that his passing will open the door for the Gospel to be proclaimed to unbelievers.

After leaving the funeral home, Kyle spent some time studying and I worked on our calendar for the upcoming few weeks, planning out when we have free time to show hospitality to people through our home. That was a lot of fun!

From there we went to our pastor's house for a Newcomer's Ice Cream Social. There were a good many people at their house and it was fun to get to know some of the elders and leaders better, as well as other new people who are attending Crossing. Here are some pics...

Some of the girls...

Jim and Kyle. Jim's wife, Robin, is so sweet! I have enjoyed getting to know her. They adopted a sweet little girl last year and have invited us to come to an event this Friday night about adoption where they are speaking. We are looking forward to joining them!

Dustin, our pastor, brought out his guitar and was playing with Kyle. I thought this moment was adorable! Here are two of Dustin's kiddos... they had hopped up into the guitar case and were listening to Kyle play. Too cute!!!

Dustin singing with his kids...

Dustin preached a great sermon about the role of elders in our churches yesterday. Listen to it here.

So, as you can see, we've had a packed weekend! It's been great though and we have loved the time spent with friends and "family."