Happy Thanksgiving!

Last night Christopher and I had the privilege of serving Thanksgiving dinner to the men at the Kansas City Rescue Mission. It was really neat to just sit and talk with these men, even though it was a little hard for me to think of things to say. But the point is we sat and ate with them. I hope that those men felt loved by us.

They served the meal at two different times since there were so many people. So the first go round we served and the second time we actually got to sit and eat with them. It was really great to see the different families who were there from our church. The WHOLE family, not just Mom and the Kids. Kuddos to those families for instilling servant hood in those kids.

Tonight we have a potluck Thanksgiving dinner at our church so I am about to run to the grocery store to get everything I need to make my Nazarene Potatoes! (Thanks Dianna!) And then it won't be too long until we are home with our families for Thanksgiving!! Yay!

So I think its fitting to say that the Holiday Season is upon us and let the festivities begin!

Eggnog

Today after I got off work I stopped by the grocery store to pick up a few things for our dinner tonight. I passed by the cold section and saw some Eggnog and thought "Ouhh...that sounds good! And that would be a fun thing to surprise Christopher with!" (Since we are both Christmas fanatics). So I come home, haul all my stuff in and Christopher starts helping me unload the groceries when I say "Wait! I have a surprise for you!!" So I very slowly and dramatically pull out the Eggnog with a "TaDa!" Well Christopher is very happy about it and tells me as he puts something in the fridge and pulls out his very own carton of...EGGNOG! Yep, you guessed it...we had both gone by the grocery store today and both thought "Ouhh this would be a nice thing to have!"

So I guess married minds think alike?



And did you notice we both got "Lite"?

Spuds 'n' Stuff

Last night at our church we had a Women's Ministry event last night called "Spuds n Stuff" and it was really fun! We had a baked potato bar and then broke into smaller groups and made different crafts. It was really nice to get to know some of the ladies at church. I chose to make Christmas Ornaments and they turned out really great! Here's a few pictures...

Haircuts

To "christen" our new blog I thought I would start by giving some insight into what "everyday" life really is like here in the Branigan house...


This is what Christopher does after he trims his hair...yes, we bought clippers and he has been giving himself haircuts since about June.

A Change...

Well, when I started this blog I had hoped that my wonderful girlfriends would all jump on board and start blogging too so we could more easily keep in touch with eachother...well that hasn't quite worked out like I planned so...

I have decided to give my (now our) blog a facelift and dedicate it to the journey of our life. Our ups and downs as we journey through marriage and seminary here in good ole Kansas City. Also, I hope to use this as a journal so that we can look back one day into the early years of our marriage and really remember what it was like. I hope I'll do better at keeping up with it.

So here's to a new season...a new chapter of our lives.