Pics of when we got engaged!

Hey! I have the day off today, and thought I would get some of these pictures together! Here are some pics of Tennessee Valley Beach where we got engaged. It was a dark and misty, foggy night...I am getting used to that living here... and I think it made it all the more romantic! Adam got us sandwiches and drinks, and we drove over the Golden Gate Bridge to hike out to the beach. Above was the view from the overlook. He had hidden a bouqet of flowers under a little bush (seven red flowers- one for every year since we first met-) and he had made a little book of pictures and memories. Here is us and the ring too! I am so excited and thankful. I miss you girls! Berrylin, speaking of Tennessee... I hope you are settling in there okay, Kim, hope you are settling into marriage! Dana, Sola, and Alicia, I hope you are all doing well too! Keep in touch.
Love,
Rena

Sola is One!

We had Sola's 1st Birthday party last weekend. Her Auntie Alicia got to come and help her celebrate. It was a lot of fun. The theme was cupcakes. I spent all this money on "fancy" little cupcakes from this bakery in Atlanta and Alicia whirled in and make mint chocolate cupcakes and cheesecake oreo cupcakes and blew the "fancy' ones away! I still think you should own a restaurant/bakery, Alicia. You are awesome. Hope to talk to you all soon! Love you very much! Dana

Showering the Bride to Be....

We had a great time at Kimberly's shower. She got a lot of wonderful things...thanks in part to Alicia's help with registering! We can't wait for the big day!

Happy Birthday Sola!

Adam and I just watched the video of Sola walking and she is soooo cute!
We love you! Congratulations to your parents on one year of parenthood!
Rena

Sola's 1st Birthday!

Hi Girls,
I thought I would mention this early in hopes that you'll be able to come to Sola's first birthday party! I think it's going to be on May 17th (Saturday). We could have an awesome girls' weekend also. That will be before Rena leaves for Ecuador I think and before Kimberly's wedding. We were thinking about having something like an Oscar party and dress up and Will is going to make a little movie about Sola that will be the "Oscar winner." Wouldn't it be fun to dress up and have a fancy party? That's only one idea that we are kicking around. Let me know if you have any ideas also! Love you and hope you can come!!!!! You are all Sola's very special Aunts!!!

Miss Y'all

Hi Girls,

I miss y'all. It was sooooo much fun to be in Columbus and meet Mark and see the house... and of course to see Sola again at Aunt Diane's house! I can't believe it had been 6 months since I had seen her. She's so big! Y'all have to see her soon! Kim, the husband-to-be and the house are great! I love Mark... and I love the two of you together so much I can't stand it!

So, while I couldn't stand leaving y'all in Georgia, I was looking forward to Jason (the new boy) picking me up at the airport. He's so great, so sweet. He told his brothers about me and they said he shouldn't let me get away! I think they're right. I'm a catch, but I think he is too. I'm taking one day at a time, Dana... but I'm hopeful that y'all will get to meet him in July!

I have some time off next week for Easter, so I'm gonna look for some pictures to throw up here (and hopefully get my life in some semblance of order).

I miss y'all and can't wait to see the y'all girls group together again in July!

My Girls

Hi Girls,
I agree Kimberly, we had the best time. I really wish we all lived in the same town again. How awesome would that be! Things are going pretty well here for me. I am still working as a social worker for the schools here. The good thing is that I can pretty much do what I like. I am doing some individual counseling and I do a lot of crisis work. I'm also working a second job as a social worker at the evening high school. I'm going to start running 2 teen pregnancy groups because there are about 20 girls that we know of that are pregnant! I can't believe that. I'm glad I'll hopefully be able to help though.

Sola is doing great. She got a good Dr. report this month. She is WAY above on the height charts. It's kind of crazy. She is almost 10 months old! That's crazy too. Time really flies. We are hopefully going to be doing better financially because Will is working full time now. Thank goodness!!!

I have a couple of friends here, but I'm pretty isolated. It's really my fault and I need to work on getting out and meeting people. Easier said than done of course. I love you girls and am so so so thankful that God allowed us to meet for that special time in Boston and for every minute that we get to spend together now! Take care girls and let us all know how you're doing!
Love,
Dana

i miss my friends

Hey girls,
Well Dana and Alicia just left today and Columbus is already a gloomier place. It was so much fun having them here. We registered at Bed Bath & Beyond and then had fun picking out cute outfits for Sola at Old Navy (That is becoming a tradition when we get together!) Alicia whipped up a delicious dinner in about 5 minutes before we got to go see Mark and his band play - but we made sure they ate some brownies and strawberries first (thanks Dana!). Mark was sad when they left and said "They can come anytime they want." He already loved Dana since they've met before, but Alicia won him over in 2 seconds when the first thing she brought into the house were some delicious oatmeal raisin cookies!
When it was time for them to go, we were all reliving the scene from Hope Floats where Bernice doesn't want her dad to leave (PLLEEEEEEEEEEEEEASE!!!!! DON'T LEAVE MEEEEEEEE!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA) (it's really sad but hilarious to re-enact). But seriously I didn't want yall to leave and I CAN'T WAIT FOR JULY TO GET HERE SO WE CAN ALL BE TOGETHER!!!
I hope everyone else is doing great...I miss you all so much and it's always good to get together with any combination of Yallgirls ;)
much love!
kimberly

San Francisco!!!

Hey girls,

Adam matched at Cal Pacific Medical Center in sunny San Francisco!

So that is where we will be next year!!!

Kim, the church and view from the reception are beautifl! Congratulations on getting that set!
Can't wait for your day!
Love you!

Rena

Update - Reception and Church

This is the church, St. Paul Methodist Church.














These are the pictures of the River Mill Terrace Room which overlooks the river:

























I'm really excited to say that we have reserved BOTH PLACES for the SAME DAY!

So everybody mark your calendars and start looking on your farewatchers for July 12!!!!
Thanks so much for praying - I really feel like God is at work and constantly reminding me that he will work everything out and I don't need to stress about it! I miss you girls so much and can't wait to see you!!!

Berrylin

Hey girls! Kim...I'll be praying all the details fall into place. I am just so excited for you.
Just wanted y'all to know that I turned in my dissertation today. I feel like I am the cat who swallowed the canary!

Hey Ladies!

I'm so glad we have a blog again!!!!!

I have a prayer request! Please pray that I will be able to reserve a church and reception site this week!!! I visited two great places yesterday but so far it's kind of a challenge to get them to agree on a date when both are available! I'll try to post pictures of the sites soon. The people at both places seem really nice and the places are just beautiful. We're hoping for sometime in July, so please pray that it will work out! Right now the reception site person is calling some people who have tentatively reserved dates but have not made a deposit. If they don't make a deposit then I am free to reserve the room. So hopefully they will have changed their minds!

I will be a lot less stressed when I am able to know when and where this wedding will take place! :) And then hopefully all of ya'll will start planning to be there!!!!!!
MUCH LOVE
Kimberly

Yay!

Hi girls! I am sick on the couch right now... some flubug I caught on the airplane...
Here are some updates:

I have my drivers license back from the DC DMV!

Emory was #1 on Adam's ranklist that he submitted today!

I miss you all!

Talk to you soon!

Rena