RECAP! : party/winter heritage/apb & steve pixler concert

fun times! i mentioned before that i was going to have friends over on dec. 24th.... and i did! what fun it was! my weird, harebrained idea for the party? pizza party!! i get tired of the standard party routine so i wanted to change it up a bit.

i set up the choices of ingredients sorta buffet-style.

pizzas awaiting their fate

this is some of them playing the card game "spoons", hence the reason they're holding spoons in their hands soooo....we played lotsa games, ate lotsa food, laughed lotsa lots alllll night. the coffee pot was brewing @ about 2am and most left around 6am. some stuck around for a "gourmet" breakfast of eggs, cinnamon rolls, and sparkling grape juice.

the breakfast club: jared, lyda, jen, troy, janelle, michelle, toby da dog

yay!! ok, so on jan. 1st & 2nd, i went to winter heritage youth conference in fort worth.... great conference! conference experiences are always kinda overwhelming for me but it's always fun to go. i took very few pics... like, 4! and i'm posting 3!

@ the lock in: elissa, janelle, jen, (and my dear outta-town buddies) roshonda and jenni... i miss yousss!!!

back @ the radisson... some guys performed "the retard show" (their words, not mine, lol!)

hmm, that hotel was very tolerant.... and they're very talented....before they collapsed

ok, one more batch of pics, i promise.... then i'll shut up and leave you alone. last weekend was a singing pastor extravanganza! pastor pixler of fort worth and my pastor's (pastor pace of dallas) group were both invited to sing at a church. concert was greatness..... very encouraging. the spirit of God was moving and there was an altar call.... it was all good.





if elissa and i are at the guys' concert, then we run their merchandise table. well, i got to run bro. pixler's table and at the end of the night, he thanks me, asks me if i have any of his albums (i have 1), and grabs 3 cd's and hands them to me! i've always loved loved his song "trusting in him" and it so aptly applies to my life right now! 2nd verse says:

I know the wisdom of God,
He can see tomorrow,
And he knows every turn
And curve in the road that I follow,
He knows what it takes
To help me make it through
And He’ll give me what I need
I’ve gotta keep trusting in Him
To take me where He wants me to be

yeah, that song has been on repeat in my car to say the least. oh! and bro. marty ballestero has been preaching at the pixler's so he came along to the concert. hilarious! he kept us in stitches before and after the concert! so yeah, it was very awesome to be under the same roof with three of my favorito preachers!