November Update

Sigh. Here we are 18 days into the next month and I'm just now doing a previous month update. That just means I'm 13 days earlier, right? :)

If I had a theme for November (aside from the obvious Thanksgiving and being overall thankful), it would be EVENTS... hang outs... get togethers.... lots of girls night (amen amen amen!), etc. It was a month filled with a lot of planned things, which is perfect for this type A heart. These memories are simple reminders not to take any quality time for granted. Enjoy the pictures!

Girls night #1 was also a celebration for our sweet friend, Claire. I met these girls in community group several years ago. No matter how crazy and busy and stressed and fun and awesome and great life is going, these girls are not only the ultimate prayer warriors but the best cheerleaders.

Getting my wrap practice in... y'all these things are a workout! Isn't Baby Bryce so cute?!

Girls night #2 echos all the sentiments above! Also known as my Forever Friends (which is also the name of our group text OF COURSE), we meet quarterly for at-home dinners. It's amazing that I've walked through life with these girlfriends since I was in junior high and high school!

We also got another special girls night in for Jessie's late birthday celebration.

If you've been reading our updates for the last year or so, you know how much we LOVE our community group. We've had the chance of meeting so many new people at group. One of my prayers this semester for community group was to be intentional with time, meaning finding opportunities to support and get to know these friends outside of Wednesday night group times. It's really been so fun!

Watching Riley's t-ball game. Our friends David and Aly (his parents) were on the field as coaches!

One of our friends is Romanian so clearly I had to join her at the food festival.

Monica (left) has been to the festival for years! Glad Chontanese could join us too :)

Went to go see Kameron's basketball team WIN!

Girls night #3... just kidding. This picture was the only picture we took on our inaugural #willanderkay monthly Dinner Club! I promise our husbands were there :) This is where we switch homes and split up bringing parts of the menu for dinner. Not only has this been just to get together, but it's always more of a relaxed time when we hang out at each others homes rather than going out to eat in a busy and/or loud atmosphere. November dinner club fell on Election Day this year! I love the honestly and realness of these sweet girls.

Another event was my friend Andrea's birthday! We celebrated her over dinner with a group of girlfriends. I'm lucky to have her closer in Dallas.

Adding to the events theme, we were table hosts at Young Life's annual Night Life dinner. We've invited friends over the years and it's overwhelming to know how much our friends support the work God is doing with the ministry and how much they support us!

Heath on the far left playing the first game!

If you were to ask me what my favorite event was in November, it would definitely be witnessing one of my closest friends, Ashley, commit to new life in Jesus by getting baptized. Her tears brought tears to my eyes.... and clearly to Zaria's too :)

Heath's family came in town to hang out and we got to go see OSU play at TCU. It was really cold this weekend out of no where!

We also went to Jay and Nevaeh's Thanksgiving lunch.

Typical her :)

And last but not least, I took a work trip to Arizona so I was able to get a few days in before to see my bestie Nelly! She lives in downtown Phoenix, which is very bike friendly. They had stations everywhere for rent so it was really fun spending time with her (although it's never long enough) and being "city-ish" by riding bikes everywhere.

But wait, what about Thanksgiving? So many pictures and three Thanksgivings deserve its own post. You can check out our family fun by reading the next blog post here!

Hope you all are staying warm. It's definitely feeling like winter out there. XOXO


Until next time,