Best Friend, Flat Stanley and Catching Up

Wow. What a Week.

Started off with Savannah's Cheer Banquet.

Proud Mom Moment!

Received her varsity Letter 

and

Captain's Award

 Savannah and Elaine with their Varsity Letters

 My sweet mom and I

 What a beautiful group of young ladies representing Tampa Catholic Cheer

Thursday, my best friend Shannan came to town.

Her mother was being honored with a bronze bench/figure 

A replica of her

At "A Kids Place"

For her dedication and hard work for neglected and abused kids in our community

A wonderful woman

battling cancer

So after Shannan and my Steve sat up until 3am on Friday 

discussing life

the bible

etc.

and as one would figure I feel asleep in the chair the first hour

into the discussion

around 11 pm

nothing new there :) 

right Shan?

 Friday morning,

we attended the event honoring this awesome woman

 Dottie posing with the bench/figure

 Please keep Dottie in your prayers as she is battling cancer.

After the dedication, we shopped a little and caught up

with some of our favorite ladies.

The red hot chili peppers as we care to call ourselves

well, maybe 27 years ago when we all met we were

but anyway, 

we met Deb and Christy for lunch

awesome time with these ladies

catching up on life and enjoying each other 

as we always do

when we are together.

 Shannan and Christy

We celebrated Christy's birthday too :)

 This pic is out of order

and being an 

inexperienced blogger

I have no idea how to move it

That's me being a book nerd at Barnes and Noble!

 Deb and I at lunch with my new necklace

from sweet Paige 

one of her Noonday pieces

If you haven't bought anything from her

you should.

So, after lunch, needless to say,

my sweet friend Shan was a bit tired

we decided to forgo a little shopping

and head back home for a little nap

because that's what old people do

we kidded to ourselves.

After some rest, we were on the road

again

this time to 

Anthropology

always a fun trip

followed by Starbucks and Barnes and Noble

 Shannan researching something about 

Mary

to follow up on her discussion

with Steve

I love that these two have been friends since 2nd grade

She introduced us 23 years ago 

Love that girl!

So, we called it a night 

and hit it bright and early the next morning

Breakfast with Savannah and Flat Stanley

First Watch

our favorite 

Followed by a trip to my favorite thrift store

Life Treasures by Hospice

Fresh Market

Ikea

and called it a day.

Shan left driving back to the other side of the state

:(

boo - our visits are never long enough

but I treasure the time we have together

after all

she's my bestest friend

ever.

 Sav and Shannan at breakfast

 Flat Stanley and I at breakfast

Shannan was giving Flat Stanley a tour

of Tampa

for her niece

I miss those days 

so it was fun

helping out!

Last night was a fun night

out with my hunny and some friends

Fundraiser for 

The Center Place of Fine Arts

Another dedication for an awesome woman

our friend Tommy's late mom

college scholarship 

awarded to an amazing young dancer

dinner

silent auction

and performance

from

Jeremy from American Idol 

this season

a local Tampa boy

Awesome!

 Jeremy performing

My favorite man and I

And that's a wrap of my week

whew

oh and guess who's a happy mama

again

?

me.....my boy's came home last night

just finished his freshmen year of college

yay

Looking forward to Mass tonight

well, I always look forward 

to it

every week....

but it's so much better

when we all 4 go

together!

xo

Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.  You are my friends if you do what I command.

John 15:13,14