Last weekend we (with Russ & Amy Ann) continued the tradition of spending a weekend in the lovely town of Ardmore, Oklahoma to visit our friends, Chris & Amy. Now that we’ve been doing this for a few years, we’ve perfected the art of invading their home, putting our feet on their tables, and making palettes on their floor to watch football in our sweats. This time we even brought our sloppy dog along.

It brings me a lot of joy to be in the same room with my two best friends from college. Even more joy when our sweet husbands don’t bat an eye when we leave them at the house to get coffee and “talk about them.” We talk about funny things and serious things, but mostly we get to encourage each other and be challenged by each other. I can’t adequately express how thankful I am for these women. They make me love Jesus more and that’s pretty much as good it gets.