Girl's Night Out

Last night, the girls in our Sunday School class had a fun night out. We love having the chance to get together and enjoy some time to just sit, talk and laugh. It was a little bittersweet last night though because it was the last girl's night for my friend, Sarah. She, her husband Travis and their 3 sweet girls are moving in a couple of weeks to follow God's call on their lives and serve at a church in Pennsylvania. I was so glad we had the chance to all get together and spend some time with her before they move. Sarah and I have become so close over the past several years and to say I will miss her would not even scratch the surface of how I feel. But, I'm excited for her and her family as they begin this new journey and I know He has great things in store for them! I love you, Sarah! :) You, Travis and the girls will be SO missed by our family and our whole class!

We began our night at dinner - something very fancy - Firehouse Subs! HA! My goal was to keep the night as reasonable as possible. It was so fun to sit and talk with these girls for an hour or so. From there, we headed out (or tried to) in a massive storm that was blowing into Fort Smith. We decided that it would be best to send Melissa out with an umbrella, get her car, pull it up to the door and pick the rest of us up. Poor thing, her key pad doesn't work, so here she is in massive rain which is blowing sideways because of the wind, fumbling her keys, trying to get in her car. At one point, Amanda looked and saw the umbrella, still in Melissa's hand, but turned inside out from the wind. A lot of good that did her, huh?! She got to the door and we made our game plan of who was getting in first and what seat we were all jumping in when we got to the car. Right as 2 of the girls took off running for the car, Melissa's foot slipped off the brake and the car started moving - we were cracking up! We finally got in and were all soaked. It was too funny.

We made our way from there to the movie theater to see "The Help". The lines were LONG at the ticket counter, but we were pretty confident that all the teenage boys in line were probably NOT going to see our movie. Someone saw a group of "Seniors" and said, they are probably going to see "The Help" - again, we are cracking up at the fact that we must be getting old! HA! We are out on a Friday night, going to see the "old" people movie!

It was packed when we got in there and thankfully, we weren't the youngest in the theater. We all got our snacks and drinks and settled in. About 10 minutes in to the previews, I asked Sarah if I could have a drink of her and Melissa's soda. It was one of the big cups and when Sarah went to grab it out of the cup holder, the lid popped off and soda dumped ALL OVER the two of them. They were soaked and we were all cracking up again. They tried to dry themselves off and we found it funny that the ONE night none of us have wet wipes with us is the one night we need them most! Go figure!

We settled in again and the movie started. I won't go in to all that the movie was about, but I just have to say - go see it! It was SO good! Funny, tear jerking, sweet, thought provoking all in one! Great movie, great dinner and a great time with friends! Thanks girls! We'll do it again soon!