A VERY Special Weekend

Friday Morning, 22 women and I boarded a bus headed for Birmingham Alamaba. We were headed to the Beth Moore Living Proof conference. What a special time for us all. As we stopped for lunch in Perry, GA we were stopped by a woman in a parking lot who said "You ladies must be headed for the Beth Moore conference in Alabama". In Alabama we joined 18,000 women for a powerful teaching about God. Even now, I am stirred with laughter and tears thinking about how AWESOME God is. He lit a fire in me and the other women in our church that we brought back home with us. How humbled and honored I am to be able to serve such a powerful God.

After a 10 hour trip home (2 of which were spent at the Cracker Barrel) I returned to a fully cleaned, laundered home. What a wonderful man I have!

On Sunday morning, Lindsey Kate was baptized. What a precious ending to an overwhelming weekend.

GOD is SO good!

Bunco Night

My girlfriends and I get together once a month to play Bunco. It is a dice game. The hostess chooses the theme and does refreshments and prizes for the game. Last night was Bunco Night. It was at Misty's house and the theme was Pretty in Pink. The Bunco gals (from left) are Me, Kalynn, Amanda, Tiffany, Ansley, Denise, Erika, Liane and (front) Misty and Lori. I baked a bunco cake because we had two birthdays to celebrate. It was SO much fun!

Little Miss Sweetheart

On Monday night, Heyward and Lindsey Kate were in a pageant sponsored by our local High School. I am by NO means a pageant mom and they are not typical pageant girls. Actually, this was a first for all of us.

Anyway, they both looked like little angels. Lindsey Kate was crowned Little Miss Sweetheart. And although Heyward did not place, she looked just beautiful and we were able to have a nice lesson on being a graceful loser. All in all, it was fun for all of us. They said they want to do local pageants in the future....... we'll see.

A birthday cake

In preparation for baking my sister Marilois' wedding cake in May, I have been looking for extra practice baking cakes. A friend called and asked me to bake her daughter Cara's birthday cake. I woke up early Saturday morning to finish this cake for the birthday party later that morning. I thought it turned out pretty cute.

Dancin' the night Away

Friday night was our local Father-Daughter Valentines dance. Jody and the girls went and had a WONDERFUL time! Here is a picture of them before leaving. The girls will be wearing these dresses in the Sweetheart pageant tonight put on by our high school. It will be the first pageant for both of them. Should be interesting.

An Afternoon at the Office

Our Normal babysitter (Jody's mom) had an appointment this afternoon. So, the kids came to the office with Mom and Dad. Here is a picture of Heyward reading Nancy Drew and Micajah and Lindsey Kate in their "fort" they made under the conference room table.

A little legal humor

a TRUE story:

A friend of Jody's was in court earlier this week. The judge was sentencing a man and gave him one year. The man replies:
"One year, heck I can do that standing on my head" The judge thinks about it a minute and says:
"OK, then I'll give you 5 more years, to give you a chance to get back on your feet"

YIKES! I guess he'll have 6 years to think about talking back to the Judge!

Through the eyes of a three year old

Micajah came in a few minutes ago with this lovely picture he drew of Aunt Katharine. Look how tall you are and what a lovely smile you have!

I guess it helps to post the picture

A very special Azalea.

Yes, this is an actual Azalea that is blooming in late January/early February in our yard. They usually don't bloom until a week or two before Easter. It is the only Azalea bush blooming in our yard. What is extra special about this Azalea is that is is blooming right next to where Jody buried our beloved kitty Hobbes who died at the age of 17 the week before Christmas.

Very special, indeed.

Wouldn't you know

Yesterday afternoon, I took the digital camera home to take a picture that I wanted to post. Well (of course) the batteries were dead. So, I am charging them now and hope to take the photo at lunch.

Anyway, I decided to post the Christmas card picture of our little crew. For those of you that haven't seen them in a while they are (from left) Lindsey Kate, age 6, Laci age 20, Micajah age 3 and Heyward age 8.

First Post

Well, Katharine and Mike have certainly started a trend in the Maier and Owens families. I guess it is time for the Steedleys to have our own blog too.

Not too exciting of a day in the Steedley household. Jody went diving before dawn and Micajah and I are headed to Valdosta this afternoon for my eye appointment and for Micajah and Bami to eat lunch at "Old McDongalds".