The Wedding Weekend

We spent the weekend in San Antonio and attended the wedding of Jordan's best friend and college roommate. Jordan was a bridesmaid in Brittany and Jon Yeager's wedding so she flew in from Phoenix and there was no way we were missing this one. All 5 members of our family were dressed up and in the same room so we are actually all in one photo.

This was an AGGIE wedding so, of course, all the Aggies in the room gathered to sing The Aggie War Hymn. Awwwww.....WHOOP!!!

I am not posting too many of the bride and groom because somehow it seems wrong.....since they are on their honeymoon and haven't seen any pictures yet. But let me just say the bride was beautiful and the groom looked at her as if she was the only one in the room.

We spent Sunday in Gruene, TX....one of my favorite places in Texas. But I think I will never go there again in August. Too dang hot. We ate at the Gristmill and shopped the antique stores, dipped our toes in the Guadalupe River and wished we were tubing. We dropped Jordan off at the San Antonio airport and headed back to Cypress.

Happy Birthday Jordan Elizabeth Hackney!

Today is Jordan's 23rd birthday. It has been 23 very fast years with some incredibly long days in there now and then. She was my first.....and as I have said before, "the first pancake." That's the one you practice on and throw out. Only she's a keeper.

August 11, 1985.....

I had no idea what I was getting into....but I knew how to pick out some eyeglasses!

Check out that smile....it's her Daddy's.

Happy Birthday Jordan Elizabeth Hackney......may you have a wonderful day and a year to remember! Love, Mama and Daddy

I dare you not to be touched by this....

I first heard of Steven Curtis Chapman years ago....so long ago that my children and I still listened to the same music...whatever I played on the car radio/cd. I bought his Christmas cd and we all knew every word to every song. Even though SCC has gone on to make much more music and become much better known, it is this Christmas cd that remains my favorite.

Steven and his wife, Mary Beth, have 3 biological children and 3 adopted Chinese orphans. In May, their youngest daughter Maria was tragically and accidentally killed by the suburban driven by her teenage brother on their family farm.

I heard this news on the radio the morning after it happened and I was so saddened by the news. The sadness of it stayed with me for days. I ached for the Chapman family, for Steven, for Will, the teenage son. I remember thinking how will Steven, one of God's greatest messengers, keep his faith through this? How will he get up on stage and sing of God's love in the shadow of these darkened days? And the teenage son....how in the world will he forgive himself even though he was completely blameless? Apparently Maria was running towards the car in her excitement to see her brother and he did not see her coming. She ran too fast or didn't stop soon enough.

Well, the Chapman family has been interviewed twice in the last couple of days....and while their faith has been through an earthquake....there appears to be some life left in the rubble. Go here and click on the sites for the Good Morning America and The Larry King Live interviews. Watching this family is more of a testimonial to God's powerful love than a thousand Sundays of sermons. At least for me. I dare you not to be touched by this family.