Weekend with the Parents!

"God can testify how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus." Phil. 1:8

The famous Duke Chapel

I can't even begin to tell you what a treat it was to have my parents come visit Ben and me! One of the most precious gifts in this world is parents that love you and support you whole-heartedly. I am beyond blessed to have such great relationships with my parents. Dad is wonderfully generous and delights in doing all things "Dad" - driving us everywhere, playing golf with his son-in-law, whooping everyone in the batting cages, and making sure everything is in order and that we have all we need and more. Mom is incredibly loving, intentional, and takes my laugh to a whole new level. She spoils our dog and loves spoiling us, as well.

We started the weekend off with a trip to Duke Gardens and Cameron Indoor (posted above). 

Friday night dinner was such a treat!


I have the best looking parents and husband in the world!

This is one of the only pictures I have with Mom! I'd say it's already my favorite. 

I bet you can't guess what we did the next night!

I'm telling you, we were so spoiled the whole weekend! 

Buck and I have pouted this whole week because our Mom and Mimi are not here anymore! This is how most days started and ended. Mom has a couple of love wounds from Buck.

And sadly, the weekend had to come to an end. After wonderful worship at The Summit church on Sunday morning, we enjoyed lunch with Caleb and Lia Brasher, some of our closest friends here. We spent the evening playing putt putt with some more of our friends, Alison and Heather, and watching the guys relive their glory days in the batting cages! Dad got a piece of every baseball! 

Look at that MS State guy just fitting right in. (That's Caleb btw)

This was such a fun way to end the best weekend so far in Wake Forest. I cried the next morning when my parents left. All the while, though, I was praising the Lord that His will still allows me to talk to them everyday and see them at least a couple of times a year. I am so blessed to have parents who want the Lord's will for my life more than their own or my own. What freedom we have in following Jesus.