Lakehouse

Stephen and I are finally finished with interviews, which means I can get caught up with my blog! A few weekends ago, our small group took a trip to Lexington. Mandy's parents were kind enough to let us stay in their lake house. The best part was that everyone was able to come! It was a jampacked weekend full of fun, fellowship, wii dance, and cornhole!

 We played the wii dance game for hours. Here is Ben and Brad (not in sync, haha).

 Sitting down to a big breakfast!

 Playing ping pong

 building a fire in the snow

 All the girls

 enjoying some orange juice

 the guys after the corn hole tournament

Finger Update

Well, a lot has happened since I first posted about Stephen's finger. While interviewing in California last week, he was able to see an ortho guy in Sacramento. They took additional x-rays and decided that he needed surgery. As soon as we got back to Charleston Stephen met with a hand specialist and they scheduled his surgery for today. Everything went really well. They put three pins in his finger and he will get follow up x-rays for 6-8 weeks.

Stephen pre-op:

After the surgery he was still feeling a little loopy. I was trying to help him get dressed and kept saying something like "I put my pants on one leg at a time and I make gold records." It was hilarious. It was also funny watching him try to get the straw from his ginger ale in his mouth with his tongue while the nurse took his vitals.

 He should heal well, but please pray that he will make a full recovery so that he can be a successful surgeon and help people in the future the way he was helped today!
Here he is post-op:

The Finger

Last Sunday Stephen broke his right ring finger playing frisbee. He laid out for one pretty early on in the game. He didn't catch it, but he did finish the game like a champ. Later we went for x-rays and he got a splint (with a bright purple wrap). He has had to go on his last orthopedic interviews with a broken finger. Kind of ironic huh?

New Years/Birthday 2010

On New Years Eve I turned a quarter of a century. We went over to Casa de Cogdill for a New Years/Birthday party. They even made me a cake! It was a blast. It always is with those crazy kids  : )

Christmas 2010

*will add a few more pics once we get some from the Finley fam Christmas

Congrats Becky!

So I know I am a little late, but I wanted to say congrats to my wonderful friend Becky. She was married on Dec. 18th. She was a beautiful bride and I was honored to stand with her on her special day.

Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. -Gen 2:24

I love you Becky and I am so excited for the two of you!

Birthday celebrations

There are a lot of Dec. birthdays around here. Bella's is Dec. 16th. Our puppy just turned 1!

My mom's is Dec 11. Stephen and I were out of town for my mother's so we celebrated hers and Stephen's together that next tuesday. We all went out to Chili's and a wonderful dinner. Happy Birthday Mom! I love you so much.

Stephen's is Dec 15th and he turned 27 this year. For 15 days I get to tease him about being three years older than me : ) For his birthday, his parents took us out to a great dinner at Stella's when we went to pick the puppy the Monday before his birthday. Then we celebrated at Chili's again on Tuesday with my family. Then on Wednesday we went to Five Loaves downtown with friends. That is three birthday dinners in row! After dinner we headed over to the James Island County Park to drive through the lights and enjoy some hot chocolate by the fire pits.