Rich, Heather and Alana’s Blog

I have a couple of weeks to update, so I will breeze through these…

Rich wanted to see Superman again (okay, I did too!), so we headed back to the theater (where we rarely go in the first place because we hate to pay ridiculous amounts of money to watch movies) to catch the “man in tights” for the second time. This time, with Mikey and Naomi. We grabbed dinner first and then enjoyed the movie and the great company. Very fun…

Then on Saturday night, we went down to Coolidge park for the “Movies in the Park” series in July. I wish we could have gone to more of them, but this is the only Saturday in July that we were able to go. We hooked up with Chris and Jennifer and barely watched any of the movie (Cheaper by the Dozen II) since we were talking. I love the idea of family friendly movies in the park for when we have kids…just so fun! And being under the stars with the man I love is very romantic…

With Chris and Jennifer…who were very impressed with Rich’s ability to take great self-portraits! We just tell everyone we learned it from Nathan and Amber, some unbelievably talented photographer friends of ours!

Then this past weekend (August 4-6), Jeff and Jackie (Rich’s brother and his wife) spent moving into their new home in Cleveland, TN. We are SO excited for them! They bought a home not far at all from their apartment in Cleveland, but now they are homeowners and have SO much more space to enjoy. On Friday night we all went to dinner at Logan’s and failed to take ANY pictures! Humph! We don’t even have a good pictures of the house yet, but we will soon. Here we are in their new kitchen…

Sweeties…

And on Saturday night we had Jason and Kellie over. The Dykast’s moved here from Corvallis, Oregon in March to begin a Calvary Chapel in Cleveland, TN. I have SO enjoyed spending time with Kellie, so Rich and I were excited for the opportunity to have them over for dinner and a game night!

We had Rich’s delicious honey terriyaki grilled chicken and got to hear Jason and Kellie’s story over dinner and how it was that they came to move across the country. It was a great time, and what really impressed me was their willingness to consider when and where God was leading. They never would have considered moving to the East Coast until God placed in on their hearts, and they chose to listen and pray…and here they are! I am convinced that God is glorified when we make a move (often a sacirifical one), on the basis of His leading and prompting. It will be neat to watch what God does with Calvary Cleveland!

Then we busted out “Cranium” — a board game of which I am a big fan!!! We played couples against each other, and it made for a fun dynamic. See, not knowing Jason and Kellie very well, we thought maybe Kellie was over-exaggerating when she told us that Jason was a really good “guesser”…but we soon found out that was not the case. In fact, I think it was an understatement. With most of their turns, Kellie would perform the action, and within about twenty seconds, Jason would be spitting out the right answer…which would leave Rich and I with our mouths hanging open, stupified. Even when she hadn’t had enough time to fully draw or act out, he would guess correctly! So I am thinking next time we will have to split Jason and Kellie up and play girls against guys

Oh, and for anyone wondering…they won. But not by much! Rich and I had made it into the “winner’s circle” or the “cranium” or whatever you call it!

Here’s Kellie acting something out…I can’t remember what exactly, but I am sure Jason guessed it immediately and they got to move forward!

Oh! I can’t forget to mention the AMAZING frozen mud pie dessert that they made for the night! All I know is that it involved Starbucks Java Chip Ice Cream and it was one of the more yummy desserts I’ve ever had. I have definitely polished off what they left for us! Thanks for a great night, guys!