Last night we had home community at our house.

We are so blessed to have a large group, but that means some peeps end up going upstairs while other stay downstairs. Well...the group that goes upstairs played a little trick on us.

You see, in the loft (the room where the group meets) I have a decorative tray filled with river rocks.

And I went into loft to turn off my computer and such and notice - RIGHT AWAY - no rocks.



I got a huge grin right away as I set off to figure out where in the world the stashed this PILE of rocks...

Under the cushions? No.

In the shower? No.

In the Catch Phrase box? No.

Hm. "Where would I put rocks if I wanted to play an awesome joke..."


THE BED.



I pulled back the cover -- and nothing. Reached out to run my hand over the sheet and --SURE ENOUGH. There were the rocks. All of 'em. Delicately strewn between the sheets from one side of the bed to the other.

I immediatly got on Twitter and updated ("rocks in my bed! very funny!!!!!") knowing that one of the culprits would recieve my update and proceed to inform the rest of the culprits (who were all together at the Upstream) that they had been found out.

The response, and I quote: "all of Upstream just cheered!!!" Thanks guys for a great laugh and for a great night's sleep on new sheets :)





HAPPY ST. PATTY'S DAY!!

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24 Today.

The morning started with a special tradition -- "princess pancakes" as they were called at our house. Aaron went above and beyond and had the whole spread waiting for me this morning.



And then...who doesn't love a little pink box? And ROSES! They are so beautiful!



Aaron also gave me some money to go shopping today. I'm thinking Urban Outfitters.
I'm so blessed. The best part? Aaron's getting out of school early today so we can be together! That's the best!

Thank you all for the birthday wishes~I love you!

Laura


A couple weeks ago Aaron and Brad started two home brews for the upcoming Protestant Fish Fry on March 27th. Last night things got even more exciting as Aaron and Brad started to bottle the beer, which I might add, tasted grrreat!

Brad was filling the bottles.


Aaron was clamping the caps on each bottle ...



... and placing the bottles in the case.


You should note that if you come to the fish fry for nothing else but to try the home brew I don't think you'll be disappointed! We hope you can make it and bring some friends.

We'll be charging a couple bucks at the door to cover some expenses and I'll update you more on that soon!

Thanks for reading!




Protestant Fish Fry@ Brooker's House

Friday, March 27th
Home Brew | Fish | All the Fixins
Stay tuned for more details




Above: Friends Lainey and Megan



Aaron and Bill


Katie, Aaron and little Cordell


Thanks Aaron for your unwavering commitment to sport a terrific beard in the month of February. We can only look forward to what mustache March will bring.

Lovingly,
Laura








Here's a little peek at what my side of the room looked like today.
Laundry + "I lost my extension cord and my closet is dark" + "I'll do it later" = ridiculous mess!
Thanks to Aaron we documented the fact that progress was made.

See, all clean :)



We had a good one.
Friday night: wedding. Congrats David & Cari Cloyed!


Saturday morning: breakfast in bed


Saturday night: singer-songwriter concerts at Scooters with friends.
Way to go T-Dub!




Afterward...best foreign film anyone? We watched The Lives of Others.
And this morning was church at Core Community. We're talking about marriage and the sermon was S-O good. I'm going to include a separate post because I have much to share. Oh, you can listen here. now for another week :) Happy March to you all!



Aaron, Jeff and I pooled together to get my Mom & Dad tickets to Celine Dion's concert at the Qwest Center here in Omaha on Thursday, Feb 26th.

Included with their 6th row seat was a five course meal with transportation to and from the concert. We had a G-R-E-A-T time!



I didn't take as many photos as I wish I had, but here are the salads.



...and the entree.



I love giving gifts like this! What fun!