Couples Night Review

Okay so couples night was fantastic this month.
I was skeptical about bowling but it was so much fun...It seems like the same couples are comming each time and that makes it really neat when you get to know people and they're all fun to be with. On the other hand, it would be cool to meet some new faces... It may be intimidating for a couple to just take a leap of faith and come with out a personal invite so please mention to the couples in your home groups, work place, moms groups, etc...that we would love to have them come. I would like to do something that is free and not athletic this next month. I have a really humble home up in the hills of SHingletown and think it might be fun for me to blow the dust off of my Martha;s hors d' overes cookbook and make some great dinner thing and have a fun night of games and hanging out...the only thing is the drive. It takes about 35 minutes to get here. If thats not a big deal let me know and i will throw it together. If anyone else has a better idea throw it out there! I think more couples could come if it didnt cost any thing (holidays are comming up) and one couple wanted to come last time but due to an injury couldnt bowl...you see the dilemma. I would love some ideas for couples night. Also, there is a ballroom dancing class for five dollars a person every tuesday night...I was thinking about arranging child care if any one wanted to do this with CHad and I. They do one dance a month like "East Coast Swing" in JAnuary, "tango" in February etc... We did it for a while and it was a blast. If any one is interested let me know and I will see about child care details. Keep in mind its about 2.5 hours long and with child care it would be about 20.00 per week. Maybe do it for a month and see how it goes? If you gave up eating at a drive through as a family one time a week or cut down on 5 starbucks you could have a cool date night once a week...I like to play that game.

Rainy Day Couples Night

Hey Guys, Im so sad there is a storm comming in and its happening on couples night! We have a Plan B though. If it is raining,please meet us at Country Lanes on Bechelli Lane. It is 4.25 per game and 2.75 for shoes. Same time-7-9 pm. We will have a blast despite the fact that the cow train didn't happen for me this year! I cant wait to see you all. Please spread the word so no one is left in the rain at Hawes.Thanks
Angie
PS if its not raining we will still be at Hawes.

yeeehaw for the cow train!

Its fall and seriously you will be very sad going in to winter with out eating some kettle corn, shooting some pumpkins out of cannons and riding the cow train. Its your country roots showing if you're feeling excited right now. The child care thing got complecated so dont call Lisa, call me if you need child care, I am figuring that out right now. It will all work out. We may grab some coffee or dessert after the Hawes experience so if you can get a late night baby sitter, awesome! If you can get grandma to just keep the kids so you have the full effect of a date night, even better! Hope to see you there!
Love you all
Angie

Date Night Oct/November

Hey guys!
The last chance night at hawes ranch is Saturday November 1st. We will be meeting at the gate at 7pm and will party down with the cow train untill 9pm. Babysitting will be provided for a nominal fee...Im pretty sure it will be at my sisterinlaws glorious house only a few minutes from the ranch. THis would be awesome, but please call me if you need babysitting and Ill let you know what the plan is and then I'll have a head count for my sister.
I cant wait to go! I hope you guys like farms in the fall like I do. Im so excited.
Talk to you soon!
Angie and Chad

Couples Night

Well we had our first couples night last Saturday. A total of eight couples came to dinner and seven couples went to the movie afterward ( a total of about 12 couples all together!)Correct me if Im wrong-unless Im getting paid, my math is not so good. I am so excited that there was such a great turn out!! There are a few things I would do differently for next time...One is dinner will definatly have to be earlier for those who want to eat-at a restaurant that takes reservations!WE went to Red Lobster and it was very packed, but cozy and we all had a great time. About the movie... Im really not sure that I recommend Fireproof. I felt it was very preachy and had a old school traditional view of salvation. I almost got nauseous when the dad started talking about how God's standards were so high that we could never reach them and thats why we need forgiveness...What the heck??? I was filtering it extra critically because I know that one of the couples does not know God and I was so dissapointed in how the movie portrayed our awesome God....The salvation message aside, it was a beautiful depiction of what real unconditional love would look like if you started to place it in your marriage. Although Christians still struggle with looking at porn, and nonChristians can still have a great marriage- I felt like for those of us who do believe and still struggle in marriage it was motivational. I would love for some of you to comment back because like I said, my view was a little tainted because I was so worried about what the couple who didn't know God was thinking. I cant wait until Enjoy magazine comes out for october to see what we can do this next month for couples night. I was thinking of going to Hawes Ranch....Nothing says romance like a big cotten candy and a moonlight ride on the cow train through the corn fields. Right? I will try to get kid care provided if you want to go as a date or we can be family friendly this next month.Let me know what you guys would like to see for couples night in the next few months. And if any one is picking up a copy of The Love Dare-let me know how it goes...around day 20.
Love you all, thanks for comming

FireProof

"FIREPROOF is a feature-length movie from Sherwood Pictures opening in theaters September 26. This action-packed love story starring Kirk Cameron is about a firefighter, his wife?and a marriage worth rescuing. Audiences of all ages will be inspired by this story of perseverance and commitment that explores God's design for relationships and marriage."

Go to fireproofthemovie.com for the trailer.

Marriage Movement couples night in September is meeting for this movie. Stay tuned to my blog for what theater and what showing but I want to go on opening night, September 26 ....So far the marriage movement consists of Chad and I, Anna and Matt Mosely, and whoever wants to come! I am not sure everyone knows that we have a marriage movement but there are several parts to it and "couples night" is one aspect. We want to have several parts to a whole program to support you and your marriage in the stirring....Please participate in couples nights when you can, they are really fun and a great way to connect with other married couples and the other parts of the marriage movement.
See you soon!

Social Fog

I realized something last week. (amazing I know)
We, as women (maybe not you, but several that I have talked to) , tend to feel as though we are on the outside looking in at everyone.
I thought I was so alone in that feeling, with everyone else having these friends so close, and millions of things in common, and very full social schedules with all their friends pining for their every second....Talking with some girls, whom I thought fit these descriptions, I realized that this is not the case. We are in fact, a lonely generation after all!
I have been in hiding, a strange place for an outspoken itallian-ish girl. It has felt uneasy, like a fog. The less I put my self out there socially, the less I felt like trying. I don't even know that girl who greeted everyone when we first moved as a church. I have had to really claw spiritually and emotionally to get out of that fog. Things are still a little hazy, but a lot clearer in the sense that I will continue to reach for people like I have and maybe it will feel natural again, like it used to. It's interesting though, does it happen when we grow up and realize that we can't be everyone's friend, or something happens and we stop trying, or should we chalk it up to "social anxiety" and allow it to enfold us? The last seems the only clear no. Otherwise I have no answer but to fight it because it doesn't feel good. We should all reach out a little, I know that I appreciate those who did to me.