In Other News...

My word for 2026 is Renewal, so it catches my eye any time I see it.  Yes, please to Jesus being my Shepherd and renewing my strength and guiding me along right paths that bring honor to His name!!

Made me laugh to get the full welcome packet after registering for the Biblical Foundations class this fall!  I've been here for four years now, but thanks for the extra swag! =)

Random pic I saved from FB - maybe it's AI, but I'm choosing to believe it's just adorable pom puppies that bring my heart the most joy!!

Sophie Hudson is writing a book that's a tribute to her Mom and also includes a cookbook with lots of her old recipes - as a longtime podcast listener, I freaking love that journey for her! =)

Grabbed some Gourmet donuts this morning for a friend who's going through a very hard season... this would help cheer anyone up, right!?

Lindsay Jane with Phoenix, Memphis, and Wavy - I don't get to see her much these days, but I'm praying for God's very best for her and her kids!!

My CleanEatz meal delivery kit arrived right before my DoorDashed Mexican food dinner and dessert, and the irony of that made me laugh!

Michael reclaimed the #1 spot back from Devil Wears Prada 2, which is incredibly appropriate, as that movie was over-hyped nonsense, and Michael is fantastic!  Mom and I went to see it again this afternoon! =)

5-22 = my old address, Tman's graduation day, and Elizabeth Jane's birthday, which I still always think of that day!  I'm very unsure about what went wrong there, but I love and miss her and sincerely wish her and her husband all the best!  It's honestly a fairly long list of people I will be thrilled to fully catch up with in Heaven, but we will have the time and the relational capacity and love and understanding and personal wholeness for exactly that - what a GIFT!  Kudos to her for training hard and conquering multiple marathons over the past few years!!

Here's Kate and Tman on the subway in Boston!

And Triston and Reese at a Red Sox game!

K-Faith and Laynie (her classmate, Colin's older sister)

Jace Michael and Gavin (his Senior "Big Brother")

Dad's new car (and mine behind it)!  Rach and I came over to hang out with them and watch the Thunder playoffs game last night... Jaceman called approximately 15x throughout the game to gloat about how well his new fav Spurs player, "Wemby" (Victor Wembanyama) was playing! lol

Cute picture frame at Amber Marie, but not really worth $130!

MacKenzie is proud of her stuff! lol

And that concludes the random pics I wanted to throw in here somewhere. =)

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Karli Marie (38)

After much back and forth about a Saturday morning LifeGroup that ended up being cancelled, I joined my second fam in Tulsa for a delightful brunch at the new Cheever's Cafe to celebrate Karli's 38th Birthday!!

Miss Paige Evelyn waving hello (top right) ❤

We split the carrot cake and chocolate cake - both pretty great!

And I got the French toast with caramelized peaches and whipped cream - yum!

We had a great waitress named Brooke, and everyone enjoyed their food!

I did some shopping at Utica Square then met the Wilsons and Weatherfords at AMC for The Sheep Detectives... I got to hold Paige again for the first 20 minutes or so, then she got the hiccups and it was very upsetting for her, so I passed her right back to Karli. lol

Sweetness sleeping peacefully in her "Fearfully and Wonderfully Made" shirt! ❤

HBD to Karli Marie, and I'm thankful as always for a light and fun day with the Wilson fam!!

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The Graduate!

Mrs. King presented Triston at CHA's Graduation ceremony last Friday (5-22-26):

Very proud to be his Aunt!

The Fam, minus Jaceman who was very busy chatting with someone!

I asked ChatGPT to add him in and make him a little taller than me... so it made him 7-foot! lol  Naturally, he loves this pic and assures me he'll be that height someday soon! lol

This = me telling mom to raise her phone camera... higher angle is always better! lol

Rach with all four Parrish kids (whilst Jace borrows T's grad cap)!

Parrish Siblings!

Wendy, Triston, and JoBug

Mamaw, Tman, and Grandpa

The passing of the green jacket as Josh Bullard handed over the Headmaster role to Mr. Schapansky

J&K are fans of him, so I hope that continues as he steps into the leadership role!

Reese Kufahl, Kyndal (who wore her best OSU colors in honor of Reese and Laynie, both future Cowboys), and Tman!

Brook's side of the family:  Shauna, Maggie, Mason, Pat (Nana), Shirley, Carter, and Carter's friend who likely didn't know he was signing up for a 2-hour ceremony! lol

I had a good talk with Megan Elizabeth just before the ceremony!  Her oldest nephew was also graduating... her dad (Hudson's grandad) got to present him, and he was the first third-generation student to graduate from CHA (his mom and dad and maternal grandma all graduated there, and his parents and grandad are all currently on staff)!

JB complimenting Jaceman on how tall he's getting!

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In a fascinating turn of events, I could tell that Mrs. King (who presented Triston at the ceremony) seemed to know me, and she looked very familiar..... she's one of Triston's favorites on the CHA staff, and she's a mom with a daughter in Kyndal's class who's one of K's good friends.  

She is ALSO a 1997 CHA grad who was part of the 2006 faculty trip to Boston...

I would never have joined their entire class trip, but my four favorite seniors from that class missed their scheduled class trip due to competing in Mock Trial Nationals... so they joined the CHA faculty for a summer trip to Boston, and I was OVERJOYED to join them for that!

This = me, the famous JoshuaMichaelMartin, Sarah Bliss, Evan, and Ms. Audra Wolfley (who later married and became Mrs. King) outside before the Boston Pops Sound of Music sing-along!  Bottom pic is her joining "the Fab 5" (Evan, Josh, Me, Zana, and Sarah) for dinner at the Wayside Inn!  She was friendly and fun and the youngest member of the faculty 20 years back, so she hung out with our group a lot and knew a very-JMM-obsessed version of me! 

Her (after taking our photo repeatedly):  "You two make such a cute couple!"

Josh:  "Oh, we're not together, just best friends."

Me:  "Not yet, and THANKS!"

Hot. Mess.

Here's hoping that's all filtered right out of her memory. lolol

Anyway, she's really kind, and yay for finally making that connection exactly 20 years down the road!!

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The Christian Citizenship Award!

On her final day of elementary school, the lovely Mini Miss K won CHA's highest honor, the Christian Citizenship Award!  She's the first in our family line to receive that, and so very deserving!! ❤

Pic with Mamaw!

Pic with her Mom!

Pic with Ellery, her bestie!

Pic with Olivia, her fellow honoree and good friend since Pre-K!

She wore her graduation dress again but went with different shoes this time =)

Rach got confetti poppers for them again, but they were still wrapped when K and her friends were trying to set them off during the assembly... sad day

So after some help from their adult teachers and friends, they had a belated confetti send-off!!

K-Faith and Dylan!

Knox, Ellery, Storey, Kyndal, Titus, and Colin

Pool party at Mamaw's after their last day!

Ellery and K

They're so fun!!

Sadly, I missed every bit of that thanks to an all day (remote) protest hearing in the Tulsa courtroom.

I'm mostly JK on the above meme, but I obviously would've loved to be there for that award moment!

I was on the phone with Rach later that night, and Kyndal chimed in saying she was ready to go to bed early because it was really hard work being the highest award winner! lol  She's always got jokes.  But kudos and congrats to Miss Kyndal Faith, a great student and faithful friend with strong Christian character!!

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