the one to break bread.

You know when you have really great nights?  Like nights where you just can't wait for people to ask you what you did last night, so you can tell them about it?  Well even though we (we as in my housemates & I) stayed in close quarters tonight, we had a really great night.  We decided to fix supper together, talk about expectations/considerations/preferences about living together & taking care of our Raleigh home, & we wanted to pray together.

First off, we made honey mustard chicken with asparagus, mac n' cheese & salad.  Seriously, delicious!  && we had so much fun making it!

I love my roomies. 

The apron ladies. 

&& tonight we danced.  We danced from start to finish.. & then some.  The Embers, Usher, Nsync, Natalie Cole, R. Kelly, Chris Brown, James Taylor... errrthing.  

We set the precious dining room table & enjoyed our delicious first meal together!

Then we baked some cookies...

 Some for us.. && some for a bribe.  We are liable for our own yard keeping at the Raleigh house.  We don't have a push mower & don't wait to pay a lot of money for someone to do a fairly simple job.  So we know our next door neighbors, as they are friends of friends.  They are boys around our age & are too liable for their own yard keeping.  So we decided to go over, introduce ourselves, deliver milk & warm cookies, & perhaps persuade them into mowing our yard for milk & cookies, or a meal or something.   We thought it was a pretty good idea.. & I think they did too!  They seemed to be game for the exchange!   For future reference, when in doubt (or in need of a bribe)... go with milk & cookies.

After we made the deal.. we came back, hung out & just talked about living together.  Since we have all moved in, we haven't had a night just to us four to talk about all this stuff.  But tonight, there was great conversation that led to the idea of praying together.  I am completely blessed to be living in a house of believers.  I am so excited to grow with them & see what the Lord has in store for our journey together. :)  We decided that a couple times a week we could read a short devotional, talk about it & pray.  :)

Ahh, seriously.. tonight was a really great night.

For where two or three [or four] gather together as my followers, I am there among them.

Matthew 18:20