Neil Montgomery, pastor at SBC, married us. He performed Doug and Tot’s Baptism. Neil and my honey have been meeting on and off for years, and he knows our story. He’s also a crack up; a lover of Jesus, and a just all around GREAT guy. Karen? She is his lovely, and I mean lovely, funny, wise, and wonderful, wife who runs the children’s ministry at SBC. Tot and Karen hit it off from the beginning, and it just so happens she is Neil’s other half, so it all was a perfect opportunity to give back and make them feel loved. How else? With dinner of course!
Tatum made some place cards for them
Table is set!
And they arrived!
We showed them around and they enjoyed Coopy. He made them feel very welcome.
As we gave them the tour, it came to Neil’s attention that he was memorialized on our wall and in Tatum’s panel display for school; THREE PLACES! SO funny that Neil is part of our daily lives.
Gallery wall:
Tot’s board:
He loved it. (I think?)
It was finally time to put the food out. I made taco bar, healthy style.
And then from there, the night just got more fun. We learned about how they met, and we found their hearts were even more sweet and warm than you would even know. They asked us a bazillion questions as well. It was a nice night or fun and…..then….
Tot get them all sillied up! I think they were wishing they had daughters after this night. (??)
We were all having a nice conversation, and Tot and Karen disappeared. They then reappeared in the back of Neil’s head.
Then Daddy. Oh dear.
Then, they disappeared again after much rejoicing.
Is there something on your head?
No.
But there is something on your lap, Neil.
And he plays music!
What else does he do?
He’s a licker and a lover; it’s what Coopy does best; I think he likes it. I mean the dog? Or Neil?
I think Karen is jealous.
The evening went downhill from there in terms of sheer silliness.
Honestly, we had a great evening. The next day, Karen and I compared our famous cookies. We are hopefully going to have a bakeoff. Game on!
Neil sent us the nicest email for thank you.
“If I don’t send the “thank you” card that I want and intend to send, can I just say “thank you” for a sweet evening with your precious family. Dinner was perfect. You are a great hostess. Doug is great dad and amazing home engineer…and Tatum melts our hearts…so fun and full of life. So…thank you for a wonderful evening and for blessing our stomachs with food and our hearts with love. (hope that doesn’t sound overly cheesy). “
What a joy. Hopefully more to come!