{"id":14810,"date":"2022-03-01T18:58:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-01T23:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?p=14810"},"modified":"2022-09-10T19:02:35","modified_gmt":"2022-09-11T00:02:35","slug":"strange-family-adventures-february-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?p=14810","title":{"rendered":"Strange Family Adventures | February 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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February 2 ALUMNI ROAD TRIP | Today our @NCCSEagles<\/a> Alumni Roadtrip took us from NCCS > Birmingham > Tuscaloosa (Roll Tide!) > Auburn > NCCS<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What a day! What a joy to catch up with our awesome Eagles to hear how college and life is going for them. I\u2019m so proud of these young men and women and am so excited about how the Lord is working in and through each of them. Today filled my cup and well\u2026three giant meals were pretty filling too! So many great hugs! Loved the 15 hours with my awesome teammates in the #StrangeWagon<\/a> as we toured the entire state of Alabama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3 John 1:4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

February 5  LIVIN\u2019 THE DREAM | Ever since @jamesbitner24<\/a> was a little guy, he has always loved baseball. We\u2019ve had the joy of knowing James almost 20 years and have watched him grow up playing at Adams Park, @acworthbaseball<\/a>, several travel teams, in tournaments in Tennessee and Panama City, @NCCSEagles<\/a> (\u201817), and now he is wrapping up his final season of college baseball @milescollege<\/a>. It was such a treat to be able to see James in action as his team played at Shorter University today. His parents are some of our closest friends and we have loved experiencing this journey with them! Our whole family is so proud of James and we have loved cheering him on all these years! #GoJames<\/a> #HardWorkPaysOff<\/a> #GoEagles<\/a> #WeAreNCCS<\/a> #NCCSFamily<\/a> \ud83d\udcf7 @coachjim1024<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

February 5 CITY CHAMPS | It\u2019s been a fun season and an exciting week of playoffs. The 10U Acworth Spartans are officially the City Champs! Eli had a great time this season. He had fun, learned a lot, and enjoyed meeting some fun new teammates. And what\u2019s not to love about an 8am Saturday morning Championship game? \ud83e\udd2a Fun Fact: My high school mascot is the Spartan, so #GoSpartans<\/a> comes easy. Way to go Spartans! #CityChamps<\/a> #SeasonOfTheSleeve<\/a> #7000days<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

February 6 SUNSHINE | @clintstrange32<\/a> made homemade biscuits for breakfast\u2026the best! Awesome morning worshipping with our church family @cedarcrestchurch<\/a>. Leftovers for lunch at home. Clint and Emma worked on a school project. Eli played basketball in the driveway. I enjoyed my coveted Sunday afternoon nap. Followed that up with a long walk through Downtown Acworth. Spring is coming. This is the best part of winter\u2026when spring is on the horizon. Give me all the sunshine! #Seasons<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

February 12 PLAY LIKE WALKER | We have a really fun rivalry. Eagles v. Eagles events are always back and forth. When we walk through hard things, we have each other\u2019s backs. Grateful for the fellowship of Christian education. #EaglesFlyTogether<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

February 16 GRATEFUL | In the midst of our grief and sorrow, I\u2019m so grateful that God saw fit to schedule Spiritual Emphasis Week @nccseagles<\/a> this week! Hearts were tender and everyone is contemplating eternity. I can\u2019t say enough about what a great job @danielpritchie<\/a> did pointing us to Jesus. His story is a powerful one\u2026and Jesus is the hero of Daniel\u2019s story. It was really fun to have @richsethhardy<\/a> and @kaitlynmullins<\/a> leading worship with us as well\u2026awesome friends with a heart for Jesus and our school! I\u2019m so proud of @parkersmith314<\/a> and @connorhughesyl<\/a> for leading us so well. We are blessed with the best @nccsstudentlife<\/a> team around! God is faithful! #GoEagles<\/a> #WeAreNCCS<\/a> #NCCSFamily<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

February 19 THE SMITH FAMILY | Congratulations to @parkersmith314<\/a> and @caitliz_<\/a> on their wedding day! I\u2019ll defer to the happy couple to post pics of the beautiful wedding. We had a blast hanging with sweet friends, eating lots of great food, reconnecting with people we haven\u2019t seen in years, eating some more, and dancing in celebration of what God has done. As Parker shared \u201cGod really does write the best stories!\u201d Congratulations Parker and Caitlin! We are proud of you and so excited about what God has in store for y\u2019all!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And my handsome @clintstrange32<\/a> joined us..he just happened to take all the pics of our crew. I assure you he was incredibly handsome as always! \ud83e\udd70<\/p>\n\n\n\n

February 22 WINTER BREAK | We had a great visit up to the DC area to see my brother and his family. Our visits are always way too short, but we definitely packed a lot in! It\u2019s such a treat to be able to have Emma and Eli together with their sweet cousins who are growing up way too fast! Lots of great food, ice skating, walks through the park, trampoline jumping, coffee stops, ball throwing in the living room, monuments and memorials that matter, did I mention all the great food?, rest, laughter, Uncle Clint finding erasers in ears, and loads of fun! Grateful for these days as we head back to the ATL. Winter break sure is a gift! #7000days<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

February 26 DINNER WITH MARTY | @clintstrange32<\/a>\u2019s Dad Marty passed away this past June after a short battle with very aggressive cancer. Shortly before Marty passed away, he retired from a long career with @wholefoods<\/a>. When we were packing up his house, we found some Whole Foods gift cards he was given on his retirement. Every once in a while, our family likes to go to Whole Foods and walk up and down all the aisles checking things out and finding new things to try. Sometimes it\u2019s seafood, or fun items from the bakery, and other times it\u2019s cool fruit we\u2019ve never tried.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tonight @clintstrange32<\/a> chose steak and shrimp and we cooked it on the outdoor griddle and then had a \u201cfancy dinner\u201d in the dining room. We think Marty would have gotten a lot of joy out of the way we are using the gift cards and honoring him by having special family time. Time spent together is always well invested. #7000days<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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February 2 ALUMNI ROAD TRIP | Today our @NCCSEagles Alumni Roadtrip took us from NCCS > Birmingham > Tuscaloosa (Roll Tide!) > Auburn > NCCS What a day! What a joy to catch up with our awesome Eagles to hear how college and life is going for them. I\u2019m so proud of these young men […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14863,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,14,22,37,12,16,28,17,32,18,33,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bible-study","category-book-review","category-cedarcrest-church","category-eli","category-emma","category-family","category-integrity","category-leadership","category-marriage","category-north-cobb-christian","category-restaurants","category-travel"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG_4860-1-scaled.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14810\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}