{"id":8000,"date":"2014-02-08T20:27:53","date_gmt":"2014-02-09T01:27:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?p=8000"},"modified":"2014-02-08T20:27:53","modified_gmt":"2014-02-09T01:27:53","slug":"emma-january-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?p=8000","title":{"rendered":"Emma: January 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

2014 got off to a great start as we rung in the New Year with a houseful of great friends. \u00a0The first week of the year we were still on Christmas break and our family really enjoyed the time together! \u00a0One of our most fun days consisted of a fun family lunch out together followed by Emma’s first time Ice Skating at IceForum in Kennesaw. \u00a0She was a little skeptical when we first got started, but she hung on tight to us and gave it her best shot. \u00a0She ended up having a blast. \u00a0I’m not sure that we are looking at an Olympic figure skating career, but I’m sure we will go again soon!<\/p>\n

This has been a super cold winter and Emma and I enjoyed some of the College Football Bowl games sitting in front of the fireplace. \u00a0We also used some of our time on fun projects: new curtains for the bonus room, a new kitchen rug, Emma decorated a hot chocolate mug for herself, we had a botched attempt at making homemade playdoh, and played a lot of boardgames. \u00a0We ate out a good bit that last week of Christmas break and had fun hanging out with friends.<\/p>\n

The first day back at school was actually cancelled due to the threat of inclement weather. \u00a0The snow never came, but there was a good bit of black ice on the ground and it was definitely the right call to cancel school. \u00a0The rest of that week was VERY cold with the windchill hovering right around zero.<\/p>\n

Passion City Church invited people to join them for church Sunday night at Phillips Arena since they had rented it out for the Passion conference that weekend. \u00a0It was Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend and we had Monday off, so we picked up the Wallaces and headed to Atlanta. \u00a0The night was an incredible time of worship and Bible study with the Passion family. \u00a0I’m so excited about the new songs that were released during Passion 2014. \u00a0We finished our night all together at Pappasito’s and had a great time!<\/p>\n

The next week at school was super busy with a ton of meetings and evening commitments. \u00a0My goal with Emma has always been to make sure that she knows that she is more important to me than my job. \u00a0I bailed her out of school one day for an hour to surprise her and take her to Moe’s. \u00a0She thought it was so awesome. \u00a0However, she is extremely practical (where does she get that from?) and when I picked her up, she said “but…I already brought my lunch”. \u00a0So glad we were able to break free for a bit and have some spontaneous fun!<\/p>\n

We had a lot of fun opportunities over the rest of January to hang out with friends, cheer on the NCCS basketball team, do lots of fun things at Cedarcrest church, and then…the last week of the month, SnowJam 2014<\/a>. \u00a0I blogged about that here<\/a>…definitely some fun adventures!<\/p>\n

2014 is off to a great start with the Strange crew!<\/p>\n

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