Jeffrey Edward and Kelly Marie will be closing on their beautiful new home next week!! I'm looking forward to seeing it in person, and I'm praying it will be a smooth move and transition for their whole family!
I wanted to take a minute today for a Tribute Tuesday post to honor all the great memories I've had at their first home, 4633! (*Not to be confused with Bobbi's old house at 4622, but I did a doubletake when I realized the address numbers are so similar).
...It all started in February of 2010. Jay went out of town, and Jeff invited Jay's LifeGroup friends over for a fun game night at his place! (I remember a whole inside joke back then about how Jeff was stealing Jay's friends.) Anyway, this guy we mostly knew as Jay's friend from the Caravan made us sopapilla cheesecake and told us some of his stories that had us laughing, and we became friends pretty quickly... (I know that mostly because five short months later, he joined three of us for a memorable Vegas trip! lol) Anyway, that first night, we played some fun games, and in the middle of one of them was the memorable cockroach incident and mini-freakout by me, and that story became legendary. lol
Jeff was kind enough to host an Engagement Party for Jay and Bethany, and I remember being impressed by all the personal touches and details, and how much work and thought went into planning it! A little later, Jeff invited friends over for a Baylor game where he sang their fight song for us, complete with hand motions, all by himself in his kitchen... the Baylor loyalty and passion was endearing and entertaining!
There was Chet Lee's 25th birthday dinner (I still use my blue mason jar from that gathering), a Thunder game watch party, the cruise afterparty, a couple of Kelly's birthday parties, Super Bowl parties that included a delicious chili cookoff, some beautiful backyard dinners, and playing nertz and other fun games!
After Jeff and Kelly were married, our Diving Deeper Women's LifeGroup started meeting at their house... so I have loads of memories of Tuesday night Bible studies, staying to watch This is Us with the girls, Thanksgiving dinners, Christmas present-wrapping mission events, and a fun Galentine's party! I miss that group!
There was meeting Penny Moss and the chickens in 2016, a pre-marathon pasta dinner Kelly hosted in support of Jeff's Route 66 race in 2017, co-hosting the Baby Shower brunch for Tate in 2018, a fun surprise Halloween drop-in 2019, multiple "Convivial Cozy Christmas Parties," bringing them dinner when Ellie Faye was born, a socially-distanced backyard dinner for JEM's 40th birthday, a couple of sweet dinners with their family, and of course, celebrating Miss Ellie's 1st Birthday party in 2020 (before the pandemic hit)!
I'm so grateful for Jeff and Kelly's friendship, for their gift of hospitality, and for all the fun memories we've shared in their first home!!
It was Jeffrey's first home in Tulsa, their first home together as a married couple, the main meeting place of our women's group and their current Anthem small group, Penny's first home, and the first home to welcome their beautiful daughter, Ellie Faye! ❤ So here's to 4633, to the end of a sweet era and the beginning of a beautiful new one!!
When I think of that home, I will think of their thoughtfulness and generosity... and I'll remember sopapilla cheesecake, the always beautiful landscaping by Jeff, the denim couch, the German books, the infamous cockroach, sunny backyard dinners, chili cookoffs, Penny and the chickens, the backyard hammock, Bible studies, "naughty and nice" Christmas party punch, and lots of laughter and warmth and fun! ...Here's a happy slideshow of memories, only two of which I wasn't personally present for (their epic Jurassic Park Halloween pic and a cute Baylor pic of Jeff and Ellie)!
Congrats on your new home, Moss family!!
And thanks for helping to create lots of great memories and wonderful friendships that we get to take with us wherever we go! ❤
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