I’m not a great photographer or anything, but I took some pictures of my weekend, and here are my favorite ones (that I’m at liberty to share).  Enjoy!

On Thursday, I ordered a Jalapeno Popper Burger, Sweet potato tempura, and a krispy kreme milkshake at Flip Burgers

Thursday night at Red Sky Tapas with friends and family

Is any trip to the south worth it without making your way to Cracker Barrel?

Laser Tag with the groomsmen and ushers

I just keep telling myself, "Authentic community. Authentic community"

I love these ladies! My Georgia family for 12 years now.

What a throw by Eli!

Either its the mafia or Mercy me's 4th album.

The reason we were all in Atlanta.

Ladies and Gentlemen, Let me introduce you to Mr. and Mrs. David and Cherie Huey!

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This is Dave.  I’ve wrote about him before here and here and here.

Dave is getting married on Saturday and I have the honor of standing with Dave on this special day as he finally gives up a life of bachelorhood for a life with Cherie.  Dave is a good friend and I’m really thankful for his presence in my life since 1995.

On this special weekend, please congratulate Dave and Cherie with me!

p.s. I took this pic 5 minutes to go in Dave’s new home in Hotlanta

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In this post, I had mentioned that my friend of many years, Dave Huey, is finally taking the plunge and getting married in November.  So in honor of this, I’m writing a series of blog posts sharing my favorite stories about Dave.

Today’s story is more of a quick quip of a boring Friday night.  Dave and I, no doubt desperately trying to figure out what we were going to do on a Friday night with no money and very little gas, decided we were going to steal one of those free newspaper machines you can find outside of many retail stores.  Criteria?  It had to be light, and it had to open and shut closed.  None of those open metal racks – we could get those at Wal Mart.

So we headed to the local dollar store, and found a bona fide “rent a new home” newspaper machine that opened and closed without putting quarters or dimes in.  (this was essential for us, as, once again, we had no money)  That Friday night, we had no dates, no money, and very little gas, but we did have a blast stealthfully placing the machine into our car and…

I did have a newspaper machine in my house!

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4 years ago today Carie and I became man and wife.  I can honestly say that I would not be half the man I am if it wasn’t for her.  She is an amazing woman, and I am one lucky dude.

Thank you God!

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I’m writing today because tomorrow Carie and I will be away for a day celebrating our anniversary.  So please try to write comments on all my other blogs I’ve written over the last 8 months.  I’m skipping lunch for this post.

Yesterday I was going to meet my beautiful wife for dinner because she had to stay at school for a late meeting.  The penalty of this is that I have to meet her half way at Barbers Crossing in Sterling, MA.  Yummy! 

So on the way there, I received a call from Clay, who told me about this amazing opportunity he was doing to put up a new web site and blog – one that I think might become famous over the next few months.  He was pumped about it, and quite frankly I don’t blame him. He then made me pumped when he told me that his family would be visiting the Holmans in Massachusetts in late July.  So when the site officially goes up, I will share it here at martyholman.com, even though Jeff is not going to like it very much.

Next Brandon called me from texas.  Brandon was also in my wedding (Clay was the best man) and served with me here at the FC for a number of years.  It has always been Brandon’s dream to work at a church full time, and leave it up to him to fulfill that dream in a big way!  He was on cloud 9 when we talked and I am so happy for him.  he really has worked hard to be a good leader in the church.  A shout out to the Whittalls please!

Next I called up Lonnie, my former lead pastor, who was also jumping from the rafters” (is that a quote?).  He told me about a message he preached at his church, and the fruit of the message was that several people commited themselves to following Christ and be baptized. Since this is one of the main things the church should be doing, I celebrated with him.  He also told me my uncle (his pastor now) told him it was “the best evangelistic message I have ever heard preached.”  I’m guessing that after 30 years of ministry that’s saying a little something.

I am proud to call each of these guys my close friends, and think that as a community we should celebrate with them, so on the count of 3:  1…..2….

3!

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It’s 12:29 am.  I have just arrived home from watching the Celtics/Lakers game at a friends house, and I’m pleased to announce that today is the Holman’s 3rd and 37th wedding anniversary.
My parents were married in Birmingham, Michigan on June 11th, 1971, and Carie and I were married on June 11th, 2005. 
I love being married to the most wonderful woman of all time, and I thank God every day that He brought us together.  We compliment each other in so many ways, and even though it’s only been a short time, our marriage has gotten stronger each and every day.
So thank you Carie for putting up with me and for your unconditional love,

and by the way, we’re going to Vermont for our anniversary.

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Welcome to MoMo’s! HERE are the guidelines. If this is your first time giving your “amazing story”, PLEASE take time to read them. It will save us both a lot of time.

To join me, write a post today (or a post you’ve written from last Monday to Sunday) sharing something tht has happened to you this last week - anything funny or interesting, crazy, fulfilled, too busy, hilarious, wistful, or any number of out of the ordinary happenings that made you happy or miserable last week.  Put a link in your post to this post permalink (not my general URL) and then put the permalink of your post (not your general URL) here at the end of this post. Thanks.  By the way, I do this because I love stories.  To tell them, to hear them, and to read them.

So tell me your “Inspired by the truth” story every Monday…

Here’s mine.

This weekend was a blast.  I went to a wedding reheasal on Frday night, then went to Gibbits Grill in Groton.  Amazing food, and the groom for the wedding that I performed is one of the top chefs there.  If you’re looking for a date night restaurant in Massachusetts,GO THERE!

The wedding was held in a different establishment I had never been to, but just as well-known, and I was looking forward to performing the ceremony.  The mother of the bride seemed a bit nervous for me, and asked if this was my first wedding.  I think she was encouraged when I told her it was my 15th.  Here’s the lucky couple.  They were great to work with, and I’m excited about their future together.

Sunday finished off our weekend with a bang.  Both Carie and I were tired from the busy schedule, but we had great services at Fellowship Church and then we went to a 30th birthday party for this guy, where the band “The Black Raspberries” played underneath a tent in the rain (Pictured above).  Good stuff!  If you ever get a chance to see them, check them out.  And I couldn’t find a link to them, so anyone knowing how I can link to them via the web, please comment!

After my venture to the party in Sturbridge, we had dinner with this guys family, while watching the Celtics win the 2nd round of the NBA playoffs  So did the Penguins by the way.  Stanley cup bound!

All in all, it was a great weekend. 

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