An Icy Day

Our patio

It's cold!

Poor babies...they look warm!


It started to sleet yesterday about mid morning. Of course in Arkansas, that means everything shuts down and the grocery stores are slammed with people getting milk and bread! Luke even came home about 1 o'clock yesterday. I was able to get a few shots of the ice. The poor dogs even had icicles on their dog houses....not to worry though, they came in early to sheets being warmed by the dryer. They were happy...and actually didn't feel cold at all when they came in! Sorry you had to miss it Mom!

Our Children

The stuffed houses

BJ is a good boy!

Can you even see Stormy?

Samson barely in there!

Doing what Snoopy does best....howling!!!

George and his box

Alyeska disgusted with George

Madison in her bed.

Luke put new straw in the dogs houses this past weekend. They love it! I was hoping this would make Snoopy stop barking at the fence every morning, but it really didn't. They love the houses packed with straw. It's a hoot trying to see our 91 lb. Samson get in the houses! Madison is always shy whenever she comes back from the beauty shop...so she stays in her bed and hides! George loved playing with my birthday box, and Alyeska, well she's too good for boxes!

Happy Birthday to Me

My flowers from Mom and Dad

Flowers from Luke



Me and Luke at Cracker Barrel

Matt and Alan

Little Jackson

Strawberry Cake and Neapolitan Ice Cream

Me and Brenda



I had a wonderful day on my birthday. Madison and I went to the "Beauty Shop." I got a new "do"....it's short!! I was getting tired of the flipped out look, so I went short instead...it will take a little bit to get used to for sure! And, if I don't like it later, I can always let it grow! Mom and Dad sent me beautiful flowers (they were in Dallas), and Luke even brought home a bouquet for me! He even surprised me with a Lowe Pro bag for my new camera. I had a wonderful birthday.

Birthday with the girls

Christylee and Alicia

Me and Chrusty

Tonia, Alicia, and Christylee

Bring on the whipped cream and nuts!!!

Top it all off with some chocolate. They were GOOD!!!

Every year Christylee, Tonia, Alicia and I get together in honor of our birthdays. Mine is the 23rd, Tonia and Christylee's is the 24th. Alicia's is later on in the year, but she still joins us anyway. We had the best time last night. We ate dinner at Chilis and then came back over here for dessert. We made Brownie Sundays...and about passed out from the fried food and sugar high! We laughed about old times and caught up with everyone. Alicia's boys are 5 and 7 now and that just shouldn't be!!! Tonia is into making jewelry and it is really pretty. Christylee and I swapped recipes as usual. I'm so blessed to be able to have friends like these. No matter how long we go in between seeing each other, it doesn't take any time at all to catch up!!! It was a day to remember for sure!

Birthday Celebration at Cozymels

My birthday isn't until the 23rd, but Mom and Dad will be out of town on that day....so we celebrated my birthday at Cozymels on Friday night. Chris and Charelle and Diamond were even there. The food was fantastic, and I even brought home leftovers. We came back to Mom and Dads for birthday cake and a movie. We watched the Bourne Ultimatum...it was pretty good...it had some great fight scenes and of course it doesn't hurt to look at Matt Damon for a couple of hours either. I had a wonderful birthday celebration!

What you get for doing the right thing....

He had to take it off completely!

Madison wanted to see what the fuss was all about.

So I had to entertain myself somehow!

So I ran to Walmart Tuesday afternoon after the preschool. I had a little bit of a headache...mainly because all 9 children talked at once ALL day. It was a fun day! So after I do my shopping me and the buggy head for the car. I took my friends Amy and Jill's advice and parked right by the buggy bin. I mean the bin was right in front of my car. So, I loaded my trunk...closed the lid...and preceeded to push the buggy to the bin. I didn't even notice that the buggy was too close to my car! BAM...I hit the mirror pretty hard with my buggy. I didn't think it was really that loose til I got on the freeway and it had a little jiggle by then. Luke actually was able to fix it last night with a long screw. It's back and safe where it belongs. So, when you try to do the right thing by putting the buggy up, watch out...you may just hit your mirror!

Congrats Heather and James

The happy couple.

Heather and her Dad

One Happy Family!


Luke and I had the wonderful opportunity to take pictures at James and Heather's wedding this past Sunday. Of course, most of mine were blurry because I didn't want to use the flash and get in the way of Luke's camera. But enjoy them anyway! James and Heather are great friends of ours. James works for Dad and Heather cuts wonderful hair!!! We were so happy to spend their special day with them. They had the reception at Boscos and it was fantastic. The food was awesome...and the band even dedicated a song to them so they could dance! It was a very special day. Congrats guys!!!