We heart SNOW!!!

The past few days in NWA have been nothing but snow fun! It started Thursday evening when we got a lot of sleet. It turned into snow Friday & snowed ALL day until the evening. We decided to make our way to my parents house to spend time with them since they live on the lake & had fun hills to sled down!

First, I made pancakes for Chad!

Chad shoveled the driveway in the snow...

We thought it would be too cold to take Ave on a sled in the snow, so we made one & pulled around the house! She loved it!



We made our way to moms house & upon our arrival was fresh hot chocolate! We stayed up Friday night & played games late. We love cards & played Phase 10 for hours. Dad was so funny, but Tiff smoked us all! Go Tiffany!

Saturday we all woke up early & us girls fixed a big breakfast! We had bagels, omlets, toast, sausage, bacon, you name it! We got our play clothes on & us kids played in the snow!

My brother & I "attempting" to sled down their hill...



Dad clearing their driveway of the snow!

Trying to start a snowman:

Over the weekend we took these pictures. My dad took this first one off their back portch & I took the second which I am entering in a winter picture contest. It's amazing the beauty you can capture with the snow...




We had so much fun Friday night we decided to stay the whole weekend! So Saturday night was full of a Mexican fiest & games! My parents invited some of their best friends over to join who live down the street! We enjoyed fajitas & then played some Catch Phrase! It got heated but was a blast! We laughed so much...




Randon picture but we spike Avery's hair at bathtime. I had to show you how cute this is! She just looked to adorable! She turns 8 months old this week.

Why do bad things happen to good people?

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart & lean not on your own understandings". . .

Stylin' for the Holidays & ICE STORM!

Can I just tell you how much I love Holidays? I love having a reason to dress up according to each Holiday. Now that I have Avery, I am just a little crazy in the head. I love dressing her in all kinds of cute things that match with each Holiday. Since February is just around the corner, today I got some cute outfits together that I have for her to wear! We already adore pink but all we need to do is add some fun red in the mix along with hearts & we are ready for VALENTINES month! I thought I would share a few of my favorites. The sad thing is this isn't all of them! I have a sickness! Seriously!

I am SO excited about this skirt I got for $2.99! We are getting some cute pics of her in this on a cute little red couch! (Look close, it has hearts on it)


These tights are ADORABLE!



I know this isn't Valentines but I bought this for $2.99 also & loved it for now with a turtle neck or even into the spring by itself! Of course I had to have a matching bow so we made one!

Today my good girlfriend who is VERY talented came over to play making bows. I have really gotten into them but CANNOT take all the credit. I have probably had 500 e-mails in the last 6 months on her bows! I have made several of the daisy ones but the ribbon ones were either done by her, or she helped me make them. I have finally learned to make them like "the pro" so we played today making them for our daughters! I made several to match her outfits for February! We even made them matching ones for Valentines! I don't want to go into too much detail as she is going to start selling them & putting them on her personal website! YIPPEE! So hang tight & I will make sure & let you know when she does her post because she is very talented & reasonable & you will want to put some orders in asap!!!

After wearing our hands out of making bows we made our way to WMT for some shopping! For those of you out of state, we are expected to have a HUGE ice storm hit tomorrow. Sad to say but they were out of eggs, bottled water, & bread! Luckily they had toilet paper! HA! This is a picture of what happened to our town last year, & they say we are supposed to get it worse this year. We'll see, UGG! At least we are STOCKED up!


My pantry ready for the storm- this momma is prepared!

Quick blog update!

Hi Friends & Family!

I have had alot of people saying that they have had problems leaving me comments due to my new system I downloaded to block certain users. The reason that I downloaded it was to block anonymous comments & stalkers. Yes, unfortunately there are some really mean and inappropriate people out there in this world. All I can say to that is if you don't like me, my life, or my blog- just don't read it! Simple as that! So it's fixed & now you should be able to post where you don't have to state your e-mail! Sorry for the confusion!

Also, I wanted to add in that I don't blog for comments. While I do truly appreciate the comments & feedback that I receive from all of my blogger friends & family, I blog for a diary. I like to keep track of Avery's progress & hopefully will be able to show her one day what her Mommy was up to throughout her pregnancy & first few years of her life. It's so fun to be able to have this tool to also share with my family. Some of them live over 400 miles away & don't see us often so it's neat to share our day to day lives with them.

Thank you so much for always visiting our blog! I can't tell you how sweet you all are & how much I do appreciate those positive comments. It means so much to hear that you think I am real & that I have touched lives through living by example in my life.

I just posted some adorably cute pics of Avery beneath this post. She will be 8 months old a week from tomorrow!

Priceless

Her first tooth!

Avery got her first tooth! It's coming in on the bottom front/right side. We are tickled about it. She looks so cute & won't stop moving that tongue on it. I have to say I teared up when I felt it. It's amazing how fast they grow up before your eyes. It was a total surprise!

Today I spent the whole day with her relaxing. We enjoyed doing so much together! We did laundry (even played in it), read books, played in her room, had tummy time, napped together & watched Baby Einstein. It's been eventful in our household! I enjoy the days where I just get to look at her, ALL day! God has truly blessed me with the job of being a stay at home mom. She is my everything!



These are all of Ave's favorite foods right now! She likes pretty much everything! I like to stay stocked up, & I "HEAR" we are getting another ice storm later this week so I kinda freaked out! I like to call her my little piggy...

Girls, I am ready for the BACH tonight! Be ready for a recap! ;)

PJ'S & 30th BDAYS!

This weekend was FUN! I started off the weekend on Friday night for my girls night. Several of my girlfriends & I decided to do a game night once a month! It's going to be simple & fun! You bring whatever you want to eat & come ready to play games! This month my friend Kim hosted. She wanted everyone to wear their PJS so we wore them & brought comfort food. We all played games for hours! We started off playing Catch Phrase & boy was that crazy. We were screaming so loud that I am sure all her neighbors heard us. We ended the night playing Wii & dancing. I am hosting next month in my home & I can hardly wait! I have already started planning!


























Saturday night was my friend Nancee's 30th BDAY! She had the most adorable invitations sent out & everything matched her hot pink & zebra theme. There were tons of us last night. We all enjoyed a big dinner & headed over to ALOFT Hotel where all her friends stayed the night. It was a fun party with so many great girls. I don't think I need to do cardio for a few days, I seriously busted a few moves dancin' & can I just say I am sore? You don't realize you are working certain muscles into you wake up the next day! Never the less I had a good workout & a good time out with some sweet gals.