January Ice Storm

A winter weather mix was in the forecast for the early morning so school was canceled yesterday. There wasn't much ice before 10am, but sleet and freezing rain started in before noon and continued off and on for most of the day and night. Everything was covered with ice for the remainder of the weekend. The combination of sun and ice on the trees made for some beautiful pics.

Premier Regional Rally

This weekend, I drove to Atlanta with four other ladies to attend my first Premier Designs Jewelry Regional Rally. It was a long drive, but it was a fun trip. I learned a lot about my jewelry business and there was tons of information to absorb. And, I'd like to say that Jeremy was a sweetie for taking off of work and taking care of our girls so that I could make the trip!

This is a pic of me with my Premier mom, Sarah, at the end of a long day.

Rachel Jumping

Rachel and I had a dentist appointment today in Memphis. And when we have a dentist appointment there, we usually stop by the mall on our way home. We did that today and she wanted to jump on the trampoline on bungee cords there. She had a blast and jumped super high!

We got a dusting of snow!

We had snow in the forecast overnight, but we didn't get much! Rachel insisted on playing in it anyway so we went out together while Abigail was still sleeping this morning. Abigail joined us after she woke up. This was her first time in the snow.

Not enough snow to make a snowman so my little artist improvised!

The two of us! It was COLD!

I think she put a little in her mouth.

She didn't like it on her hand!

Our Christmas with Jeremy's Family

Yesterday, we drove to Searcy to visit with Jeremy's family. Jeremy's dad was home from Denver and his brother was on leave from the marines. Jeremy's grandparents also drove over for the visit.

We had a nice time and the girls came home with even more toys!

Love this picture of Abigail with Jeremy's brother, Micah.

Rachel was busy playing a game.

Christmas 2009

This year, we decided to limit the number of gifts that the girls got. Santa brought them three gifts each, we got them three gifts each and they exchanged one gift each. They always get entirely too much! After church on Christmas Eve, we let each of the girls open one gift from their Gramsy. And, they opened the rest this morning.

Last night, we made reindeer food and sprinkled it in the yard and left milk and cookies for Santa. We made the cookies from a mix that we had given as gifts this year. They were yummy!

We spent the day enjoying some good food and great family time. The girls played with most of their new toys and we played a lot of Super Mario Bros Wii with Rachel. It was a nice day.

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas from our family to you and yours!

Christmas Program

Last night, our church hosted An Evening with Clay Crosse. Our choir sang with Clay on many of the songs so Jeremy and I had to dress up for the event. Rachel and the other children got to come on stage and sing some carols with Clay, too. The program was very worshipful and was a great outreach for our community. Here are some pics that we took before heading to church.

Tacky Christmas

Last night, Jeremy and I attended our first ever Tacky Christmas Party. It was hosted by my Premier sponsor, Sarah Barker. I "designed" my outfit. I took a pajama set and covered the shirt with a tinsel wreath and picture frame, made earrings from ornaments and made reindeer shoes to finish of the look. I bought Jeremy a tacky sweater from Goodwill and sewed on a decorative throw pillow and sewed mistletoe on his elf hat. Needless to say, I was the tackiest one there!

Pics with Santa

We took the girls to see Santa tonight. Rachel was very excited to take him her wish list. Abigail liked Santa until we tried to get pics with only her and Santa. She wasn't sure about him after Rachel got up.

Here is a pic of Rachel's letter to Santa.