Emma had her Snowflip gymnastics performance tonight... she is so limber and graceful!!!

My Highschool reunion is coming up...

What a sweet and precious group of friends!!!

Girl's went to Peter/Wendy Play at NOHS this weekend...

Bonus Room Fan's work, but light kits gave out... we got new lights and it's an amazingly different room!!!

Drew's response to Hayley's YES!!!

We got a free treadmill from our neighbors... it only costed us 125.00 to fix! But totally worth it:)))

We buried mom's ashes...

We met at Cracker Barrel for breakfast this weekend and then went to Greenlawn Cemetery to visit Ginger's grave (my little sister that passed away at the young age of 20) and planted mom's ashes with her sweet Gin... It was an incredibly emotional and bonding time with my sweet daddy and precious sisters! Lot's of tears and hugs and heartfelt/authentic conversation... 

Emma's in 6th grade this year and is about ready to shift into a "big girl" room. Boo Hoo, I love her room!

I think I'll keep the bedspreads and curtains and move the toys into the attic for the grandkids one day. 

I cut a few feet off of Ellie's hair the other day. It looks so cute and sophisticated on her!





Emma only wanted a little trim. She loves her long locks:))) 

Finally, we got a snow day in Athens! Girls were sooooo excited!!!

Sires came for a visit MLK weekend!!!

Saturday we watched the Falcon's game and and munched on appetizers. I had a pot roast in the crockpot, so we ate roast, potatoes, and salad for dinner. Then Suzanne and I ran down the street to join our neighbors for a game night. We hung out with them for about an hour until poor Suzie-Q had an allergic reaction to their dog. Then we came back home and chilled out and watched tv.

Sunday, Charlie and Suzanne went to visit their son Daniel, who lives with Alex, Drew, and Hayley here in Athens. When they came back, the guys watched football upstairs in the bonus room while Suzanne and I cooked a pork tenderloin for dinner that the Sires brought over. After dinner, Keith played the guitar and the girls all had a little dance party! Suzanne and I stayed up chatting until 2am that night. They left the next morning. It was a great visit!!!

So proud of my big sis... I've always believed in her, now I hope she's beginning to believe in herself...

I asked my sister, CJ (some of you may know her by one of her aliases, Dawn) if I could put a few of her paintings in some shops in Athens. Her very first painting just sold for $250.00 in less than 1 month (actually about 2 weeks)! Yes, I know talent when I see it!!!

Then she came back and brought more paintings last weekend and we took them around shops in Athens and they want her art in their shops. She went home to paint 20 more and she's coming back in 2 weeks!

She just emailed me these 3 that she just finished...

Last day of Christmas vacation... making a Gingerbread House!

The white elephant "re-gift" that I got from the New Year's Eve party ("re-gift"- meaning a gift that you received that you weren't particularly thrilled with, and so were more than willing to part with) was a gingerbread house from Trader Joes! Not a bad gift if you still have kids at home...







Great way to end the girls' Christmas break!!!