Holidaze!

Season's Greetings!

This Christmas season has flown by and we cannot believe we're approaching the new year. Here's what has been going on this month . . .

This month was unusually cold for Arkansas. We had several days around only 20 degrees and a couple ice storms. Alice still counted it as snow and enjoyed playing in it---for about 15 minutes, then she was too cold and wanted to come back inside.

Alice had a Christmas party at her school. I was really impressed with her sticker skills in this picture. She placed the manger stickers all by herself on the paper.

We were happy to welcome Dustin's mom, brother, and sis-in-law the week before Christmas. We made gingerbread houses and had a good time visiting. FYI, Alice will be your best friend if you come stay with us :) We know Arkansas isn't a popular tourist destination, so we truly appreciate those who do make it out here.

Alice got to open her presents from Nana while she was here. Nana gave her a trunk of dress-up clothes. What a lucky princess! Oh, the puppy in the picture is a stray that got dumped on our street. If anyone wants to give it a home let me know.

Gus wasn't too excited about playing dress-ups.

On Christmas Eve, our friends the Eddy's, invited us over for dinner. We also played a little Rockband.

Here's the two guitarists

Christmas morning! Alice asked Santa for a 'Belle dress.' He also gave her a 'Mrs. Pott's Tea Set.' She played with both of them all day. I can't believe how grown up she's getting.

WARNING: PREGNANCY IS HAZARDOUS TO YOUR BRAIN CELLS!!!

It is apparent I am in the last stretch of pregnancy just from my absent-mindedness. I left a bag of frozen roll-dough out all night. In the morning this was the result--an exploded bag.

Later that same day . . . .

Dustin and I returned from Christmas Eve dinner. I wanted a glass of milk for some heartburn. It wasn't in the fridge. I looked around the kitchen for 15 minutes, dumbounded. We even entertained the possibility that someone had broken in the house and stolen milk. We started looking around for other possible stolen items. Dustin then mentioned something about being 'pregnant and hair-brained.' So I looked in the pantry. Yup, there it was. I had put it away with the flour hours earlier. Please pray my family will make it through the next couple months without me giving them food poisoning!

Last, but not least, here is a video of Alice at her school singing "The 12 days of Christmas" Her teachers all said she was such a ham. I love how she's the only one patting her back and taking a bow at the end. Enjoy!