Icy snowman?

On Friday, January 29th, we all 4 stayed home from school because of another winter storm. The ground was covered in white, so we figured we would go outside and try to build a snowman. Well...that was not exactly what ended up happening. Yes, the ground was white, BUT, it was all sleet instead of snow (except maybe the top 1/2 inch or so). There was only enough to make a snowball. Ha!






We went to lunch at Old Chicago pizza and then came home. Since I had been sick the day before with a bad cold, I got another day off--which was a nice surprise!



(don't you think these tracks are cool? I wonder WHY the animal walked in circles like that...ha)

The next day, I had to rearrange some photoshoots because of the icy roads, and dance practice was canceled. We went to Panera Bread for lunch and then Brian drove me out to Maumelle for an ordering session. After that, we had planned on going to Emily's for dinner and see Cooper, but he wasn't feeling well so we just stayed home. We got a call that church services had been canceled the next day, so we had a nice relaxing weekend, that ended with a dance practice that evening.

Birthday party day!

On Saturday, Jan 23rd, Liv had dance practice (as usual...), and Bella had a karate birthday party to go to for John, a boy at school. Bella was NOT sure what to think about that, but finally she did participate a little bit.

Then, we went to Liv's dance practice, and on break, went to the mall for lunch and to shop for Tiffany's birthday party that evening. Then it was back to dance, then to Alexander to drop of a picture order, dinner at TaMolly's in Bryant (I love that place!) and to the party at the dance studio until about 9 that evening! Talk about a big party day!

Parent's Night for Bella

Brian got to spend his birthday at parent's night at the studio for Bella's class...ha! We watched their new tap dance for this year, I feel good. It is hilarious (as always with little dancers). I can't wait for this year's recital to see how she does again!

Bella, the princess of it all!

While we were at Julianne's house for New Year's, I'd seen a picture hanging in her room where she was dressed in several princess dresses...and I'd fallen in LOVE with it! Since Bella had gotten an Ariel dress for Christmas, and I knew we had a Tinkerbell and a few others, I thought this would be a perfect idea for her! Laura let us borrow a few of Julianne's dresses to complete the picture. So...here it is! I think it is absolutely ADORABLE!!!



My favorite...Tinkerbell! Bella was truly upset with me for putting her hair up on top of her head (even though that was how Tink's hair was). I love it!

First winter storm of the year!

Monday, Jan. 3rd, we got our first winter storm. Olivia was out of school for staff development anyway, but Bella and Brian were both out due to the weather. I had a work day planned at school, but we had a two hour delay. The roads weren't bad at all, but the tiny bit of snow and ice looked pretty anyway.





And look at the weather forecast on my phone...have you ever seen such cold temperatures for Arkansas? Holy Cow!! SIX??

New Year's Day...

We went back to the Fletcher's for lunch, football, and potluck around 11 or so. We had a blast! The girls played dress up (with fashion shows between commercials) and guys watched ball..., and to be honest, we watched some too. Between games, we even hooked up our Super Mario Bros. to the Wii and had Tony, Tiffany, Brian, and Scott playing against each other. It was crazy! We stayed till early evening and headed home. It was probably the most fun I've ever had on New Year's!

New Years Eve Plans

Olivia was invited to spend the night with Julianne Fletcher on New Year's Eve. Laura asked if we'd like to go to the movie, Princess and the Frog earlier in the evening and then have dinner. So we did. The Lee's (Kelly, Tony, and Tiffany) met us at Izzy's after the movie. Then we went back to the Fletcher's house for a little bit while the girls all played. Bella did NOT want to leave, but since we plan to go back tomorrow for football and a potluck, she wasn't too hard to convince to leave.

Third Annual Trolley Ride

Our annual trolley ride almost didn't happen this year because we could barely find time that all of us could go! We ended up going on Tuesday evening after mom and Livie took Mamaw back to Louisiana. All of us met up at the park and ride in the Argenta area, and took the 4:25 trolley to downtown. We got off and ate at the Flying Burrito. It was pretty cold and windy when the sun went down, so the wait for the trolley to go back across the river was a cold one!

Merry Christmas, Love, Bella!

4 Generations

Before Mamaw left, we made sure to get a 4 generation picture with her. We took several, and this was the best of them. With little ones, we had to take what we could get... Ha!

Then, the guys got in the picture with her. She loves them so much...and they are pretty fond of her too.