Happy Birthday to Me!!

I had the very best birthday! We celebrated all weekend! While Bailey was at school on Friday, I went shopping for a new Vera Bradley purse, which I said I wasn't going to do, but then I saw the new Hope Garden pattern in a new style called Gabby. Very cute!! Then I hit West Town Mall and enjoyed some delicious moments at Bath & Body Works and Williams Sonoma. Very, very wonderful! Bailey spent the night at Mom & Dad's on Friday night so Chris and I could go to The Chop House (YUM!!). Chris had been sick so we brought home a couple of movies to watch, "Wanted" (I lasted about 30 minutes) and "Hancock" (only lasted 15 minutes). So we ended up watching "NCIS" which is always great!! On Sunday, I took a nap (oh, yeah!!) and then had dinner with my dear friends at Cafe 4. I had Lobster Mac & Cheese and Baklava Cheesecake!!! OMG!!! Too wonderful!! On Monday, I met a friend for lunch and then we had dinner at Mom & Dad's - two more fantastic meals!! Bailey gave me a beautiful ring and earrings that she picked out for my special day - she is so sweet! I even got another gift today from a sweet friend. All the birthday greetings from my Facebook friends also made my day. This was the best birthday!

Just Another Day in Appalachia!

Enough said!!

Have a great weekend!!

The Great Snow Hunt of 2009

We were hunting for snow and we found it!!!! We had such a good time with the WVa contingent of the Lemmons family last weekend! The kids played Wii most of the time, of course, while the grown-ups relaxed. Jennifer and I went to a crop on Saturday, which was fun!! By Sunday night, the snow was coming down heavily and we were so hopeful that there would be enough snow for sledding the next day. And there was!!! The kids and dads bundled up (it was like 20 degrees!) for sledding and the moms bundled up for picture-taking! I got lots of great pictures! Sarah and Bailey's coats were beautifully bright against the snow, and they went down the hill over and over till I filled up my memory card! We saw several deer in the yard, too, and they were so beautiful - how could Chris even CONSIDER killing such precious creatures? :( We made it home safely on Monday and we're looking forward to our next WVa adventure!!

Nano Day!

Bailey was so excited to receive enough money for Christmas and her birthday to buy her first iPod! She'd been wanting a pink Nano forever, so the day we went to the Apple store to get it was a VERY exciting day! We started with Starbucks (of course!!) and then headed to the mall. Bailey had picked out her iPod and paid for it in about 3 minutes flat! It was a super-fun girls' day out!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

It's hard to believe it's already 2009! A brand-new year full of possibilities. It's "possible" that I will not be such a procrastinator this year, but I wouldn't bet the house on it ;) I used to get SO MAD at Chris for procrastinating - I even called him the "ProChrisTinator!!" Nice, huh?!?

We had a wonderful family New Year's Eve!! We ate at a new pizza place called Dazzo's where our pizza was as big as our table (no lie! big pizza, little table!) and then we saw the new movie, "Bedtime Stories," which is hilarious and a must-see!! Since it was getting cold and windy by then, we decided not to walk around downtown and went to the Dupree's house instead. There were lots of kids, lots of jumping around, and a whole lot of fun!! At midnight, there were kisses all around and then we went outside with our noisemakers and musical instruments to "serenade" the neighborhood! It was fun!! We hope you all have a wonderful year!!

Blessings,

Angela

(I know it looks like the kids are trying to kill one another, but they wrestled like that all night! And there was some dancing, too!)