"Efanants"

This was such a beautiful (and busy and fun) weekend! The weather was great...it was nice to finally see some warm days that we could actually enjoy being outside! Friday afternoon, I took Molly to see the circus here in town. It was only here for one day, but they had two different shows...one at 4:30 and one at 7:30. We opted for the earlier show, hoping it would be a little less crowded. But, it was still packed. Molly was so excited & couldn't wait to see a real, live "efanant". My moma, Braylon, my aunt & uncle and my little cousin Rhiana went with us. The kids absolutely loved it! It was the first time any of them had seen elephants, lions, tigers, camels, etc! And, I must say, I was pretty impressed with the show myself...it was very entertaining! The kids enjoyed riding the ponies when we arrived...

And getting up close & personal with the elephants during intermission...After the circus (& 2 bags of cotton candy, a magic light-up wand, and a circus coloring book), we met Eric, Shannon & Robin at Ware's for supper. It was SO packed that night...but, as always, the food was great!

Saturday morning, me, Molly & Robin took off to Statesboro to hit Hobby Lobby. I absolutely love that store! I bought some new ribbon to make a few hairbows with & a couple of little Easter & Valentine's "what-nots" for the house. They always have the cutest things! We also stopped by Petco where Molly enjoyed seeing all the pets. She saw the "biggest mouse her had ever seen" which was actually a guinea pig...she gets so excited! And, of course, no trip to Statesboro is complete without stopping by Nikko's for some Japanese...yum yum!

We met up with the whole crowd Saturday night at Coleman's Lake for supper. It was the first time we'd been there in quite a while. It was very good. Afterwards, a few of us stopped by the Mason's to welcome Cliff home. And, no trip to the Mason's is complete without playing the Wii. Yesterday was such a pretty day & we took advantage of it by staying outside all day. Me, Molly, Eric and Shannon rode the rangers up town to the Waffle King for lunch. We then rode all over the place...through the woods, around the pond, even to the schools to visit the petting zoo & playgrounds. We had everyone come over & shoot skeet at the pond that afternoon. Then, we headed over to the Mason's for Supper Club...you can check out some of the pictures from Supper Club here. It was a very busy weekend, but it was so much fun!

It's Dang Cold!

It's cold in here in south Georgia! If you don't believe me, take a look at what our plants looked like this morning...

Well, it actually was just one plant. And, well, it was actually because Eric left the outside faucet spraying onto the poor little plant all night! But, still...it's dang cold!

Alaska Volcano

I'm sure most of you have heard about the volcano in Alaska that is about to erupt. My cousin (who lives in Alaska) emailed me this morning about the volcano and gave me a really interesting link to a website which is covering the volcano minute-to-minute. They are expecting it to erupt any day now. If you are interested, you can check out the website here: www.avo.alaska.edu/activity/Redoubt.php

Super Bowl Weekend

Congratulations, Steelers on your Super Bowl victory! We enjoyed watching the game last night with friends...but, really enjoyed watching all of the great commercials! When Molly & I arrived home Friday afternoon, we found these in our driveway... Well, actually, Molly was asleep. She didn't see them until later that afternoon. But, regardless, she was very excited when she finally did see them! We enjoyed riding them all weekend. It was pretty chilly, but the black one has a windshield so that helped a lot. You couldn't really stand the wind riding on the green one. Braylon & my parents came over yesterday, and we had a blast riding them. Braylon was just beyond thrilled...I cannot wait for it to get warmer weather so we can enjoy them even more! Friday night, we went with Shannon & Robin to J&B's Steakhouse. Wow, it was great. I think they served the biggest steaks I've ever seen in my life. And, I swear, my plate had 43 shrimp on it ( I wonder if it was in honor of Super Bowl 43)...Me & Molly ate shrimp until I thought we would pop & we still had 14 left to take home! Saturday, we rode the Rangers some and later that night, Shannon, Robin, Tracy & Caroline came over. We ordered some pizzas and enjoyed playing cards & mixing a few frozen drinks. They were actually pretty delicious! Later that night, we took the girls out to roast marshmallows...they loved it! They are such little hams... Molly didn't really care to eat the marshmallows. She just wanted to roast them... ...And then, Jimmy would still them off of her stick!

I'm a Winner!

That's right...I'm a winner! I, who never wins ANYTHING, actually won something online! Every once in a while, I visit a little blog called "Giveaway A Day". I actually heard about it on MckMama's site (which I love). Anyway, this site gives out different gifts each day. You simply leave a comment about which item you like & they randomly choose a number. If that number matches your comment, you are the winner. Earlier this week, they were giving away a Venus Necklace made by Loverly Things, and I actually won it! I got to choose between these two necklaces... I chose the blue one...I seem to wear blue pretty often. I'm so excited! I am going to put the site's button on the sidebar of this blog...check it out sometime. You just might be her next winner!

Checked Inside & Out!

I was checked from the inside-out yesterday...literally! During my lunch hour, I had a dental checkup to get my teeth cleaned...I hate going to the dentist! I had a new hygienist yesterday and it took my entire lunch hour just to get my teeth cleaned! And, yesterday afternoon, it was off to see Allen again at Dr. Sharkey's office. They took all of my stitches out from 2 weeks ago & I had good reports from all of those biopsies...woo-hoo! Then, they biopsied 4 new spots...ouch! So, it will be another 2 weeks of waiting to get those biopsy results back...waiting is always the worst! Moma had cooked my favorite (spaghetti) for supper last night when I got there to pick up Molly. So, we enjoyed having supper with my parents and Braylon! And, we really enjoyed ice cream cones after supper!

New pics of Mo

Here are a couple of new pictures I took recently of Molly...she's such a big girl now!

This one, I snapped in the yard last Friday...

We were on our way to Drake's 18th birthday party here. She's wearing the coat & hat that Santa brought her and the "boots with the fur" that Meme gave her for Christmas. She looks so "growny" here striking her model pose...