Snow!... Sort Of

Okay, if you live in a state south of North Carolina and east of the Mississippi, you know that when the temperature drops below 40 and rain is anywhere in the forecast, people freak out. I mean full on survival mode: stocking up on water, bread, batteries and canned goods, cancelling school, closing roads, etc. And if there is a snowflake in sight life just stops. Matt and I laugh at the extreme precaution taken for what always ends up being less than a half an inch of snow and usually melts within a day.

Anyways, enough about that, just had to vent! We did end up getting a little bit of snow last week. I love the snow and was hoping for way more than we got. Sadie enjoyed getting to run around in it. It seemed to make her really frisky and energetic. She really liked pushing her little face into a pile of it and rubbing her face around until it was covered. Then she would take off and run as fast as she could!

It was pretty to have a little dusting. We only got about a half inch.

This was the best picture of Sadie I could get. She wouldn't slow down long enough to get a better picture!

The pond in front of our house. It was partially frozen and we let Sadie go run around on it with the ducks.

The cats decided to stay inside and enjoy the view.

The temperatures each day were only in the teens, so the little baby girl needed some help keeping warm. Diana, these pictures are for you! Yes, that is "Rice Sock" that Sadie is straddling! She was sleeping on it like a body pillow.

For those of you not familiar with "Rice Sock", it's simply a sock filled with uncooked rice. You heat it up in the microwave and use it as a heat compress. It's just a cheap, DIY way of making one of those neck wraps that you get a the spa. Sadie loves it.

On The Road Again

Not much to this post, just wanted to share some cute pictures of Sadie from our drive back to South Carolin for Christmas. She loves being in the car and is such a good rider.

Not happy that her daddy is outside the car pumping gas.

Feeling deep and analytical I guess

And back to silly!

I'm Too Sexy for My... Tacky Christmas Sweater???

Yes, you read correct, I said tacky Christmas sweater. I can say with joy that there are few things I love more than and awesomely tacky Christmas sweater. It's just a weird thing with me.

Our friends Emily and Chris were throwing a birthday/Christmas party for Chris 2 weekends before Christmas, so naturally the best theme in the world was a tacky x-mas sweater party. Since Matt and I do not really incorporate holiday themed clothing into our seasonal waredrobe, it was off to eBay we went to search for the best, worst sweaters we could find. Odd little fact about tacky x-mas sweaters... there was an uncommonly large frequency of sellers from Michigan. Who would have thought it (sarcasism, check).

So after several evenings of huddling around the computer laughing and snorting, we finally made our picks. Now, as I am with most things, I was in it to win it. I had heard through the grapevine that there was to be a winner. I was determined! So check out these beauties

Yes, those are lights you are seeing. I wasn't joking... in it to win it!! $8 on eBay. (And yes, for those of you who are wondering, Matt's sweater is technically for a woman. But doesn't that make it all the more funny?).

And here are some pics from the party. Tacky sweaters are always great for starting the party with a bang!

The guys posing in their awesome outfits

Patrick and Tristan are just drunk and dancing together. And Dave is busting a move in his classic 80's attire while dancing to Whitney Houston's "I Wanna Dance With Somebody". Yes, yes, it happened!

Me, Emily and Nikki doing our serious pose in our serious sweaters. We were feeling mid-western!

And finally, me and Lew (Emily's dad), the winners of best/worst sweater. Not only did I take it for the women, but I swept the competition with the most overall points. YES!!! Victory is mine!!

Fall Photos

As many of you viewing this blog already know, Matt and I sent out our Christmas cards this year with slightly more serious pictures than we usually do. I have a friend of friend who has started her own photography business. Her husband is a real estate agent, so she turned her hobby into a part time job once the market started going bad. She mainly does photos of kids, but wanted to get more into working with adults so she could do engagement photos, senior pics and weddings. Long story short, Matt and I decided to use her to take some photos (not really expecting much to come of it). Luckily she gave us some great shots and even created our cards for us too. Here's what a morning in the park and $35 will get you. I'd say it was worth it!