SNOW galore!

So on Thursday we got out of school at noon for the snow that was suppose to be coming. About 6ish that night it started icing and then snowed from about 24 hours non stop. And the end result was between 6 and 8 inches of snow! WOW! Never seen that much before!

Yesterday I went out and shoveled the side of the driveway that my car is on while it was still snowing in case we needed to get out, then today I went and did the whole driveway. Wouldn't be so bad if out driveway wasn't a hill...oh well I got my exercise and making me that much closer to my goal!

This is what it measured in one spot - 6 inches!

This is how the dog and cat spent there Friday evening.

William and Jack playing in the yard...

Maximum Marriage Retreat

Our church had a Marriage Retreat in Branson this weekend. Since we have been married for 5 1/2 years and have never been to a marriage conference this was the perfect time since I just started back to school and it's not too crazy yet.

We arrived to Branson around 4pm on Friday evening. This is our room, at the Hilton at Branson Landing, it was smaller than we thought but very nice, LOVED the corner room!

We did a little shopping at the Branson Landing Promenade and then ate at Texas Land & Cattle for dinner to break our fast. William has a steak and I had a chicken salad.

It's still Christmas time in Branson.

My sweetie after dinner!

I love this reindeer but if you look close he's missing an antler...haha!

Me, before heading down to the conference.

Me & My sweetie! LOVE HIM!

William(in the red shirt) playing Jeopardy on Friday night after listening to Nick Floyd talk about God's plan for Marriage. Awesome session, Nick really keeps it lively!:)

Then is was Q & A time with our pastor and his wife.

Then, we call got sent to Cantena Laredo at the Branson Landing for complimentary dessert. We split a Mexican Brownie with Brandy butter, it was too die for! Enjoyed some nice chit-chat with the Daspit's.

Me, this morning before heading down to the conference!

Me & my sweetie!

I LOVE this tree! I would totally have it in my house if it was big enough, this picture does no justice for the tree but it is gorgeous!

Today we started with Giveaways which we wont a $25 to Johnny Brusco's! YEAH! Then, we heard about Healthy Communication and then played Couples Amazing Race which was crazy! Running all over the Convention center and the Hilton hotel, I got plenty of exercise...haha! First we had to find 15 words in the word Marriage, then it was off to dance together for 3 minutes, then off to say 5 sweet things about each other, then to have my husband sing too me and then a small marriage renewal ceremony! So much fun!:) Then we listened to Eric Vaughn talk about Financial Management, which I am glad we were pretty right on with this from taking Financial Peace University.

When the conference was over at noon we enjoyed lunch at the White River Fish House at the Brandon Landing with the Knoble's and Daspit's. It is soo good! They serve sweet jalapeno cornbread. I had Fried catfish, which was ok, and William had Maple glazed Salmon with pecan butter that he said was very good!The restaurant is actually floating on water.

We then shopped at the outlet malls in the rain and headed back home to get our sweet little puppy! He was so excited to see his mommy and daddy, then we headed off to Johnny Brusco's to enjoy our free dinner!:)

Last First Day of Nursing School...

Today was my last First day of Nursing school...YEAH! So, I took some pictures so I could look back in a few years and see :)

32 seems so warm!

WOW! It may actually make it above freezing...SOON! I hope very soon! I was not meant to live in a blistering cold environment!

Baby it's REALLY cold outside!

This is what my car said this morning! I didn't even know it would go that low....burrr!

It Snowed, AGAIN!

It has snowed yet again! I do love snow, but I think I am ready for it to go away! We can't get the cars up the driveway, it's way too cold and I would like for school to start on time so I can actually graduate in May!

It is 10 degree here right now and feels like -7, the high today is 12 with the low being 5 and feeling like it -9. I have never been where the temperature was in the single digits....burrrr, I am cold! And I can't have any hot chocolate:(

Good news is it's suppose to warm up above freezing in a few days, YEAH!

Snow covered driveway and EARLY Birthday present!

Well, it snowed here ALOT two days ago and still hasn't melted. I don't really have a problem with it, I think the white stuff is very pretty. After growing up in West Memphis and all we ever got was ice this is a nice change. Since our driveway is a hill it causes minor problems when it snows. We haven't had any problems with it this snow until yesterday, I got up the driveway just fine but I think William's car is just to heavy, so it had to spend the night at the end of our driveway. William was not to fond since him and ice don't get along too well(ex. previous broken hip). This experience definitely made me appreciate our garage much more! I went out and started the car for him this morning so he didn't have to be out in the cold too much, the walk at work is horrendous!

William's car at the bottom of the hill!

Then, I got my early birthday present in the mail today(my birthday isn't until July, so it's only 6 months early...it's my half year present:))! YEAH! My mom ordered these for me because I had no boots, but I found some identical to these at Sam's in Brown for $30, but couldn't find black any where, so my mommy ordered me a pair of real Uggz! I feel so special! Maybe next year I can get another pair in brown...hint, hint(haha)!

SNOW!

This morning we woke up to our 3rd snow of the season but our first for 2010! We got 3-4 inches. We didn't venture out on the roads to church but we did watch it online, such a great sermon!

Here are a few pictures from our snow...

The tree in our back yard.

If you look closely you can see that my outdoor lights are almost completely covered.

Rylee was dieing to go outside!

The horse's in our backyard.

This evening we have been playing lots of video games, this time of year is unusually slow for us with no connection group on Sunday night we spent some time together playing some games!

William usually beats me in everything we play...but not this time! If you notice on the picture below it says we have the same score but I think because I wont the last race it gave the win to me. Whatever, I will take it any way I can get it!

New Year's Eve...

Yesterday I spent most of the day getting the house back in pre-painting order and taking down the outside Christmas decorations. Afterwards William & I headed to Tulsa to visit the Apple Store, The Cheesecake Factory and see The Mississippi Riverkings play some Hockey. We had fun! We got home just before midnight and rang in the New Year by eating our Chocolate Chip Cheesecake:) YUMMY!

William & I at the BOK Center in Tulsa on New Years Eve.