That's All, Folks!

So, at the end of the day, this is what we stayed home for. Bless our little hearts, down here in the South. We get so excitable over a little dusting of snow. I wonder if there's any milk and bread left at Wal-Mart ...

I Could Get Used to This!

Update: My school district is now closed! Yay! I get to be a stay-at-home-mommy for the day!

Just thought I would post a few pictures of what is beginning to happen around here this morning! More snow! So far, the school district we live in has already closed for the day. The district I work in is on a two hour delay, and of course, I'm already up and showered. But, who cares when you've got beautiful snow falling outside of your window!

The snow collecting on our welcome mat ... sorry it's sideways!

Pretty snow flurries!

It's a little hard to see, but it was 6:15 am when I was taking these pictures!

This is our deck so far this morning. I'll post more as it (hopefully!) gets prettier!

Super Bowl Sunday

What's the Super Bowl without a good party? We joined the youth on Sunday for the Toilet Bowl, a flag football tournament, and all-you-can-eat wings during the game. Jason had a blast playing football and even caught the game winning touchdown in quintuple overtime! Glad Camryn and I were only there to catch the last 20 minutes of the game, because I don't think I could have sat out in the cold and watched flag football for a whole game plus five overtimes! We did have a great time hanging out with the youth and other adults and actually got to see the opening kickoff for the first time in seven years! Here are some pictures from our night.

The Toilet Bowl

Jason and Robbie taking a break on the sidelines

Strategy

Getting ready for the final play

Robbie getting ready to "ghost" Caleb

Camryn talking with Mr. Ronnie

The winning team

Daddy and his favorite cheerleader

Camryn & Jamie

Robbie, Bert, and Jason proving Baptist ministers love their chicken!

Jason's Birthday: The Anderson Celebration

The first stop in Jason's month-long birthday tour was this weekend in Anderson. He had a wonderful weekend - great friends, awesome memories, and time with people who always make us feel loved and special. The highlight of our weekend was when we went to Matty's Downtown for supper on Friday night, and a trombonist serenaded him with an awesome, jazzed up version of Happy Birthday, which you can see a picture of below. What a perfect way for a music guy to celebrate his 30th!

Opening the first OF THIRTY gifts from the Edwards family, proclaiming the weekend "King Jason Weekend!"

The official proclamation

Anything golf ...

... or USC makes him a happy man!

Celebrating at Matty's
The trombone serenade!
Blowing out the candle on his monstrous piece of birthday cake!

Mr. & Mrs. Birthday Boy
Our little party animal ... all pooped out!

How cute - 30 on his 30th! Signatures of 30 people in Anderson who love Jason!

Yes, they stayed up half the night doing this AGAIN! They finished this time, though!

The Birthday Boy and his girls

Oh, the beauty of a homemade birthday cake!

Blowing out more candles

I just had to include this one, because she looked so cute!

A few pictures of the party people ...

The BIG 3-0!

More celebrations to come!

Potty Update

I am a little scared to actually announce this for fear that it might suddenly stop. So, as I am typing this, I am crossing my fingers, knocking on wood, crossing my eyes, doing a little jig, or any of those other silly things you're supposed to do for good luck. Here it is - with much pomp and circumstance, I am very proud to announce that it appears my daughter is now potty trained.

Here's the story of how this all came about. Two weeks ago, we were ready to string Camryn up by her toes. We had been working with her so diligently and finally reached our breaking point the day she stood beside Jason as he was talking with her teacher on the way home from school and wet through her pants and then went to church that same night and wet through her pants in the nursery. When we got home, we gave another long, impassioned speech about being a big girl but decided we were giving up the fight for now. We were putting her back in diapers and letting her decide when it was time. Two days later, without any prompting from us, she was asking to go to the potty on a regular basis, and we have been diaper-free and pull-up-free (except during sleep times) ever since. She is a stinker, but I am VERY proud of my little stinker. And, she is very proud - in fact, she will approach anyone who is willing to listen and let them know she has been dry for several days now. So, we are crossing our fingers that this lasts ... and rejoicing that our checkbook will now look a little better since diapers will no longer be on our shopping list.

To celebrate our little victory, Camryn donated the last of her diapers to Aunt Lindsay's baby. It will be a little while before Baby Smith is wearing those big, honkin' size 5's, but it's the thought that counts!