Halle's New Room

Halle has been wanting to paint her room ever since we moved in. We finally got around to picking out a color and getting started on it. Halle got to help paint and was very excited about that. Brant and I went out shopping one night while the girls were at Nenaw and Pappy's. We bought decor to go in the room, came home and put it all together to surprise her when she came home. She was surprised and we think it turned out relly good!

Snow Days!

This year we were blessed by beautiful blankets of white snow twice. While it did cause our lives to be put on hold more than we might have liked, it was very beautiful to look at, and was more snow than either of my girls have seen in their lifetime. They had a great time watching it snow, pretending to be inside of a beautiful snowglobe, and building a snowman and igloo. The snow days were great memories we made that I hope the girls will remember forever.

It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

I can't believe another holiday season has come and gone. It has been a very busy, but great couple of months. I have really enjoyed the holidays this year with the girls. It was very exciting for Kennadi. She sand Christmas carols all day every day. I also loved having Christmas in our new house. We decorated the house with lights and had a Grisswold moment in the front yard the very first time we lit them up!

I am so thankful for my husband and girls. I am so thankful for my Saviour who came as a tiny baby to the world to save me. I feel very blessed to have had a wonderful holiday season. Now I will take a glance back at some of the highlights of the month.

Taking snap shots for our Christmas cards.

Kennadi struck a pose!

Halle's Christmas program at school.

Some of Halle's classmates.

"It's a Wonder-full Life"

Christmas program at church.

Halle's school Christmas party.

Christmas Eve:

Early present - snowglobes.

Halle and Brady reading the Christmas story.

Setting out goodies for Santa.

Christmas Morning:

Merry Christmas!!!!!

When Your Smilin'

This month Halle began her "Phase One" of orthodontic work. Yes that's right, I said "Phase One." For several years now we have known Halle needed to have work done in order to make room in her tiny little mouth. Every dentist or orthodontist that has ever seen her has just been amazed at how tiny her mouth really is. We had to wait until she lost several teeth before the work could begin.

The past three weeks she has been going to the orthodontist getting ready for her big appointment that was this past Thursday. She had an expander put it. She will go back in eight weeks to have it checked, followed by another eight weeks. Then she will have her first set of braces put on-probably sometime in March.

Her mouth has been really sore and it has been a tough couple of days for her. But, she is adjusting and doing better. We know this is the right thing for her, but it is hard to watch her have to go through all of it.

They did give her a SonicCare toothbrush that she loves very much. I told her this would all be worth it someday when she has a beautiful smile!

Weekend Getaway

A few weekends ago, Brant and I decided to take a little trip up to a cabin on Beaver Lake. It is just outside of Eureka Springs. It is soooo beautiful there! We had a great time just relaxing and enjoying quietness. We think we need to make it a yearly tradition to go somewhere together every October.

This was our view from our cabin. It was absolutely breathtaking!

The rocking chair that broke while we were feeding the racoons. This is a rather funny story, even though Brant ended up with a large knot on the back of his head and I ended up with bruises. If you are curious about what happened, ask me!

The racoons were too cute! But, I wasn't about to let them eat out of my hand.

Salem Tigers

This year Halle began 3rd grade at a new school. Since we moved this summer, we are now in the Bryant School District. Halle is now attending Salem Elementary. She is adjusting just fine, even got straight A's this first nine weeks. She has made lots of friends and is having lots of fun.

First Day of School.

Literacy Night at Salem.

Limo Ride for fundraising.

Fall Carnival.

Fall Carnival and funnel cake...Yummy!

The Summer Wrap-Up

I can't believe the summer has already come to an end and school is back in session. We were so busy this summer moving, working, playing. I decided to do a post compiled of all the fun we had this summer.

Not too shortly after moving, we went to church camp. This is one of the girls' most favorite things to do. They look forward to it all year and immediately begin waiting to go back as soon as we come home. This year was no different. We all had such a good time. We shared many laughs and lots of memories. I'm so glad to get to experience this with my girls each summer.

We spent a lot of time this summer swimming. The girls really enjoy it. Halle has gotten so good, she now swims like a fish! It is hard to believe she was once scared of the water.

We didn't really go on a vacaction this year, so we decided to do some small things around here instead. We took the girls to Pinnacle Mountain and the Museum of Discovery. They had a lot of fun doing things that our own surrounding cities have to offer.