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(Deleted as promised, even though she said only my few friends look at my blog and she doesn't care what they think.)

This is a picture of my sister Christie and her boyfriend Adam from Christmas. She moved to Starkville to go to MSU. I am extremely proud of her and how she is making her own path in life. I just wish that path included calling her big sister once in while. So I am posting this picture on the great World Wide Web until she gives me a little update on her busy life.

Do we still live in Memphis?

Our kids asked us to make the world biggest snow ball! In Memphis! In March!

So, we did the best that we could. And then we made the giant snowball into a drunk snowman. Seriously, we couldn't get him to stand up straight.

Aiden!

Aiden my little monkey is getting to be such a little man.

I just wanted to share some fun pics!

Ain't he cute!

Word girl turns 30!

My friend Sarah drove all the way from Birmingham to spend her big day with the girls in Germantown! What a great girl! So I made her a cake. And we partied! You may all know her as Sarah. But I know that she is truly Word Girl! Happy Birthday! And Happy Birthday to Leanna, Valorie, Catherine, and Celeste!

(Katie Kerr... this is Sis Nickels from the square!)

January and February

Well, I didn’t give up on blogging. I just got a little busy and distracted. Southern Sweetcakes is going great! But most of my elective time is filled with cake planning. Along with that, I have been doing all that I can to get and keep my family healthy. It has been an incredibly long winter. Here are some of the fun things that I have been needing to post.

Father Son moment

Eric is going to kill me for posting this. Hee! Hee!

Gas low

Several weeks ago I had hope. This was the lowest the prices got before they started going back up again. Such a short dip.

Road Trip

I forgot about these funny pics from the tail end of our trek out west and back. We had a blast but were completely exhausted at the end.

It is bad news when even the driver is sleeping!

Good thing the co-pilot never sleeps when Eric is driving!

The Great Outdoors

Slave labor?

Something scary in the back yard!

It was wet and cold outside and I had been avoiding the outdoors. The kids got tired of waiting for me to finish whatever chore I was working on, and decided to get their boots on and go out by themselves. The attentive mother that I am, didn't notice their departure until I heard Jenna-grace screaming "Snake!!! Mom there is a scary snake!" I captured and pictured (bagged and tagged) Eric thinks it is actually a Skink. Whatever that is.

After spending Christmas in Utah, the kids were pretty disappointed with the Memphis snow.

Jenna-flower Nursery Graduate

One day when I went to pick up Jenna-Grace from school she had this cute flower headband on. I took about 10 pictures with my phone. Every single one was blurred or frowny. This was the best shot. I think I want to make one of these flower headbands. She is such a beautiful flower.

Jenna Grace is a Sunbeam!

Here are some fun pics from Nursery Graduation.

Big Boys Bed

While we were moving out Jenna-grace's toddler bed, we decided to go ahead and move out Max's too. So now Max and Aiden share the Big Boy Bunk Bed!

Big Girl Bed!

Jenna-grace had a Dora bed.

Now she has the bed that I had when I was a little girl.

Southern Sweetcakes

I am starting a little business. I wanted to share with you, my favorite people, a little about what I have been up to.
Southernsweetcakes.blogspot.com

31!

I am no longer 30. I am now in my 30’s. Turning 30 wasn’t so bad. It was kind of fun. I felt like I was finally a grown-up. It was a bit empowering. Now, however, I’m just getting old! Don’t get me wrong. I am not sulking in pity here. Rather, I am resolving to be happy in life. Life is a journey, not a destination. Live it up, no matter what is trying to bring you down. All being said with an assumption that righteous living is the only true source of real peace and happiness. I resolve to worry less about the clutter and more about the giggles; less about things I can’t control and more about my own state of mind. I resolve “to make the next 30 years the best years of my life”.
Trivia Fun! Who knows who said that?

Utah!

Let it snow, Let it snow, Let it snow!

It is hard to tell, but in the very middle of the picture is Eric and Jenna-grace.

We had so much fun in the frozen wonderland.

It started snowing the day before we arrived in Utah and didn't stop the whole time we were there. It was great! But we were a little cold. The thermometer at the bottom of the ski lift read 4 degrees! I wanted to take a picture, but I really didn't want to take my gloves off.

The kids had so much fun in the snow that they never seemed to get cold. They wanted to play and sled all day.

By the end of the trip we were all exhausted!

We had the best trip! We visited family and friends that we miss so much. And loved every minute of it. I am sorry that I don't have any pictures of our great friends and family. They were so good to us, and helped in so many ways during our visit.