Lights of the Ozarks

November 20, 2010

Last night we attended the lighting of the Fayetteville Town Square for the Christmas season.

One of the Duggar's was emcee or special guest or something. I guess it was Jim Bob because he's the only one we saw...and he wasn't with the rest of his family. Someone later that night mentioned that his daughters recently performed at a music recital, but he wasn't in attendance.

It was pretty funny.
Zach: So, have you seen any of the Duggar's around here yet?
Me: *whispering although I'm pretty sure I'm being overheard* There. is. one. right. behind. you.
*We look at Jim Bob, and he smiles, but I don't know if it's at us, or if he always smiles. The Kool-Aid, ya know.*


Colored lights can look a little busy at times. But I LOVE this tree with the red bells. I took some more pictures of the parade and the lights (see below), but I don't know if it was my camera, the fact that the lights were captured in motion (either they were moving or I was), or a combination of the two, but this was the best shot. I'm glad it turned out, but, Lord, I NEED a new camera sometime soon. :)

I guess the Christmas season has officially begun in NWA? :)

The beginning of what we saw of the parade

Chik-fil-A Christmas Cows

It's all about the Hogs, even at Christmas!

a snowman

wonderful picture of Zach, terrible picture of me: my hair hadn't been washed and was wind-blown, and I have a pixie look here because my hair was pulled in a ponytail. Ick.

Gingerbread House, or, according to my husband, a chicken coop stuffed with small children

I thought this was Snoopy--that's why I took the picture--but it doesn't look it?

Last time I checked, there aren't Hogs in the Baby Jesus story, and they don't work at the North Pole either.

Save a horse, ride a Hog.

My Friend Anne with an E

August 19, 2010

Tonight Anne and I finally got together for an overdue coffee date at Java Primo. (I wanna go back for some gelato, prettypleasewithacherryontop. ;)

Anne was one of the first friends I made at UCA a million years ago when we had British Lit I and American Lit I together, and I missed two days of classes and messaged her on here-back when facebook was about being in college and showed your classes and who was in them. I also messaged Monica that day to find out our assignments. (I believe I also messaged Aaron, too, but I don't think he has ever been a reliable source for assignments.)

We're all old now.
We're grown-ups now.
Scratch that. We're adults now.
(Adults is a much more "grown-up" word. ;)

This picture was taken at Danielle and Charles' wedding, just a little less than a million years ago. I am so glad I got to see my Queen Anne (with an E) and catch up. She's so sweet, and I am so glad that we have stayed in touch. The only thing that would have made it more perfect would have been to have Monica there while we dined on Chik-Fil-A and then went for coffee (at Java City--that's what we did on breaks between classes). Nope. I do NOT miss the student center. But I do miss my English friends!!

It's pretty funny that Anne and I became friends and that I married Zach considering they knew each other working at the movie theatre in Hot Springs and actually went on a few dates. ;)


[our ELEVENTH month wedding anniversary AND the anniversary of the day we got our wedding license]

MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

July 9, 2010

Cow Appreciation Day!

We got free chicken meals-anything we wanted!-for dressing like bovines. The Chik-Fil-A staff were quite impressed considering we were the only adults dressed like cows (There were some cute little "calves" :), and a manager took our picture. ;)

We got lots of interesting looks, and the rain nearly destroyed our costumes, but we got FREE chicken sandwiches, waffle fries, and drinks!! We are totally doing this next year...
Evidently my flopped-up ear gives me "character."
Zach makes a much better cow than me, don't ya think?