We had a wonderful holiday, but I sure am grateful for a long weekend of relaxation!
Christmas Eve: Getting ready to make cookies. (no, i'm not preggers. it's the shirt)
Someone would rather eat the frosting than use it for decorating.
Leaving cookies for Santa, carrots for reindeer
The scene is set.
A sampling of this year's artwork.
Santa came!
Hot Wheels and Calico Critters
Cece's here!
My stepdaughter was supposed to come over Christmas Eve, but all the flooding prevented that from happening. Finally, Christmas afternoon, more roads had opened, allowing her to eat dinner with us.
Others were not so fortunate, and spent Christmas Eve and day in evacuation shelters. This was Arkansas’ wettest year since 1882. It’s a record we’d rather not break anytime in the next several decades, believe me.
Meet Cathy Frye — deer widow, mama to two small children and stepmom to two teenagers. By day, she writes for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. By night, she Googles things like “whooping cough symptoms” or “child ate toothpaste.” Cathy describes herself as barefoot, breeding and medicated. Her husband considers her a real catch! 
of course, i love all of the artwork hanging on the mantle. so cute!!