Holiday House and Wicked!

I hope y'all had a great weekend! We had a fantastic one! Saturday Mama and I went to Little Rock Junior League's annual "Holiday House". Look at these gorgeous decorations! And that was just the beginning of it all!
Beautiful Christmas Tree!


Mama and I shopped til we dropped-literally! Good thing is, I got a little Christmas shopping done! There were TONS of booths there. I saw a few of my friends who I hadn't seen in a while too!

More Christmas Decor!

Yesterday, Logan and Lauren took pictures with me. I took this one of them-what sweeties they are!

We went to the broadway show, Wicked yesterday as well.

Here we are before we left for the show

Here's Logan and his new guitar!

Look at this green water! Looks like it is just for Wicked!

The show was awesome. Just such great music! I have had the songs in my head all day today!

He said to them, "Let the little children come to me..." Mark 10:14

A Night at the Capital

As I mentioned in an earlier post, Wednesday was our 3 year wedding anniversary. We decided to stay at Capital Hotel, in Little Rock, for a night. Let me just say that from the moment we walked in the door, we fell in love with this hotel! We were greeted with a smile when we arrived. This hotel is very historic and opened in 1877, I believe.
outside the hotel with corinthian columns

Here is our room. So nice!

Concierge knocked on the door and had an amenity for us! It was fresh, and I mean, it tastes like it had been picked right off the vine fresh! They also had a welcome letter for us. So nice.

Look at the gorgeous architecture in the lobby. Beautiful.

There is also a story behind this revolving door.

Spectacular stained-glass ceiling

Throughout the hotel, there were many fresh flowers. I have a thing about fresh flowers. They are just gorgeous to me, and my preference.

As we all know, yesterday was September 11th. I had to take this picture.

Here we are on the balcony outside the hotel.

So quaint! Perfect on a Fall day while reading a book!

Here we are before dinner. We had dinner at Capital Bar and Grill. It really was yummy. I had the pork chop with bacon cheddar grits. Russell had wild caught salmon with rice. And for dessert, we were going to share one, but we wanted to try both. I had chocolate pudding with salted caramel cauce and Russell had southern fried blackberry pie. Let me say that the food was fantastic. Just great!

Russell and I celebrating our 3rd anniversary

I also have to tell you about the elevator. The legend is that it was generously sized in order to accomodate President Grant and his horse during an 1880 visit! What a legend, right?!

We had breakfast at Ashley's in the hotel and it was fabulous!

I had Ashley's Signature: chocolate french toast with sorghum peanut butter, bacon, and croissant. Heaven on a plate, ya'll.

And Russell loved Irish Breakfast: two poached eggs over cheddar grits. What a way to wake up!

Fresh roses and hypericum berries decorated each table and brightened up the whole room in Ashley's. We had a great time. I have to say that we literally just relaxed (and ate!). :) But we had a fantastic time and that is all that matters to us.

I took my troubles to the Lord; I cried out to him, and he answered my prayer. Psalm 120:1

Shoes and Fragrance Counters

Yesterday my mom and I went to Little Rock and made a quick stop at Belk. I needed a pair of shoes and I got to looking at ALL the very HIGH heels like this one: I can honestly say I could NEVER wear these! I would seriously fall and break my leg! YIKES! I am sorry to say I can't pull it off! HA! These are Jessica Simpson shoes. I wish she designed shoes that were not too high and not too flat. Needless to say, I got a "flat" pair of her shoes yesterday!

The fragrance counter was nearby and this certain perfume caught my eye:
The very infamous "Chanel No5." I smelled it and it was okay, but not my very favorite. Mama and I ended up going around and smelling almost every perfume on those counters! Here are some others that I really liked.

Viva La Juicy
Oh my word, I love this one! The name of the perfume pretty much describes the scent!

Heat, by Beyonce.

A spicy yet sweet scent. I cant really describe it!

Love this one too!

But my very favorite, I think is Fancy Love. I think my favorite fragrances change a lot sometimes. That is why I like so many! Hope you all have a great day and great weekend!

I will give you thanks, for you answered me; you have become my salvation. Psalm 118:21

A Day at the Ballet

Today was so fun. Mama and I went to Little Rock to see Lauren in the ballet, Peter Pan. I have never seen a more beautiful ballet like this one! I wish I had taken a picture of her in her costume. Lauren was a mermaid-the star of the show in our opinion! We all went to eat an early dinner afterwards.

What a sweet picture of Lauren and her Daddy!


Katherine is Lauren's cousin and they were having fun after the ballet!

Kelly made chocolate mousse for dessert. It can't get much better than this. YUMMY!

Eric took this one of the rest of us.

We had a ball and I can't wait til the next ballet that Lauren will be in!

Let them praise his name with dancing and make music to him with tambourine and harp. Psalm 149:3

Catchin' Up A Little Bit

Oh wow. I am VERY behind on my blogging. I did want to blog about this past weekend though. Friday Mama and I went to Little Rock and visited my sister and her family. I didn't get very many pictures. But we had a great time together as always! Friday evening, we went to shop at Kitchen Co. and then ate at Cheeburger Cheeburger. It was great! There is a challenge at the restaurant called the 1/2 pound challenge for kids. If any child eats a whole 1/2 pound burger, they get their picture made and it gets put on the famous wall! :) Logan decided to take that challenge. Here he is chowing down on his burger!
YAY! He did it! He got a picture made with the big burger and bell of course! They made an announcement about it at the restaurant. We laughed so hard!

Well, about a year ago, Lauren decided to participate in Locks of Love. She let her hair grow out for THAT long before .....
She got it cut! Here she is with her ponytail! I just love that haircut!
Saturday, Mama, Kelly, Lauren and I went shopping. We went to the neatest gift shop in a house called "Shoppes at Woodlawn". It is just one of my favorite little shops ever. We ran around LR a little more then stopped at ...

Justice. Look at my little niece sporting those sunglasses! :)

We always have the best time. See the little animal Lauren is holding? Well, it is a ZhuZhu pet! These things are hilarious! Lauren just got one and she was having the best time with it.

Our Disney trip is coming up REAL soon!

Well, I will have more to blog about tomorrow. So sorry I have not blogged in forever (it seems like). Hope yall have a great day!

Joyful are the people of integrity, who follow the instructions of the Lord. Psalm 119:1