So, Mark is tired of hearing that song. Well, we had a great Christmas break, but a quick one. Mark is back to work and so am I! Although, my days are much shorter as I've deemed it my holiday break. We had a wonderful time in Fort Smith with my family. Jack came along--he was actually pretty good. I told someone before we left that all I was worried about was him marking things and getting into my mom's really fancy Nativity set. Within the first 30 seconds we let him in the door he made a run for baby Jesus and after that, lifted his leg to mark this fancy little tuffet thing my mom has. We laughed and laughed, but only because he didn't do any damage. Christmas Eve morning we got up and opened presents with my parents, and that afternoon we drove to Carthage. It was WILD! We have lots of little boys in my family who are all at the wrestling with anything stage. Besides that, the "big boys" (aka adults) started a wrapping-paper-wad war that no one could avoid. Needless to say, it was a fun day. We went that night to the Dyer's side which is always fun, but much much more calm. The only little one we have there is Madisyn who is the best behaved 5 year old you'll ever meet. We got my little cousin Caleb a Buzz Lightyear costume, and he LOVED it more than I've ever seen anyone love a gift. I mean, what 3 year old doesn't want to be Buzz? There are pics below. In our gag gift exchange, my grandpa ended up with the funniest gift and dressed as a purple fairy. My grandma took the mumu we brought and kept it because she loved it, not because it was a gag gift.
We still haven't had our Christmas with the Bailey's yet. Mark's grandma Ruby is in the hospital so the family focus has been on her this week. Please say your prayers for Mamaw's health and her recovery from surgery. She had her gall bladder taken out, and is now in ICU trying to manage some fluid around her heart. Hopefully we'll make it down to Clarksville to see her sometime this week. We're looking forward to our friends Drake and Kelly's wedding this weekend and of course New Year's!
Thursday, December 27, 2007
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Long time...
Hi everyone!
Wow--it's been over a month since we posted last, but it's been a relatively uneventful, but busy month at the Bailey house! We had a wonderful Thanksgiving with Mark's family, and we are looking forward to Mark's first Christmas in Carthage with the Bowers/Dyer crew! When it is your first Christmas at the Bowers' (my mom's family) you have to get under the tree with a bow on your head. While this tradition began as a way of welcoming new babies, it has evolved into welcoming new cousins through marriage! So, I will be sure to post pics of Mark with his lovely bow on his head....if he'll do it! We've been busy going from here to there, visiting the Grifs in KC, seeing a Chiefs game, singing karaoke at Katie's Hannah Montana birthday, surprising my aunt for her 60th birthday, having our community group Christmas dinner at our house, babysitting our favorite Miller kids, and going to fun tacky Christmas sweater parties! What a fun month!
Things with J.Bailey Occasions are going well. Look for my website launch by the end of the month! YAY! www.jbaileyoccasions.com I will be doing a bridal fair in Springdale (the largest in NWA usually) in January, so I am excited to get out there and be a part of the vendor industry for the first time. Pray that I meet lots of brides who are interested in using me! My current clients pick up in the spring, so I will be gearing up for those weddings after New Year's.
I've also been having a blast getting involved in our community through volunteering! I joined a new group called the Young Women's Alliance through the United Way. I've gotten to help out here and there at a really fun fall event for families, sorting clothes at the Peace at Home thrift store that benefits a women's shelter, and yesterday made Christmas ornaments with developmentally disabled adults at the Elizabeth Richardson Center. I am loving every second of it! I am also volunteering once a week as a counselor at Loving Choices, which is essentially a crisis pregnancy center. I am still in training, but I really enjoy the other girls there and the new center is beautiful! It is in the perfect location just between the U of A campus and the Fayetteville High School campus. God is doing really amazing things there, and in the lives of the women that work there. I just love being surrounded by women I can look up to!
Mark's work is still going great! He is going to be recruiting for Unilever at the career fair on the U of A campus in January, which should be really fun for him. He's been having a great time (NOT) lately dealing with all of Jack's mischevious little troubles, like digging up our cable and internet, the sprinkler system, and destroying our fire pit. Yes, it is made of granite and he still tore it apart! He is wonder dog! We're also really excited for the Razorbacks and our new head football coach, Bobby Petrino. It should be fun to see how he does recruiting and getting the fans pumped back up again!
Thanks for checking in, and here are some photos from our Christmas card photo shoot. Chelsea Sloneker, a good friend of ours who is venturing into the world of photography, endured our afternoon with a crazy dog! Take a look...
Wow--it's been over a month since we posted last, but it's been a relatively uneventful, but busy month at the Bailey house! We had a wonderful Thanksgiving with Mark's family, and we are looking forward to Mark's first Christmas in Carthage with the Bowers/Dyer crew! When it is your first Christmas at the Bowers' (my mom's family) you have to get under the tree with a bow on your head. While this tradition began as a way of welcoming new babies, it has evolved into welcoming new cousins through marriage! So, I will be sure to post pics of Mark with his lovely bow on his head....if he'll do it! We've been busy going from here to there, visiting the Grifs in KC, seeing a Chiefs game, singing karaoke at Katie's Hannah Montana birthday, surprising my aunt for her 60th birthday, having our community group Christmas dinner at our house, babysitting our favorite Miller kids, and going to fun tacky Christmas sweater parties! What a fun month!
Things with J.Bailey Occasions are going well. Look for my website launch by the end of the month! YAY! www.jbaileyoccasions.com I will be doing a bridal fair in Springdale (the largest in NWA usually) in January, so I am excited to get out there and be a part of the vendor industry for the first time. Pray that I meet lots of brides who are interested in using me! My current clients pick up in the spring, so I will be gearing up for those weddings after New Year's.
I've also been having a blast getting involved in our community through volunteering! I joined a new group called the Young Women's Alliance through the United Way. I've gotten to help out here and there at a really fun fall event for families, sorting clothes at the Peace at Home thrift store that benefits a women's shelter, and yesterday made Christmas ornaments with developmentally disabled adults at the Elizabeth Richardson Center. I am loving every second of it! I am also volunteering once a week as a counselor at Loving Choices, which is essentially a crisis pregnancy center. I am still in training, but I really enjoy the other girls there and the new center is beautiful! It is in the perfect location just between the U of A campus and the Fayetteville High School campus. God is doing really amazing things there, and in the lives of the women that work there. I just love being surrounded by women I can look up to!
Mark's work is still going great! He is going to be recruiting for Unilever at the career fair on the U of A campus in January, which should be really fun for him. He's been having a great time (NOT) lately dealing with all of Jack's mischevious little troubles, like digging up our cable and internet, the sprinkler system, and destroying our fire pit. Yes, it is made of granite and he still tore it apart! He is wonder dog! We're also really excited for the Razorbacks and our new head football coach, Bobby Petrino. It should be fun to see how he does recruiting and getting the fans pumped back up again!
Thanks for checking in, and here are some photos from our Christmas card photo shoot. Chelsea Sloneker, a good friend of ours who is venturing into the world of photography, endured our afternoon with a crazy dog! Take a look...
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