Valentine's Day

This year for Valentine's Day, we went out on Saturday afternoon to see Dear John and ate supper at Wishbones. It was definitely low key, but I loved it! We exchanged our gifts from each other Sunday morning: John T. got me a super cute camera bag & a box of chocolates, and I got him a subscription to the Knoxville News Sentinel, a Vols hat, and Reese's Peanut Butter Hearts, his favorite. We went to church and then had lunch at my favorite place, Cracker Barrel. That night, I had my Esther Bible study at church, which I am loving by the way, and when I got home, I made chocolate covered strawberries. We had a great lovey weekend!

My camera bag

He got it from etsy.

We love Cracker Barrel!

Super Bowl

Even though the Colts ended up losing the Super Bowl, we still had a great time at our friend's Tim & Amber's house. I ate enough for the rest of my life I think! We had chicken wings, pizza rolls, potato skins, and Amber made a delicious bean dip. We also had our yummy cookie cake for dessert! It was so nice to get together with our friends and watch the game!

Amber with the cookie cake

The pizza rolls I made

The Bolden's

Go Colts! I can't believe that football is actually over!

GO COLTS!

Super Bowl Sunday! Anyone that knows me and John T., knows we love our Colts! I am so excited for tonight's game, I can barely stand it. We are getting ready to put our jerseys on and head to our friend's Tim & Amber Bolden's house to watch the game. I'm really looking forward to having an excuse to eat chicken wings & cookie cake!! :o) In celebration of the Colts going to the Super Bowl, I wanted to share some pictures of our trip this past October to Indianapolis. I told John T. that we must be their "good luck charm" because we have only been to two games before: one in 2006 in Nashville when they played the Titans and this past fall, and both seasons, they went to the Super Bowl! Hopefully, this game will turn out as great as the 2007 Super Bowl did. :o)

Happy 9th Birthday, Clay!

Happy Birthday to my best buddy, Clay! I hope you have a great day! I love you, and I'm excited about your party next Saturday.

This was us on Halloween 2009. He LOVES to make silly faces. :o)

Snow Weekend

This weekend, we got about 4 inches of snow. I know this may not seem like a lot at all to some people, especially those from the north, but to us here in east TN, it is a lot! It was enough to keep me in from when I got home Friday afternoon until Sunday afternoon when I had to get out to get a few groceries & a Sonic ocean water. John T. worked all weekend, so we didn't get to go sledding & 4-wheeling like everyone else in the world, which made me sad, but I was just so thankful he was able to get back & forth to work safely. I survived the weekend with what's in the picture below..goldfish, trail mix, Coke Zero, Rachel Ray (everything Food Network, actually) & my Esther Bible study. I also broke out my new Shark Steam mop, and I got a lot of cleaning done. I never thought I would be so excited to mop, but I LOVE that mop! Sunday, I was able to make snow cream, and it was so yummy! I got a lot done & really enjoyed the weekend.

Waking up to this on Saturday morning...

The sun rising early Sunday morning

Snow cream incredients: sugar, vanilla extract, snow & milk When John T. came home from work, we had snow cream & brownies! :o)

January, so far...

Since the new year, we have had lots of snow, ice, and frigid temperatures! Today, however, felt like spring. It was great! Since new year's, John T. & I have been busy working, but we did find time to remodel our guest bedroom/bathroom on the past 2 weekends. We changed the whole color scheme in both rooms, and I am in love with it all! We also had our shower replaced by Bath Fitter yesterday, and it is beautiful! We are both so happy with their work!

Last Thursday, January 14, John T. celebrated his 24th birthday!! :o) I invited both of our families over for a taco ring, chips/salsa, & ice cream cake from Maggie Moo's! We had a great night, and John T. got some wonderful gifts! We are SO blessed!

The snow that stayed with us for about a week!

Ice cream cake!

Happy 24th Birthday, babe!! I love you!!

The Armes'

New Year's Day

John T. & his dad went to cheer on the Vols at the Chick Fil-A bowl in Atlanta on New Year's Eve, so I spent the night with my mom & dad, just like old times! :o) We had a great night, just watching the game & when it was over we switched it over to Dick Clark's Rockin' New Year's Eve and watched the ball drop (it's a tradition!).

For lunch on New Year's Day, we went to Minnie's (JT's granny's) to eat hog jowl, black eyed peas, cabbage, pinto beans, fried potatoes & cornbread. Now, if that's not southern, I don't know what is! It was so good! I had lots of hog jowl & 3 black eyed peas for "good luck" in 2010.

Cornbread & hog jowl Pintos, black eyes peas, fried potatoes, & cabbage

I'm having breakfast in the morning with mom & 2 of my 2nd moms, Teresa & Donna, at Cracker Barrel, and then John T. & I are going to do lots of shopping in Knoxville. I hope everyone has a great weekend!