The Rainbolts

January has started out kind of slow yet busy at the same time if that's possible. Eden started Mother's Day Out again and enjoys going there. My Community Bible Study started back up and we love going there. Between all that, I have decided to try consigning for the first time so I have gone through ALL of Eden's clothes and have weeded out what I can get rid of. I went through both summer and winter stuff so I would even have the winter stuff ready for later in the year. I have tagged all the summer stuff and started entering my items on the computer. It is definitely a little time consuming being a first timer but I hope to make some MONEY!!!!

Eden drawing. Something she loves to do.

Here's the picture. Her favorite things to draw are people and Harley;) Can you tell there are actually three people in this picture. One has the huge head that sort of resembles a rock with eyes and a mouth and then there are two people to the left of the big one. She can do some really good stick people with hair, eyes, mouth, nose, ears, arms, and legs. Just this week she has been practicing writing her letters and numbers with a book I found that has the dry erase marker so she can keep practicing over and over again. She loves to sit and do this. Kind of amazes me.

Monday we had a snow day. Michael had to work because it was the last day of his close and he had to send it off so that was not fun for him. Lindsay got to work from home so during her early lunch break we went out to play. Our snow wouldn't stick very well to make a snow man so we had to build a big pile of snow and then carve the snow man out. It is a little ghetto looking but Eden loved it so that's all that matters. Harley LOVES the snow too. He was running and bouncing all up and down the street and his legs were completely covered in big chunks of ice by the time we went it. It took a little while for him to defrost in the laundry room.

What should a girl do after playing in the snow? Play Snow White, of course. It all started when Eden and Lindsay started playing beauty shop. Lindsay curled and did Eden's hair all pretty and even put make-up on each other. How fun!! Then Eden had to put on her Snow White costume and heals and pretend to be Snow White. She was so funny and cute.

I have been praying that the forecaster's would be right this time and that we would actually get some snow. I LOVE SNOW!!! I think it is so pretty and love to play in it. Eden was so excited with the mention of it possibly going to snow. She went down for a nap yesterday afternoon and right after she went to sleep it started snowing. She was so THRILLED when she woke up to find snow on the ground. Lindsay and Harley had even shown up to play in it and to spend the night. When she finally woke up it was starting to get dark so we had to hurry and play in it fast. She loved it, except the first time she got in her mouth. She freaked like it was poison or something. Then we talked her into trying it and then catching it in her mouth while it was falling. She had so much fun in it. Her fingers did get a little cold but nothing a warm fire didn't take care of.

Well Tuesday came and Michael and Lindsay ended up getting the stomach bug which was awful and the rest of us were praying really hard that we wouldn't get it again because we had all already had it. Morgan and the family left Searcy on Tuesday evening. We missed them so much after they left. Eden didn't know quite what to do with herself not having J. David to follow around all day:)

On Wednesday, we went over to Marilyn's to hang out with Michael's side some more. Tiffany had driven in from Alabama so it was great to see her and catch up. We played Apples to Apples that afternoon and then we had a great dinner and then another small round of Christmas with Michael's immediate family. Well in between the game and dinner Craig took Tiffany to see the lights over at Harding and then they came back with a BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!!!!!!

THEY'RE ENGAGED!!!!!!

YEA!!!! We could not be more excited for them. We love Craig and we love Tiffany!! She is an answer to many prayers. We could not be happier. Welcome to the family, Tiffany!