Snow? In Hattiesburg?

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Happy New Year!

We hope everyone had a merry Christmas and a happy New Year! We were, thankfully, able to spend the holidays in both Hattiesburg and Jackson! We went to the Potin's early Christmas morning and afterwards we swung by and picked up Aunt Jean and headed to Jackson! It was so nice to spend such a special day with all of our family.

Santa brought us a Wii and Dance, Dance Revolution for Christmas. If you aren't familiar with a Wii...it is a gaming system that is VERY interactive. You are able to bowl, box, play tennis, baseball, ping pong, go fishing and many other games. Dance, Dance is a floor pad that has arrows on it (it looks like a Twister mat) and you have to step on the arrow that corresponds to the arrows moving on the screen to music. It all sounds kinda complicated, but I guarantee that we'll be in some kind of shape by this time next year. Shawn's parents bought us an awesome 32-inch LCD HD television and an entertainment center to house it! We absolutely love it! It makes all of our game-playing even more fun!

On New Year's Eve, I had to work, but we still brought in the New Year. We decided to take it low key, though. We ordered take-out from Outback and made two trips to the fireworks stand. Needless to say, we kept ourselves busy with the pyrotechnics!

How many men does it take to screw in a lightbulb?

Three! Just kidding! It was definitely a task for Shawn and our dads to get that lightbulb in. The light sits atop a very tall light pole. They had to dig a trench around the pole, then lower the pole far enough down that they can reach the top with a ladder sitting in the bed of the truck. Whew! It was definitely a sight to see! Now, though, we can watch the deer from all over the yard. The other light we have out front doesn't have as large of a range. At any rate, the deer definitely aren't afraid of us. There have been quite a few occasions I have gotten fairly close to them. Anyways, the light was a success!

Welcome Joseph "Jobi" Bishop Potin!

Shawn and I have new names! We are now Uncle Shawn and Aunt BB to our first nephew! Jobi was born to Chris and Jean Anne Potin on November 27th at 12:40 p.m. He was 8 lbs. 1 oz. and 21 inches long! Mommy and Daddy are doing great! The grandparents are absolutely beside themselves!

He's sooo sweet!

New Furniture!!

We got our new furniture this morning...about 2 weeks earlier than expected, and quite an upgrade from what we were working with before. It looks kind of like leather, but is actually micro-fiber...and its "dog proof", or so they say. We weren't sure quite how to set it all up, but I think we're going to leave it like this for a while.

Happy Halloween!

I think our Halloween costumes speak for themselves, but I was a sailor and Shawn was an inmate.

Our close friends Christa and Mike made the perfect pirates! Argh!