Gettin' Crafty

I made a jewelry box for Betsy yesterday with my new wood-burning tool. I've never used one before, but it turned out pretty good. This was actually my practice box, but once I got going, everything just started coming together. I'm beginning to wonder if this was even a good idea at all, because now I'm sure she'll be wanting some new jewelry to go in it!

Catching up

We hope everyone has enjoyed their February, Leap Year and Valentines Day. Shawn and I enjoyed our first Valentines Day as a married couple. Shawn sent me roses to work and bought me a purse. He can never go wrong with getting me a purse and the roses were beautiful. I bought him a fishing pole. He ran into a few snags, literally, with it at first, but things are going much better now!

On the home front...we are still painting. For those of you who haven't seen our freshly painted den, it has definitely made a significant difference. We are now working on painting the "border" under the patio. It used to be a blue tone and now we are going to a light greyish brown tone. It looks very nice. We are, also, putting a fresh coat of paint in the hall bathroom. We have definitely been keeping ourselves busy, but it has definitely been rewarding watching our progress. We will post progress pictures soon!

We hope all is well with everyone. Much love!

Snow? In Hattiesburg?

Our favorite Packers fans!

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!