Can't go without showing pics of the grandkids (now that they are back in town); so we had chili for lunch last Sunday:

Annabella did pretty well with hers; she mainly picked out the beans and ate the fritos.



Sydney doesn't really 'like' chili, but we got her to eat at least a few bites (after we put fritos and cheese on it). Then later Sydney wanted a banana, so she decided to share it with her sister:

I quickly found out that there are no "small bites" when Annabella wants a bite!
I just thought the look on Annabella's face was precious.

The 2nd Baptist choir was invited to sing the National Anthem at the MSU Lady Bears game Friday night (the game was sponsored by 2nd) so a group of about 25-30 of us got to stand at center court and sing. It was fun!! They also sing the anthem at a Spfld Cardinals game as well, usually in August. Here are some pictures of the game:

We had really great seats!!!

Best of all, they won!!

Even after living here in the Ozarks for pretty much all my life, the weather here still amazes me. On Thursday evening we once again had bad storms, and the high that day had been around 70. Friday's high was only in the 30s, and over night and most of today we got about 2-3" of snow!! It's funny that we tell people that don't normally live here "just wait a few minutes, and the weather will change"! But that's just about the truth. Here's what our backyard looked like at around 9:00 this morning:



Billy is with a group of college students at a leadership development conference near St Louis. They will be back tomorrow afternoon. It's hard to believe tomorrow is March 1!! And in only 14 days, Billy & I will celebrate our 27th wedding anniversary. Oh...and Billy will celebrate his 48th birthday. MY, how time flies!!!

Yes...it's been a little bit since my last post. So let's see...this is what I've (we've) done since my last post:

--Watched grandkids twice while daughter took son-in-law to E.R. and found out he had pneumonia.
--I joined the handbell group at church.
--We had to take 1 of our 2 vehicles to the shop 3 times for a bad heater core.
--Watched grandkids so daughter & son-in-law could unpack some more boxes.
--Sat in our house oblivious to the fact that a F-1 tornado was 'skipping' through the southern part of the city (and fairly close to the BSU!).
--I went with my sister and mom to Branson for a little shopping and eating.
--Billy & I celebrated Valentine's Day at Rib Crib and watching Madagascar: Escape to Africa.
--I discovered that not playing handbells for the past 5 yrs can cause sore arms!
--Had chinese for dinner.
--Got papers together for getting our taxes done.
--Made german chocolate cookies and pnut butter cookies.
--Went to a great-nephew's birthday party.
--Got great big hugs from my 2 granddaughters!

Well...I think that's about it. Sometimes I think my week is pretty boring, but once I make a list, I discover it really wasn't!!

It's been a 'back-breaking' weekend. Our daughter and family moved back from Memphis this weekend, and we cleared out their storage unit and into their apartment on Saturday. Well...I should say Billy & Chris cleared it out, and my mom and I stacked everything in the living room and kitchen!!

But they are all moved in, and the girls finally get to sleep in their own beds and play with toys they haven't seen since September. We are thrilled they are back, but please continue to pray for Danny & Ashley as they try to find work.

We had a great Global Impact weekend at church as well, and I discovered that a former high-school classmate is now a church-planter in Chicago! Eric Arnall graduated a year after I did, and he also worked with my mom at the old Sears building downtown. It was good to connect again after all these years.