a big, huge update.

because mandy's a slacker, and stuart doesn't even know how to make a post on here ;)

in october, we celebrated mimi's birthday:

also in october, i somehow became famous at church for making these killer muffins (apple raisin muffins by paula deen, only substituted cranberries for raisins and added walnuts). seriously killer. they are now requested often for church events:



in november, we went out for a fancy dinner and then to see WICKED (one musical i actually thoroughly enjoyed!):



in december, we were BUSY! we celebrated christmas:

[click here to view a photo album of our first married christmas]

in january, we bought a new camera and played around trying to take fancy photos of everything (we also made lots of homemade soups and tried our hands at made-from-scratch chicken potpie, and it was all delicious):


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in january and february, it snowed several times:

[click here to see a photo album of the multiple snows we had in little rock]

mid-february, my mama came to visit and taught me how to make sugar cookies from scratch for valentine's day:












so, there's our big huge update. we've had a busy winter!