BIG and EXCITING update!

Hello all! I have been the worst at updating lately. I'm sorry! 

I've been busy with my new job that I have....working at a daycare at a fitness center in Yazoo City. Definitely challenging, definitely birth control. It gets better everyday but it's a hard job to have!

Thanksgiving was so fun! I ate and ate and ate, of course. This was my first Thanksgiving to contribute to the menu, and it was so fun! I made potatoes romanoff, sweet potato casserole, and Pioneer Woman's dreamy apple pie. We ate even better food the rest of the weekend, including split pea soup and Pioneer Woman's braised short ribs with goat cheese polenta. YUM!! Woody made the latter dinner, and it was fabulous! :) not surprised.... he's gifted!

Another tornado hit our area this past week. This area has really been devastated in the past 8 months by tornadoes, and we are so blessed that this tornado did a lot less damage. However, there is still damage and injuries, so please put those affected in your prayers. 

I killed my first (and probably only) deer of the season at Buford Flats in Greenwood. It was fun! Dane and I both got deer that weekend, so our deep freezer is jam packed! Loving it.

And last but not least, the most fun part of this post!

This cutie:

Surprised me with THIS this week!!!! An AWESOME early Christmas present!!

I was completely surprised and completely excited!!!! I have been playing and learning and having a BLAST with it! I can't believe it still!! It's so awesome and I can't explain to you how excited I am (notice the exclamation points). Dane---THANK YOU! I love you and I'm blessed to have a husband that does all he can to make me happy. Dane got us this camera and gave it to me early mainly because he wants to take it with us when we travel to JUNCTION, TEXAS this week with the Lesley family to an incredible hunting ranch. No telling what the deerslayers will get out of this trip, but I'm predicting BIG things! Dane and I are so lucky to have Cameron and his parents in our lives. They give and give and give to us so much--I seriously feel a part of that family. We leave Wednesday and are there til the next Wednesday. SO-expect some (hopefully) great pictures of the scenery and wildlife! 

Here are some pictures I've taken since I've gotten the camera (I've taken more but you would get so bored if I showed you everything!) Click to enlarge.

 (one of the kids in the daycare)

 (cousin love)

 (some tornado damage from the LAST tornado)

 (our front porch)

 (Courtney's cousin's dog Bella)