My mom and I made white chocolate covered goodies last night. Pretzels, pecans, almonds, hmmmm, think that's it. We also made some yummy fudge.
Here is beach Santa made of sand.
And here is mom's collection of beach Santas (these stay up all year because she thinks they are just the cutest things ever!). Oh, and all these Santas have some sort of cocktail, I LOVE that!
We are just keeping it festive here in Little Rock. These beach accents are all over the house, couldn't capture them all, but just wanted to give y'all an idea of what a Tropical Christmas in Little Rock is like.
So Rick and I went ahead and exchanged gifts since we wouldn't be together on Christmas day, and look what I got!!!!!!! A new jewelry box!!!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE IT! I kept all my jewelry in a travel case, and it was a mess. Took me forever to get it all out of the knots it was in to put it in the fancy new jewelry box. I was so excited like a little kid. Thanks RB, you are the absolute best!!!!
Yesterday we got 6 Christmas cards in the mail, and I was totally pumped! I get so excited about this, and I have no idea why! I opened them one at a time and passed them on to RB, he was not nearly as excited about the cards. One of my favorites was our friends Dee Dee and Brad that are adopting from Russia, they have so much to be thankful for this year, so when I got their card I almost cried. Check out their blog to hear their story. http://bradanddeedee.blogspot.com/ 
Also, thought I would give you guys a close up of Lilly's stocking. Her name is done in little paw prints. SO CUTE! My mom is a monogramming wiz! 
Then I come home from Chuck E. Cheese last night, and this is in front of all my precious gifts. Ricks beautiful gift wrap with Santa and his elfs wrapping gifts themselves. Don't get me wrong, I am very excited about the gift, and think it is so sweet that he wrapped it himself (it's for me by the way). BUT why is it in the front blocking all my beautiful work? This will have to be moved to the back, sorry RB!
Here are a few pics of the rest of our Christmas decor. Below are the hand made stockings from my multi-talented mom. Aren't they they so fabulous?
And my hand towel that is a Fleur de lis decorated as a Christmas tree on the left, and my sweet friend Taylor back in Mississip sent me the one on the right that is a Christmas martini. Thanks Tay! I love you!
Last but not least, my new Christmas rug. I just thought it was so cute. As you can see, I am REALLY into the holiday spirit this year. LOVE IT!
Hope you guys enjoyed the holiday tour!!
The kids got a few prizes, and Claire got an eye patch for Uncle Rick. She loved that he actually wore it.
We had a great time and I was WORN OUT! 
Also, I got a package from my wonderful mother, with all kinds of goodies. She sent some monogrammed gifts that I will send pics of after everyone opens them, and Lilly's new bed. Look how cute!!!! I just love it. She also made Rick a stocking and I will post pics in my entry. THANKS MOM! You are the BEST!
Ricky Bobby & Me
Rachael, Hope, & Me, Love them!
Rach, Hope, and Tom breaking it down.
Tonya, Allison, Rachel, Me, Katherine, & Heather.
I got to play with my FAVORITE blogger LG last night. Just wanted to give her a shout out. Great to see you LG!!!
Last night I put lights up on the front of the house, and I LOVE IT! I was so proud of myself, (not that it's a hard task) but I've never put the effort into decorating outside. Today Rick came home and said the lights look great, I was so excited. 
Rachael, Tome, Rick, and I went to Oak Hill for Monday Night Football. We had some pretty interesting conversations, and as always we had a great time. I love my 2 Goula in Bham friends. I guess that's all I will get to see this year, since I'm not going to Pascagoula at all for the holidays. I will have to go with quality over quantity this year. Thanks Tom & Rach, you guys are the best!!
Lunch with my mom and her dear sweet friend Holly in Little Rock.
Lilly & Bemer @ the lake house in Hot Springs.
Lilly lounging in her car seat on the ride back to Bham.
WE finally decorated our Christmas tree Saturday morning. Well, let me rephrase that, Rick helped put on the lights, and INSISTED on putting the star on before I decorated it. I tried to tell him the star is the very lest thing that goes on but he was not interested. We went through all his crazy ornaments, and found some pretty interesting stuff, WOW! Most were pretty horrible, but some were from his childhood and so cute. The finished tree (well minus my bubble lights that will be put up tomorrow) is pretty bad, but cute in its own way. Rick's friends say it is the nicest tree he has ever had, scary! All and all I like the tree, and we had a LOT of fun with the process. MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Rick and I went to get a Christmas Tree Wed, and I am so excited! I haven't had a REAL tree in years. I do have to say now that we got it home, it is a little Charlie Brownish. It was cold and I was not interested in looking for the "perfect" tree. Oh well, our first Christmas tree none the less, and I love it! I will post pics after we decorate it. We are waiting on the branches to fall, or so Rick says as he goes to watch football. HA!
I'm pretty sure Lilly wanted DeeDee to be her new mom.
Celebration cigars!
The moms to be, and me.
Celebrating the new lil Duffy.
I went to visit Lilly @ the hospital today, and they said she could come home!!! I can tell she feels so much better, her tail was wagging, and she was ready to GO! The vet said you can go ahead and take her because she is not happy in that kennel. She has been sleeping all day, and I just let her out to chase a few chipmunks. We have a couple pills to take and we shall see how that goes tonight, not to mention the yuck can dog food. So Miss Lilly is on the mend.
Saturday afternoon I headed over to Pensacola to spend the night with my dear friends Jacquie & Wes, and their family. Jacq and I have been friends since 2nd grade, and I adore her. I also got to see her parents Mike & Lee. This family is SO WONDERFUL. You can't help but be happy when you are around them.
Sunday morning I got to wake up and play with their beautiful boys Elliot & Will. They really are the most precious little boys ever! Elliot is so funny, and baby Will is so sweet. What a GREAT way to end my beach trip.
