an update!!!

this week i had pretty much the whole week off work from the coffee shop, so i thought i'd update about my recent trip to arkansas!
thanksgiving was wonderful,

here's our delicious snack table.

really good cupcakes! from bliss in fayetteville. so good.

my bday cake, i forgot which bakery it came from. it was cranberry and lemon and it had candied orange to put on top. it was great!

my dad gave timmy and me some mandolin lessons after thanksgiving dinner. it was wonderful. and hard to play!

then almost as soon as we got home to iowa, i went back to arkansas to surprise my mom for (what i understand to be) her first art show. she's been knitting since she was six, and i never leave a visit from home in arkansas without some new goodie that she's knit for me. i have drawers full of her knitting.

any time i tell people im wearing something she made they say, "she MADE that?!" she creates some of the most amazing things ive ever seen. she orders yarn from all over the world. she was asked to participate in an art show during the first thursday art walk in fayetteville. i was never so sad to live so far away! then, my work schedule cleared, and my dad said he'd help me pay for gas, and my friend lindsay said i could stay at her house, and my mimi said i could freshen up at her house and i was able to drive down and surprise my momma! she was really surprised! and her show went so great! i was so excited and thankful to be able to see it first hand!

this is a close up of a blanket she made. it's incredible. she gave one to timmy and me as a wedding gift, and it looks like the klimt painting, "the kiss" in real life.

these fingerless gloves, my mom sold out of them and took several orders for more pairs. it was so exciting!

it was a great visit. i got to spend some time with my mom and dad, and my mimi. we had a wonderful time together. but i missed my timmy and i was so glad to get home. during our short time between thanksgiving and my trip to ark, timmy and i put up our Christmas tree. it was so nice to get home with him and relax. im so excited about Christmas!

love.