Snow Day 2016

Arkansas, especially central Arkansas, thankfully usually has mild winters. But each year we are lucky enough to get one snow day! I'll take that over ice any day.

We have to take advantage of snow while we have it - we got a good six inches this year but it already started to melt by early afternoon. 

The snow was from a few weeks ago and I think it's safe to say that Moose enjoyed it! Poor pup is under the weather at the moment, so this post is all about him.

Getting closer!

I think snow days take him back to his ancestral roots. 

At this point I think his paws were chilly so he was ready to cuddle.

I think we're done with snow for the year so i'm grateful for this one day! 

Here I Am!

It has been entirely too long since I have posted. I had great plans to make posting daily part of my 2016 resolution, then I came down with a cold, and work picked up, and etc.,etc..and now I finally find myself here, on the 13th. Could be worse, right?

I do have great plans for this blog for 2016 and I'm excited to share.

For now, here's a photo recap of a few things we've been up to these past two months. 

In early December we traveled to St. Louis for one of our dear friend's weddings. St. Louis was fun but COLD compared to temperatures in Little Rock at the time.

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One our way to the wedding venue - we both love a party bus!

December is full of parties - this was from my Supper Club. These silly face coasters were a HUGE hit and we used them at every party afterwards.

I won't even lie to you - our Christmas tree is still up. Everything else Christmas related is in the guest room. Plans for this weekend! :-X

My most Favorite! We hosted our first annual Friendsmas/Tacky Sweater Party. It was a blast! I haven't really cooked since but the food that night was great!

Selfie sticks got a LOT of use this past Holiday season. 

There have been ton of other fun things in between but needless to say it's been a very busy couple of months for us! Looking forward to even more in 2016.

Hope you are off to a great start to the New Year - and we're only 13 days in!

Little Rock Cornbread Festival 2015

I love weekends with no plans. Or weekends with no expectations, to be more precise. Where you lounge around and get up to do things that sound fun, but if you don't, it's no big deal because nothing firm has been set, there are no disappointments to be had.

That's how this weekend was. On Friday night we had some pizza and met friends for the new Bond movie. Which, while not my favorite, was still pretty great. 

On Saturday it was cold and overcast which I don't hate. A quick glance at Facebook reminded me Little Rock had a Cornbread Festival!

Located in the popular SoMa district, we found parking in a random field and made our way in. $5 per person got you a wristband in.

The event started at 11am but we didn't show up until closer to 12:45. Next time, we'll make sure to get there closer to when it starts. There were still plenty of food options and booths to explore but even at 12:45 some people had already ran out of food and packed up to leave.

Still, lots of tasty samples to try.

The live music was awesome - the lead singer went from singing to playing the trumpet to a clarinet. And they were hilarious too! 

But for all of the deliciousness of the cornbread, EH and I had our sights set on something completely different from the beginning.

The Excaliburger.

EH had done all his homework - apparently this guy mastered his burger and set out on the road to share it with the world. Too many repairs on his food truck put him out of commission for awhile but now they are back and Little Rock rejoices because of it.

I don't even like pickles on my cheeseburger but on this burger they were perfection. If you're local, make sure to add the bacon for $1.00 more. Bacon makes everything better.

Southern Gourmasian was also in attendance, which I hate to admit I still have not tried. But I've heard amazing things!

Also Banana Leaf..which I have not tried either but it looked delicious!

After devouring our burgers with no napkins, who would have thought!, we made another round and back in time just to see the winners of the festival.

This group won several awards including Best All Around! I wish we would had arrived sooner so we could have tried their food. Now we know for next time!

The rest of our weekend included watching our Razorbacks win against Ole Miss, fires in the fireplace, and sleeping in on Sunday. 

Overall, the perfect weekend. Hope you had a great weekend as well!