Shelby was first this year

Shelby was the first great-niece to cash in her "Day with Aunt Elaine" Christmas coupon this year and she chose to go to Winter Jam again.  I loved our time spent together as much as I did last year - she's such a sweet girl!  I picked her up at school, we went for a Mexican dinner and then on to the concert.  We carried food donations and that got us in for free so she was able to pick out two tshirts.  What a fun evening we had...looking forward to spending more time with Shelby!

Refreshing my memory on high school days...

Waiting in line at the venue

Shelby's favorite artist of the night - Mandisa

Is it 2019?!

As of today's post, we have been under siege with all of the rain!  Remember the epic flood of 2016?  We are fast getting to that point!  Caddo Lake is at 175' today, 2' over flood pool and heavy rains are predicted for the next 24 hours.  Daniel called Wednesday morning at 5:30am to say his house was flooding and he was headed to our house.  We went and surveyed the damage last night and only the front part of his house got water.  Thankfully he has flood insurance this time around.  Aside from WAY too much rain, 2019 has been very busy.  We got a new accounting system at work that I'm learning and a whole new kind of work added in some recent acquisitions, so my little pea brain has been busy waking up!  On pretty days, we have been able to take a few motorcycle rides, two of the girls have cashed in their "Day with Aunt Elaine" coupons from Christmas, crawfish are in season so we've been getting all of those we can and Katie is coming home!!  She's been in Bremerton, WA since last August and is finally headed back south.  She's taken a job in the Houston area so she'll only be a four hour drive home instead of a four day drive.  I'm going to put a few random pics here from the year so far and will try to make a few more posts in the days/weeks to come to get caught up.  Mike and Jenny are coming to visit, Mudbug Madness kicks off and the 25th anniversary Hot Rod Power Tour is almost here, too!  Very exciting things happening in the next couple of months...:)

Mum and I have been going down to the East Bank District on Tuesday nights for the Market.  Flying Heart Brewery is one of our favorite places to eat although we tried Retro 521 and it was very good, too!

One of Flying Heart's local brews - Six of Hearts

The pizza is awesome!!  They do NOT skimp on the toppings.

The crawfish at Drift In are excellent, as always.

Kenneth and I hosted a murder/mystery dinner "Murder on a Train".  It was such a fun evening and everyone wants to do another.  Mitch, Margaret Ann, Jim, Janice, us, Tommy and Pam all enjoyed getting into character, eating and figuring out whodunnit!

Not very often I can catch these three siblings together!

So happy Daniel has brought Sophia into our family.  She is one of the sweetest young ladies I have ever met and she's beautiful on the inside as well as on the outside!