Date With My Valentine

Just a quick update on Mavala. The stuff is nasty...and it's working:) Aaron won't even eat with his hands. He has been asking for a fork for everything, even chicken fingers. This is a bonus that I had not considered!

Caleb is still accidentally putting his thumb in his mouth. I feel bad for him, but there's no turning back now! Watch out baby girl...you are next!

Christian and I went out for Valentine's Day a bit early. He wouldn't tell me where we were going and he invited another couple from church to go with us. I knew that we were going to dinner at a new Asian place that just opened up the road (awesome by the way!) but didn't know where we were going after that. He mentioned something about Appling and not dressing up and I started to get nervous. I sent my friend a text that said, "I'm starting to think that we are doing something redneck...don't dress up." Her reply? "I won't wear my stilettos!"

We ended up at the Appling Opry. Did you even know there was such a thing? It was GREAT! Kiokee Baptist Church bought an old country store in Appling and they use it as a sort of community center. The opry is a ministry of their church. They had a family that was invited from South Carolina that played for the first hour (we only caught the end of their performance), and after that it was a "jam session". It was fabulous. There were people of all ages up there playing.

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The next Appling Opry is Saturday, March 12th. I have it marked on my calendar, right next to this....

The Pioneer Woman, Ree Drummond, is coming to the Columbia County Library! I really don't know why...her other book tour cities are BIG cities like San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, and Atlanta. Why she is venturing down to Evans is beyond me, but I'm super excited. I love her cookbook and plan to take my food splattered copy and have her sign it! Word on the streets is that she is going to do a little talk about homeschooling first thing for all of us crazies that are into that sort of thing. I can't wait!