This is one of my favorite winter salads made with two of my favorite summer fruits. I peel a grapefruit and avocado, drizzle with olive oil, and sprinkle with sea salt and freshly cracked pepper. It's a great way to chase away winter blues!
Olivia made this red poppy cross stitch for her Great-Grandma who is known in her town as "The Poppy Lady." She has been selling poppies for veterans for many, many years.
Barnett Family New Year's Eve Party - Aunt Christy's annual gumbo dinner; fireworks, sparklers, and sky lanterns; watching New Year's Eve party from Times Square; balloon drop (that might or might not have come a little earlier than 12:00); champagne and sparkling grape juice; glow in the dark mustache fun
Barnett Family Christmas: Potato Taste Test, Stuffed Baked Potatoes, musical concert, sharing time being together (1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th generations), Olivia presenting her great-grandma with a cross stitch poppy
Christmas breakfast with my Mom and Dad; Joshua trying on my Dad's childhood hat; Christmas with my Mom and Dad; checking out the progress on my Mom and Dad's future house; out to eat Mexican with the Barnett's; late night hot chocolate and Mexican Train dominoes with my cousins (2 AM bedtime)
Headed to Arkansas (estimated arrival 6:28 turned into 10:00); saw lots of snow and ice once in Arkansas (hence the delay in arrival); beatiful sunset in Little Rock; finally arrived at Granddad and Grandma's