A cup of Joe.

Hi All, Hope that everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Andy and I sure enjoyed spending some time with each other, and family. That's what I love most about the holidays. We spent this Thanksgiving at my cousin Stacey's house. Since Andy is currently at his BOLC training in Oklahoma, we actually met at Stacey's...since her house is about 1/2 way between our home in Missouri and where he is in Oklahoma. It worked out very nicely! Stacey's parents, my aunt Gaylene and Uncle Brook also came down to celebrate. It was so fun spending time with them. And the food was DELISH! They really spoiled us! Unfortunately, as we toured the town we soon realized that our camera is broken. Therefore I have NO pictures from this weekend. I was more than irritated to say the least. I haven't had much luck with digital cameras in the last year, but thankfully Costco is good at taking back merchandise! :) So I am hoping to get it exchanged before the holidays.

I do have one great story though...one that some country fans will be jealous of. On Saturday, Andy and I decided to take a little 'alone' time and go tour the town of Bentonville, AR. Although it may sound like its in the middle of nowhere, I can promise they have much more to offer than where we currently live. Aside from our wonderful lunch at Buffalo Wild Wings (which happens to be Andy's favorite restaurant)..we decided to check out their new mall. I was pretty excited to get some ideas for Christmas (and give Andy some!) Much like us, we decided to get some Hot Cocoa from Starbucks. The weather had turned to a measly 41 degrees with wind, and we were freezing! While standing in line at Starbucks, a girl behind us shouted out the name "JOE"...Keeping my gaze forward I noticed a dark haired man look up and then look back. At that moment i caught a glimpse of his face...I whispered to Andy, "Is that Joe Nichols??" He seemed to agree that the 6 foot something man looked strikingly similar to the country star Joe Nicloles. Needless to say, Joe and his two guests proceeded to be approached by many adoring fans outside of Starbucks! Andy and I decided that we didn't want to be the star struck type, and left them alone (not to mention I think I only know one of his songs). So even though our camera wasn't working, and we couldn't snap a shot from afar...I still wanted to blog the experience. Who would have thought we would see a celebrity in Arkansas? Not I.

For those of you who aren't familiar with Joe and his music, check out his website http://www.joenichols.com/ You also may know his first hit song 'The Impossible' from his album Man with a Memory.