Yesterday I watched as the first African-American man became the President of The United States of America. Despite the fact that I didn't vote for him, I couldn't help but feel a certain sense of pride in our country that we have come so far as to overcome certain (and I say "certain" because there are so many more to overcome) prejudices. It was emotional to think of what it obviously meant to the many African-Americans who have experienced such terrible atrocities based purely on the color of their skin. That being said, I hope and wish that by the time my children can vote, the race or gender of a candidate will not be newsworthy or, for that matter, a deciding factor in their election.

Welp, on a completely, and I mean COMPLETELY, different note...

I went to the mall on Monday and Dillards was having an AWESOME sale on their shoes so I got, not one, but TWO pairs of shoes! For any of those who know me very well, this is an extremely rare occasion. I'm talking eclipse of the sun and the moon in the same 24-hour period rare. I'm, shall we say, frugal? But a sale like that, and cute shoes like these, are just too good to pass up... While I was at the mall we decided to walk down and get a cookie. And while we were down there I saw this little place across from the cookie place that did a certain thing and so....

the girls got their ears pierced!!!

They look so stinkin' cute and I can't believe I waited so long to do it! I'm just a big baby, what can I say? Okay, so to come clean I actually didn't just pierce their ears then and there on a whim. I would have, but the lady said that it would be best if there were 2 people there for Rylee. Well I'm apparently slow and didn't realize that she meant 2 people working there so that they could pierce her ears at the same time. Instead, I brought Garrick with me the next day and we got them done anyway. It wasn't a big deal though doing one and then the other right after. Both Rylee and Jadyn did pretty well, everything considered. Rylee picked out "pink diamonds" and loves them. She's very proud of her pierced ears. And Jadyn, well, she couldn't care less. They sure look cute though and I'm glad I finally had the guts to do it. I guess it just takes NOT planning it for me to get it done....