SNOW Today

We did actually get snow yesterday. It started snowing about 9 am yesterday and snowed all day. We went out this morning in anticipation of making a snowman or two with the kids, but found that it is mostly ice on top and the snow underneath is too dry to make a snowman. Hopefully, we will be able to make one soon.

We did have fun playing in the snow though and then came inside to enjoy some hot chocolate. Nashville only gets this kind of snow every few years, so it might be awhile before the kids get to see snow like this again at home.

Snow

Schools are out again in Nashville. There is no snow on the ground. This is the second time this month that school has been cancelled before a single snowflake has fallen from the sky. Maybe it's just me, but that seems like a crazy method for canceling school.

For anyone reading this, a prayer request. Our neighbors from our old neighborhood just lost a dear family member. She was very young, had cystic fibrosis and a year year old daughter. Her husband and daughter are in need of our prayers for peace and comfort at this difficult time. They are surrounded by loving family, are very strong believers in Christ, but I know that other believers prayers will be felt.

In other news, our house is officially on the market. The sign went in the yard today and hopefully will sell soon, although, not too soon since we haven't even started looking for another house yet. We would also appreciate any prayers for this stressful situation.

I promise I will post some pictures soon.

My Brother

Here are a couple of more pictures from Christmas of the kids with my brother. They loved seeing their Uncle Walter and since he lives in Montana and they only get to see him once a year it made Christmas even better for us all.

Christmas

December was a crazy, but fun month. We celebrated Riley's birthday with her friends at a princess themed birthday party. She had so much fun having her first friend birthday party.

The middle of the month brought the kids Christmas program at their preschool. We had a lot of fun watching the kids perform their songs and motions. Riley was in her element being on stage performing in front of the audience. They all had a great time and did a fantastic job.

We spent Christmas at my parents' house in Northern KY. We had a great time visiting with friends and family. My brother was able to com e into town from Montana for most of the week and we had a wonderful time visiting with him. The kids were especially excited to play with Uncle Walter and followed him everywhere he went around the house.

Here are a couple of pictures from our time with my family at Christmas.

The kids with Mamaw

The kids sitting with Uncle Walter

My baby is 3

I can not believe how fast time has gone. My baby was 3 yesterday!!!!! How is it possible that it has been 3 years already?

She has been such a wonderful addition to our family and I can't imagine what this house full of boys would be like without her. Riley is fun-loving, happy, loving, gentle, smart, and beautiful. She is a big personality inside a small body and she does not let anything stop her. She thinks she is a big as Noah in both physical size and mental abilities and nobody can convince her differently.

Riley loves life and almost everything in it. She spends the majority of her day smiling and laughing and having a good time. She walks through life as if she is on a mission and is undaunted by anything.

The past 3 years have gone by way too fast and I am looking forward to everyday of the future. She has been a true blessing in my life and everyday; even the difficult ones; is a blessing.

I love you Riley and can't wait to see what God has planned for your life.

Oct. Happenings

We have had a very busy couple of months and I've been very bad about getting pictures posted. The past couple of months we had a field trip to Walden Farms with the boys' preschool to see how pumpkins are grown and they were able to pick their own pumpkins out of the field.



The kids also were able to carve their first Jack-O-Lanterns this year. They loved scooping the seeds out with their hands and eating the roasted pumpkin seeds later. We opted to not go trick-or-treating this year since they had already had several trick-or-treating events at school and church, instead we were able to attend our first Predators hockey games on Halloween.

The kids were able to dress up in their costumes, trick-or-treat in the concourse of the Sommet Center, and watch the hockey game. We all had a great time and we are very thankful to a good friend who gifted us the tickets.



We also celebrated Seth's birthday with his friends. We had a great time at Chuck E. Cheese's with a superhero theme. Seth had a wonderful time playing with this friends and getting to play all of the games. I attempted my first pull apart cake and I think it was pretty good. The kids loved that the black icing turned their tongues black.

Halloween

Here is a quick picture of the kids in their halloween costumes. I have a better picture and I hope to get them posted soon. They were super cute and they love their costumes so much that they have been wearing them just to play around the house.

I promise to post more later about Halloween and everything else we have been busy with the past couple of weeks.