Let It Snow - Let It Snow - Let It Snow

This is what we woke up to this morning.

The view at the end of our driveway.

I thought this was quite artistic.

The snow measured almost 10 inches!

If I was braver I would go out and make a snowman.

Password? What password?

How do you know it has been a really long time since you last posted to your blog?  When you can't remember your password!!!  How sad is that??

It's not that I have been in hibernation for the past few months.  I have just been BUSY.  But I decided that with the holidays fast approaching, I needed to get back in the swing of blogging.  And that is when I hit a snag.  I couldn't log in to my blog account.

I'm glad I didn't wait until a really important, urgent post to make the discovery.  So I am considering this a "practice" post - just to get back into the rhythm. I'll be picking up Mom this week and bringing her to North Alabama for the Thanksgiving holidays.  Stay tuned.




   

Never a Dull Moment!

I visited with Lil Man for awhile this afternoon.  As usual, his comments didn't disappoint.  He was looking through toys in his room and I said two times "Carter William don't do that."  He asked, "Why do you call me that?"  I said, "Because that's your name. Don't you like it?"  "No," he said, "Don't call me that."  I asked, "What do you want me to call you?"  He said, "Carter Mote."  I asked, "Like a TV remote?"   "Yes," he said.  So now Lil Man has a new name.

Never a dull minute!

A Blessing on Four Wheels

I know.  I can't believe it either.  A 2009 Toyota blessing.  God always blesses us in the most surprising ways!  A couple of weeks ago our 2001 Taurus "died" .  So we shared the 2002 Taurus for a week [not as easy a task as I thought].  For days I pondered what to do, I looked at several car lots, but it didn't look very promising.  THEN, it was what I like to call a Godincidence.  Everything just fell into place so I was able to purchase a like-new car at an affordable monthly payment.  I still am amazed.  And because I know you want to see it, I am including a couple of pictures. 

It is lovely.  Isn't it.  Hope you all have a great weekend!

It is what it is!

That has become my new slogan over the past few months.  Feel free to borrow it.  The words say it all.  We must acknowledge that there are just some things we can't change; therefore, we simply work with "the hand we're dealt for the day" and let God take over.  I can't change the fact that Daniel's car "died" Thursday or that Dan missed a step and fell into the back yard or that my car needed servicing yesterday over and above the free tire rotation.  HOWEVER, I can be very thankful that our State Refund finally came in last week and that the salvage yard did give us a little money for the deceased car and that Dan did not break anything and that my amazing niece gave me a new blog look.  Life is all about focusing on the positive each day, recognizing our blessings, enjoying the fellowship of those God has placed around us, and sharing what we have with others.  I wish for each of you who read this post a blessed week full of God's blessings and opportunities to share with others.

It Was a BLAST!!!

A Galactic Blast!  That was the title of VBS this past week.  As always it was a week full of energetic "cadets", great music, special crafts, amazing Bible stories, exciting science experiments, and fun fellowship.  B got to be a volunteer helper for the first time, K was a cadet, and Lil Man was in the preschool class. Wish you could have been there with us.  Just so you can "get a feel" for the week, I am sharing some pictures.  Enjoy.

This was the stage and backdrop where I led music - "Moons and Tunes"

Our sanctuary was transformed into the starship Galactic Praise!

This green gorilla is Galileo who helped teach the cadets about praising God.

Here is B coming back into the Worship Center for closing assembly.

Lil Man and K were not far behind.

I saved the best picture for last!

This is always one of my very favorite weeks of the whole year!  It's the perfect combination of children and music.  What a blessing!

Happy Birthday, Poppa

Yesterday was Dan's birthday and, even though he didn't feel that well, I believe he had a good day.  He had received several cards and a couple of phone calls throughout the day.  Then our family gathered in the evening for cake, dinner, gifts and games for the birthday boy.  I was too busy "coordinating and calling out Bingo" to get a lot of pictures, but here are a representative few.

Little Man loves birthday candles the BEST!

Poppa reading the card that K had made for him.

B and Dana just "chillin" as Poppa opens gifts.

Lil Man and Steve

Poppa with his favorite trio!

Daniel and I were there, we just didn't get in the pictures.  The most fun of the evening was playing games for prizes [Nothing big, just $1 items and candy bars].  We'll have to do that again soon.  Happy Birthday, Dan!!