Snow Day

The girls were so excited yesterday....the weatherman was predicting two to four inches of snow for our area...We woke up this morning and the snow was really coming down! This was their first snow day EVER!! Morgan was beyond excited when she woke up...she was squealing when she looked out and saw all the snow....

Alexa had her friend Claire over to spend the night...they were out around one o'clock this morning checking out the snow.....They went sledding today. Alexa said snow days are "awesome"!!

Morgan had so much fun just out running around and playing in the snow...We had a snowball fight and tried to build a snowman...It was small...there wasn't quite enough snow...She didn't mind though.....

That is a look of pure JOY on her face....

After we played in the snow, we came in to thaw out a bit...Morgan and I made snowman cookies to top off the day....

It was a really fun day...I hope we

have more snow this season!

Such a beautiful song....Love it....

Have you read The Shack?

I just finished it.....Wow....it was great! I was a little reluctant to read it at first. The story line just didn't seem like the "typical" book that I would enjoy. I had also heard about the controversy that surrounds it....but oh am I glad I did! It was definitely one of the best books I've ever read. Now I know it's fiction, but boy did it strike a cord with me. There were nuggets of truth woven into the book.

If you haven't read it yet, run don't walk and go get it!

I love to read blogs....I love to see all the great decorating ideas and inspiring craft projects.

A lot of blogs however portray beautifully decorated homes, smiling children, up-to-date scrapbooks....a picture of perfection....Well in the interest of "keeping it real"....I don't want to give off the vibe that my life is perfect....so here is the real deal this week....

I am really behind on my laundry...I mean really.

This is what my family room has looked like since Christmas...since Christmas people!

I have yet to completely unpack my suitcase from our trip to Florida....We've been home a week...That's sad people....

I really should get up and unpack that suitcase....

Or maybe I can just do it tomorrow...

Happy 2009!

Happy New Year!! We had a wonderful Christmas and hope you did as well....We spent Christmas Eve and Christmas Day at home. Then, we headed off to Florida to spend time with our family.....We had a wonderful time celebrating there with them....

Now, we're home and saying goodbye to our decorations and getting back into the groove of things....I love Christmas. I also love to put away the decorations and get things back to normal.
I love the New Year and all the possibilities it brings....

Someone very special had a birthday this weekend....Morgan turned twelve on Saturday! I can't believe she is twelve....We celebrated in Florida with her friends with a movie party and then we celebrated again when we got home...just the family. She wanted to spend the day at home and go out for dinner...Her restaurant of choice Nothing but Noodles...one of her new favorite places to go. She requested a chocolate cake with chocolate icing with sprinkles, which I happily obliged. We love you Morgan!!