Happy Valentine's Day!

The loves of our life! Happy Valentine's Day!!

Blizzard 2011

On Jan. 31st it began to thunder and rain which froze and left a layer of ice that was covered by 4-5" of snow throughout the night. It was freezing cold and when Poppa tried to go to work in the snow he couldn't get out of the driveway. There was a pickup stuck across the street, so we got to take a grown up snow day (yay). Because the temperature remained below freezing and the roads were dangerous it turned into a snow week!! It was the first time in a long time that life slowed down enough to relax and just enjoy being at home.



It snowed again on Feb. 8th, but not as much as the first time. The roads were a little slick in spots but driving slowly made it easy to get around.

I have always loved snow and am thankful for God's beauty!

Goodbye 2010

Goodbye 2010!! It was a memorable year and it was a blessed year.

I managed to meet my goal of Project 52. I have 52 posts with photos from 2010. It was challenging at times, but I am proud of what I accomplished. I took more pictures and think that maybe I even improved my photography skills somewhat.

Both sets of our kids celebrated their 5th wedding anniversaries! Three of our grandchildren--Brie, Dane, and Hunter started going to school. Brodie started going to school daycare which he calls school. Gabe started his last year of college, woo hoo!!!

Poppa shot his first deer ever.






We traveled to Kentucky to see our Brandon graduate from Army basic training and we are so very proud of him.





And we lost our dear brother, Ronnie, after a courageous 5 year battle with cancer. He was diagnosed shortly before our kids started getting married. He endured and fought hard to the end, but his healing was to happen in heaven. Our family lost a very precious person whom we loved very much and our lives are richer for having him in our lives!