Grace and Sand- Quite a mixture

The kids have learned this Grace at preschool.  Precious!!!

 A co-worker gave us a sandtable.  It was a big hit this afternoon. 

New Quilt

As busy as life has been I have managed to carve out a bit of time to make a baby quilt for a co-worker. It has been therapeutic to put some music on and retreat to my sewing room and work on this cute little thing. Our Thursday evening group continues to meet and thankfully Pat has made it a priority for me to attend. Some of this quilt was done at group time but mostly it was completed at home. I have some other projects in mind and will see how they progress.

Snowstorm 2014

We had a great snowstorm last week.  It wrecked havoc with the schedule but what the heck.  A snow day every couple of years does a body good.  Daycare was closed and  Pat and I could not get into work so we enjoyed the day making snowmen, eating snow cream and sledding redneck style. Why redneck style?  Well, when you live in the south where it rarely snows you are generally caught off guard without a sled in sight. So you make do with a trash bag.  It worked just fine for a 2 and 4 year old. Okay, okay..... for a Meme also. Papa was on the other side of the camera or he would have tried it also.

A blanket of snow covered the area. In total we had about 7 inches.

Bayleigh did not like walking in the snow. She wanted to be carried everywhere. 

 Wyatt on the other hand loved the snow and if he had drier feet he would have stayed out all day.

 Redneck style sledin'

 First snowman ever at the new house

The cardinals always stand out against the white snow. 

December and January were a blur

No we did not fall of the face of the earth. It's just that life threw us a curve ball and we have had to make some major adjustments to our life. We hope to get back to regularly posting.

Family Reunion 2013

On Saturday 74 members of the clan arrived to celebrate birthdays.  A grand time was had by all.  The weather was actually not too bad.  A little breezy but the sun was shining on us all day.  There was food, laughs, stories, and plans to do this again. We were sorry that the 30ish that were missing couldn't make it.

Siblings with the parents that started all this.

Meet the New Girls

Tuesday evening under the cloak of darkness and on the coldest windiest night of the year we added 2 new girls to the flock. Why under the cloak of darkness you might ask? Well, everything we were told by all the "experts" was to add a drop of essential oil to each of the birds in the flock, then put the new birds up on the roost when it is dark and when everyone wakes up in the morning, they all smell the same and no one is the wiser that anyone new has joined the group. Well, we are here to tell you that the "experts" are WRONG.  Wednesday morning we woke up to 2 new birds huddled in the corner of the top roost.  Any time they attempted to come down 2 of our older birds attacked them and chased them around until they ended back up on the roost.  Buff, the meekest bird was never mean and they actually never moved away from her when she came around. So Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, Pat and Lisa went to the coop twice daily to give special attention to the new birds and make sure they were eating and drinking.  By Saturday afternoon we had coaxed them down and by Sunday morning they even ventured out into the yard.  Now, there are still chasing episodes and occasional flying of feather but I think we are making progress.  As you can see from the photos, they like being king of the hill up on the water tank where no one can get to them.  Only time will tell if they will ever be one big, happy family flock. So the moral of the story..........sometimes the "experts" are full of chicken poop.

And then there were three