A Reminder Of All Things New

I know that alot of the Facebook status updates and Twitter updates were about how people wished spring would come now!  Right now! 

The "storm" we had this week was another reminder of why people want spring.  The slushy weather was horrible.  My boys were told to bring extra socks to school.  On Friday, Kyler even took 3 pairs.  One for when he got there and after each of the recesses.  Smart kid!  He knew he would get wet feet, so there's no point in avoiding it at all.

While the storm is sucky, and the weather isn't idea anymore it's still winter. 

The thing I love about winter is the way things look "new".  When the blanket of snow covers the world and things look fresh, new, white again.

I will always remember this one day I was in high school.  We had early band practice and I needed to get there early enough to warm up.  I remember turning down this one corner on Lakeshore Road and seeing the most beautiful sight ever.  It had snowed the night before and everything was covered in this beautiful white snow.  Everything.  It was such a gift from God to see His grace.  And the reminder that all things are "new".

On our "storm" day this week I was reminded of this again.  While the weather was yucky and slushy and just not nice there was still a reminder of all things new.  New things are coming.  The bulbs are going to be coming up soon, the weather will change and things will be new/warm again!

For now ....

Enjoy the beauty

 

 

And just for a smile:

 

Rain Day!

Can you believe it?  We almost had snow! SNOW!  In APRIL?!?!  Crazy!

No we got rain.  And so far it's windy cold and annoining!

There are so many puddles in the school playground that when Kyler ran out of the school he had landed in a puddle.  This means runner are on the heater, new socks and pants are drying over the back of a chair.

I"m not aginst rain, I"m aginst COLD rain :)

The Count Down is ON!

Things are changing at our house. Not only is it the Christmas season and the kids are buzzing with excitement but we are having a new house guest in January.

We are so excited to have my brother "Uncle Jack" move in for a few months while he finds a job. The kids can't wait to have someone "younger" to play with! AH I can't believe they said that but they did.

Today we worked on cleaning out the closet for the green room so he has a place to put all his incredible suits! I'm very excited to have him close to use while he searches for a job!

Not only that but the official count down is on (and ALMOST in hours....) until the NUTCRACKER!!! Quinton is over the moon excited as it is his first year to go. He wants to bring his nutcracker from home but I told him we should leave it here. We don't want it to get broken.

Today, while we clean, we are listening to the Nutcracker CD that Kyler picked last year. I'm so impressed with him picking it and now are preparing ourselves by listening to it. What wonderful music!

The boys are also having a PJ day today. It's a PA day from school and we are chilling out at home. We did a quick run to the grocery store to get a few things and now are home for the rest of the day. It's snowing (while not staying on the ground) and the boys are excited when their friends "the girls" come over and they can go and play in the back yard. We did pick up some gingerbread families to decorate. My plan, which who knows if this will work, is to send the kids outside to play in the back yard, then inside for hot chocolate and popcorn and a movie, then decorate our gingerbread family and the cat and dog that came with it, and then let the kids play trains again. IT should be fun!!

Here's to a productive day! Hey I already got in a blog post so we must be doing well!!

Playing with the Wind!

It's a "cool" 17 degrees out today. I'm loving it! We have all the windows and doors open to air out the house and just let the house cool down!

Today I did some laundry and got Kyler and Quinton to work outside. I'm loving my desk in the corner because I can do so much work and watch the boys. Today I was given a reminder of how cool our family is. We love these boys more than anything and today I got to see their little minds working.

Kyler was mowing the lawn (see Photo Blog ) and Quinton was chilling out around the yard. I caught him playing with the wind. He would "blow" the sheet out and run after it. Then he would run back when the wind came back at him













Lets just say there is alot of Mommy Love today!!

Catching up!

On September 1st we had our last picnic of the summer. We packed everything up and biked down to the "school park". And I *swear* when we were packing up the sun was out and it looked beautiful! I was very excited. Then on the way there the clouds came out and we weren't there more than 20 minutes, if that and then thunder started so we headed home. The boys are "Fast bikers" when it's thundering out!

Here's a few of our last days of summer shots:













Our picnic was quick. Here's the boys:

Wordless Wednesdays ~ Strawberry Picking

Picture Overload. Quick help... Springridge Farms, Overcast day, I picked while our friend Trisha watched the boys and took almost all of these photos.

Enjoy!















































The boys coming to me out in the fields:

















Quinton Eating a Strawberry:










Making himself swallow:


Lunch time:












One last play area:










Bathroom break then home: