This is what happens...

when a child gets hold of Mommy's makeup pencil. Apparently, Audrey thought her eyebrows needed a little "oomph." :)

Spring is Here!

Warmer weather returned soon to melt the snow, and we've enjoyed spending most of our days outdoors planting flowers, feeding ducks, swinging and playing. The only thing that would make this weather perfect would be if someone could vacuum up all the horrid pollen with a gigantic shop-vac.


"Whoever remains the quietest will get the first cracker."





Gentle soul

Little toes

Three Stooges

Amazed by the fountain in the middle of the pond

"This is my brother Darryl. And this is my other brother Darryl."

"This gween 'tuff feel funny on my foots."

Audrey cutting the grass....with scissors. :)

Nothing wrong with a little child labor, is there?

A flower for Mommy

Snow in Alabama

The first day of March brought few inches of snow along with it. Just the day before, we had the pleasure of hunkering down in the cold, wet crawl space under the house while a tornado and torrential downpour passed by overhead. Thankfully, we were spared of any damage from that episode. Audrey enjoyed the snowfall immensely, although she spent more time eating the snow and less time actually playing in it. Lila had a look of wonderment about her, as well as slight bewilderment, as she surveyed the white landscape around her. We played, built a snowman, drank hot chocolate, made chicken soup and basically just had a wonderful time together as a family. Here are some of the pictures from the day. I accidentally loaded them in reverse order, but you get the idea.


Audrey warming her toes by the fire after a long day spent playing outside.

Audrey's Photo Montage

I finally got Audrey's year in pictures completed (age 3-4). Turn your speakers up and enjoy. Now to work on Lila Kate's...

Don't Give Up on Me!

I'm going to get back on the blogging bandwagon soon, so keep checking in. (I have such important stuff to say, you know). Just been having some busy times over the last couple of months. :)

It's Beginning to Look a lot Like Christmas!

Thought I'd throw in some photos to reflect our Christmas Spirit. Love this time of year.

Lila Kate was amazed by the prickly greenness of the tree.

Not quite Martha Stewart, but I'm trying.

Gotta decorate some Christmas cookies...

Audrey's decorating energy did not stop at the tree...

Even the baby got tagged with The Spirit of the Season.

First time either of us has made a gingerbread house. An overrated experience in my opinion (Audrey would disagree). Too tedious and complicated for me!

Most of the decorations on our tree are concentrated on the lower section, about 2 feet off the ground. Anyone wonder why??

Workshop project update

A few more pictures of the workshop/storage building progress. It's actually got all the doors and windows, as well as the shingles, on now and is currently storing stuff!! Yay!

The littlest helper observing the action.


Just had to throw in one to show that I'm not afraid of a power tool. :)



We were so fortunate to have a client-friend of Fred's volunteer his time to place some limestone steps leading from the driveway up to the workshop. He is a landscaper who does beautiful work, and his wife runs a therapy riding program for disabled children. Fred has had the awesome privilege of working on some of her horses at the vet school. They are two very special people who are a blessing to know. Check out http://www.story-book-farm.org/ to find out about the "Hope on Horseback" program. You'll be glad you did. If you're ever looking to donate money to a worthwhile program, keep this one in mind. Anyway, we are so grateful for their kindness in helping us with our project.

Still got a ways to go (putting up the trim, staining, painting the door, bringing the siding down closer to the ground, landscaping, etc.), but the hard stuff is pretty much done!