Winter Wonderland...Deep South Edition

So, we have grown pretty accustomed to hearing the forcast of snow for our area and either seeing nothing...or ice{which is no fun to play in...we know becuase we tried!}

This time, when they started talking the "S" word {snow} we did not get excited or even think twice. It started raining at our place around 5:45 on Wednesday night. It rained for about 2 hours before we spotted the first flakes of snow. Even then we were sceptical of accumiations. But then it started snowing hard and conituned for a few hours. We were excited to have a "fun" snow that got us a delay for school starting but was not dangerous and brought LOTS of joy to our house!

We did wake up early in the am for fear that the snow would be gone with the daylight. The kids were happy to rise early to go out and play. We played for a few hours before going in to get ready for school. Here are a few of our pics.

Oh, Happy Day!

Our Bill is HOME!!

We are one happy family tonight!

Funky Time of Year...

This must be the longest winter season known to man Alabama me! I mean I usually love wintertime...coffee, fire-places, sweaters, hunting and etc. Although I am super tired of "wintery mixes" I know that God is in control!

It is, in fact, a funky time of year. I know that not everyone's life revolves around hunting season's but ours seems too:) With duck season over, we now await turkey season. I have to invest in some cheaper practice shells cause I cannot go without shooting for several weeks! But since this probably interests no one reading...I shall move on!

Carys has made a really big decision in her life. She has decided to participate in  her first beauty pageant. I am kinda shocked. I am not anti-pageant, but I never wanted to put her in one if she did not want to. But she loves getting all dolled up and when they sent the paper home from school explaining there was to be a pageant, she jumped at the opportunity to be in it. We have been practicing walking and smiling and we went and selected her dress this week. I just want to be sure that she knows how beautiful she is and that these things are just for fun!

So, I have been snapping pics of her to enter into the photogenic portion. Here is what I have so far...

Of course these are beautiful but I am going to keep snapping! Can you believe Carys was outside in this sleeved dress just last Sunday!!!

God Bless!