Beautiful Snowy Sight

Our daughter-in-law, Bonnie sent this photo of one of their Angus heifers that she snapped last week.  Since I got to stay inside and didn't have to venture out to be the caretaker of livestock for once, I thought this was a beautiful sight.  Thanks for sharing, Bonnie!

More Snow Days!

It is always good to watch the wonders of the world through the eyes of a child.  We are fortunate and blessed to get to see things through the eyes of our grandchildren. 

As an educator, I am much like a child and love a snow day!  We got a pretty good snow over the weekend but that didn't give us the opportunity to stay home from school.  So, when we got a couple of inches on Tuesday, I was almost as excited as a child. 

It was good to see photos and do FaceTime and Google Hangouts with the grands to learn of their outdoor fun.

First, we got photos of Levi and Easton.  Their mother bundled them up and they rode on an inflated donut while she  pulled them in the powdery snow.  She said they tried to have a snowball fight but the snow was just powdery and wouldn't pack well to allow for that.

Of course, it was also fun to pull the donut and just tromp around in the snow while it was falling all around.

Easton thought he needed to tromp around and pull the donut as well!

Later in the day we got a video showing where their father had come home from the store and tied the donut to the ATV to give them a ride. 

This one was shouting, "Faster!  Go faster!"

Lillie and Lydia looked like they had a big time in the snow if the amount of snow sticking to them is any indication.  They had some old pool floats that they slid around on a bit.  Mostly, it looks like they just did lots of packing of snow on themselves.

It looks like Luci's anticipation paid off and she did get to make a snow angel.  I wonder how many layers she has on?  She looks like she thought it was quite fun, though!

We also got photos of Harris and Linley in one of our recent snowfalls.  Harris was so excited about it and really wanted to build a snowman.  Sadly, both of the snows we have gotten are really a bit too powdery and I don't think a snowman resulted.  He did get to do some sliding and playing round in it, though.

He was pretty excited that his baby sister, Linley, was getting to see her first snow as well.

He was probably more excited than she was.  She reportedly spent most of her time squinting at it because it was so bright outside that she could hardly see.  She did look cute in all her snow gear, though, didn't she!

Of course, one of the best parts of playing in the snow is sipping on hot chocolate and snacking on a little cake when one returns inside!

Snow Days!

Welcome to the sunny south!  We woke up Tuesday morning to snow falling steadily down.  It was beautiful as Mike and I sat inside here and watched it falling.  Of course, we didn't have to get out into it and battle it - well, I didn't.  Mike got out to go feed the animals and putter round but I sat right here and watched the snow fall and sipped coffee and caught up on my favorite blog-reading activities.

We talked to the children about the grandchildren.  Lillie sent this photo of Lydia and I think I might not have felt as much excitement as her while I sat in front of the French doors and watched but I was pretty mesmerized.

Winter Is Here!

We got a little dusting of snow during the wee hours yesterday morning.  It was scattered over the back porch and caught into the crevices of the furniture or I wouldn't have known about it, though.

I'm ready for a bit of snow.  I'd love to have a hand-full of snow days to sit inside and watch it swirl around!  I have my favorite door hanging of all time making the request.