twice

So holy cats. It snowed again. Twice. In the South.

I know many have endured hellacious snow and will bid this winter a hearty goodbye soon! I can't say as I blame you. But goodness, y'all. It's far and few between here. So we LOVED that Jesus opened those storehouses yet again. Only this time it was February instead of January.

I wasn't stoked about some of the pics I snagged of Syd the first time around. She wasn't "feeling" it and it showed. But on this day…a few weeks later and fresh snow on the ground…we went across the street and took turns with the Canon.

Sweet girl.

I could squeeze the life outta her.

She's always up for taking pictures too…and mama needed a new profile pic for the Design Shoppe page. We shared smiles and tons of laughs making fun of each other.

Kennedy was under the weather {no pun intended} and just couldn't bring herself to come out and play. And it was a pity because this snow was PERFECT. Perfect for sledding and for snowman building. Perfect for snowballs and angels on the ground. But she missed it. Sinus stuff is relentless for her sometimes and couple that with a roaring soar throat…she just said emphatically "no!" to our attempts to woo her out for a few minutes. :(

Syd got a hold of the camera again…and I didn't mind. Since I adore this man and all. Coincidentally, I adore our little photo bomber prince too. :)

I took a few more of Syd…

And then she reminded me to "stop shooting life, Mom. live it." I guess she had me there.

But come on.

After TEN DAYS on his back, THIS is living life…

…and I had to shoot it. Just had to.

since we're a few days from March, how's about i blog January?

Sooo. Yeah. I'm blazing a trail through this neglected blog.

January. It came and went like a blur. A BLUR I tell you. And sometimes, for me, in January, that's not all bad. The first two months of the year are hard for me to push through sometimes. Money is tight, the weather is cold, spring break seems forever away and bleh, bleh, bleh.

But I have to say, I loved this altogether fast and wintery January.

Because for our neck of the woods, it was a veritable winter wonderland! Twice! Eeeek. We love ourselves a good southern snow! And two in one month? That's cause for a party. A party where I shoot through 8G of memory card in minutes.

Gabe adored his first snow. He couldn't stop eating it. Funny boy. And even though he had ski pants and waterproof mittens and snow boots and any other piece of appropriate attire, he managed to get soaked. Because sweet boy couldn't stop eating snow that would fall past his coat and into his shirt.

Over and over and over again.

The kids all had a complete blast. Even though this first snow was dry and powdery and ski resort like…it was killer fun. We finally pulled out the saucers I had purchased two years ago. Oh yeah, who's making fun of me now! Ba BAM! Jase built another ramp and we pushed those children down that joker like there was no tomorrow.

Fun, fun stuff.

I apologize in advance…8G is no laughing matter.

The Scriptures tell us in Job that God has storehouses of snow…He shared them with us this winter and we are grateful. :)