WORDLESS WEDNESDAY - Photos from the last couple of days

Snow Day

One day last week we woke up to snow and a Snow Day! We love snow days! This is the first snow day in the "new" house. Before .... we would make chili, play rummy and Kimi would come over to play in the snow or take a snow hike. Kimi lived close and it was easy for her to walk half way and meet Maggie or have someone drop her off at the end of the drive. As most of you know we use to live in a secluded wooded area and had plenty of room for tromping around.
Tony and Maggie took one look outside and decided they had better take a snow hike, so they found the boots and took off through the country to Stop N' Sea for hot chocolate. These are the pictures that I found in Maggie's camera. With a move comes lots of changes.... but also a lot of good things remain the same.

BUGGY BOWL

This was the scene in front of school this morning. Tomorrow night our boys play North Daviess in the Buggy Bowl. Our girls already played them this year and won, allowing us to keep the girls Buggy Bowl trophy another year. We get a real kick out of seeing all these buggies in front of the school... we counted 17! Our girls have a game tomorrow against Pike Central, and then we hope to make it to North Daviess for the boys game.

This has been a busy but good week. Maggie, along with a friend from church, is hoping to raise money to go on a mission trip to Romania in June. They would be working at an orphanage for handicapped children, and would be gone for 12 days. We have started filling out the paper work, and are doing a lot of praying about it.

She has also been invited to join a club volleyball team... of course, she would not start until after basketball season. She is pretty excited about the opportunity to train and play with this group. We are hoping that this works out for her. It is hard to believe that in a couple of weeks it will be basketball sectional time! The girls have had a great ball season... and are looking forward to sectional.

On Wednesday and Thursday I got to spend some time with the babies. Sydney is growing like crazy, and it always makes my day to chase Noah around. He is soooooo funny! Robby is adjusting to his new college schedule.... he went from 3 days a week to 5 days a week, and has more homework. I am so glad that he is commuting, we like having him home for supper every night.

We've been really concerned for my niece Dana, please remember her in your prayers, she has had some recent health concerns. She is in the process of having test run and seeing a specialist.
You can read more about it by hitting her link on my blog list. We are praying that she can get it all taken care of right away, and be living pain free soon.

Hope that you all have a great weekend!

TWO LITTLE SWEETIES!

Today Maggie had a two hour delay.... yeah! We love two hour delays, and snow days! She and Robby both had a chance to play with Noah and Sydney before they had to leave for school.
Yesterday I was able to get the rest of the boxes put away from the garage... this job has been gnawing away at me for weeks, so I am so thankful to have that accomplished. Just finished the Glen Beck book called "The Christmas Sweater", it was very good. It will make you cry, but it is very worth the read.
Little Doll Baby!
Playin the Drums!

Noah feeding me No-Bakes

Hope that everyone is keeping warm.... I have been looking through seed catalogs and daydreaming about spring and flower gardens!

Have a great weekend.

Happy 3rd Birthday Alex!

Saturday we enjoyed birthday cake for Alex and Uncle Cliff. We had a great time visiting. Hard to believe Alex is three already... seems like he turned from a toddler to a big boy overnight. Alex is Tony's sister Julinda's youngest son. He is the youngest of the Sanders first cousins.


HAPPY 3RD BIRTHDAY ALEX!

Oh Baby!

Courtney and Sydney at Mim's house


Aunt Joni with baby Sydney

Maggie, Courtney, and Chris
Noah helping to hold Sydney
Brooklyn and Noah.... Addison was too busy to get caught in a picture!
Dana and Sydney
Me and Sydney
Brooklyn ... isn't she getting big!
Mim Johnson with Sydney
Noah kissing his little sister!

The first couple of pictures were from last Sunday at Mom's. Nothing like a new baby! The other pictures were from today. Erin had to run to school for a little while so I got to baby sit. Dana and the girls came for a visit, then Mim and Pap stopped in for a minute. What a nice afternoon!

Have a great weekend!

HAVE A LITTLE FAITH!

One of my New Years resolutions is to let go of worry! My pattern seems to be to stay pretty optimistic for a long time and then when things are not going right, I start to worry. Why do we waste time worrying about things we have no control of? Probably lack of faith. Here are some good faith quotes!

"There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever"

" Faith, in deed, has up to the present not been able to move real mountains... But it can put mountains where there are none."
-Friedrich Nietzsche

"Hope is faith holding out its hand in the dark."
- George Iles

"To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible."
- St. Thomas Aquinas

"Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe."
-Voltaire

-Do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
-Matthew 6:34

-Trust in the Lord with all your heart;do not depend on your own understanding.
Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take.
-Proverbs 3:5-6


Less worry - More Prayer!

Last night Papaw, and I got to watch the babies! Here are some photos..... Have I mentioned that .... I LOVE BEING A GRANDMA!