2 miles

Walked 2 miles with the kids today.

Ron is away doing volunteer work this weekend again,

so it was just us.

And then, we rewarded ourselves by going to

Olive Garden for dinner. Good times!

All made possible by the kids, who were little angels this morning,

playing together so nicely as I got all my work done.

(As you can see, it was very mild here today. 50 + degrees.)

A January day

January weekend

To the memory of a hill

This is the still-existing snowy winter view behind our house.

(I cannot show you what the view used to look like. There used to be a dense forest all the way up that hill. It was the home of lots of deer, squirrels, and opossums. You might notice that now there's an ugly black tarp stretching halfway up the hill, and behind it... no forest. The mean people killed our forest this past fall and destroyed our hill. Next winter, this view will be even more ruined, for they're planning to build on top of that hill. In the summer, there's still a jungle between us and them, but sadly, the lovely winter view will be lost forever.)

Snow Day!

We finally got our first snowfall of the winter! We woke up to a beautiful white world today, so we headed out, all bundled up, into the powdery white stuff to enjoy some winter fun. We took a walk around the neighborhood, observed the white scenery, and laid in the snow in our yard. What fun! I love snow and have been hoping Caleb would get to see snow this first winter of his life. Now he did. Now spring can come.