Crazy March day!

I have to laugh when I think about the old saying of March, "In like a lion, out like a lamb"....well...I think that just about sums up this whole crazy weathered winter! We have had lions and lambs all winter long-seems there have been more lions, or should we say bears?! Ha ha! I, for one, am happy to see the weather a'changin again! :O) Perhaps it will get warm, and stay warm!!

Here are several pictures that I took yesterday, when the temperature got up to 75 degrees! :O)

FFF-"Favorite February Foto"-It's a dog's life!

That is exactly what I think this picture is saying! Tough to sit around and sleep all day, and then when he goes outside- run around the back yard and bark at everything that moves! Good thing he is so cute!

I took a lot of pictures in February, but, not many of the kids-so, I thought it would be fun to show you one of our furbabies! This is Bob-our tiny 125 pound yellow lab! Doesn't he look cozy?!

Have a Cozy week, and I hope you get a chance to get out and enjoy the wonderful weather-if it wonderful where you are!

FFF-"Silly"-Flock of Seagulls style!

Funny that I chose Sofia for this weeks FFF, again.  But, look at this picture, and tell me that it is NOT silly! Ha ha!  Like I said in the title, "Flock of Seagulls" silly!  ;O)

Love this little one's silly personality!  She brightens our day so very often!

(NO-she is NOT potty training-she sit there for 1/2 an hour, and NOTHING!  Put her diaper back on, and instant pee! UGH!!  She is no hurry to rid of the diaper!)

Have a wonderful week!  Enjoy your silly ones! :O)

FFF-"Fake Out"

Assignment: "Fake Out" -Just when you think you are going to get a smile out of someone, they fake you out!

Subject: Sofia(the master of fake out smiles)

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Goal: To get a smile out of her for the camera!

Take One:

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Take two:

Could she possibly be hiding her smile under the sofa???

Notice how she is enjoying this!

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Take three:

Nope, you are not getting me to smile!!

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Take four:

Mommy gives up-but, I am not going to put the camera away...I'll be back to catch you smiling later!! :O)

Such a stinker!!

Somewhere over the rainbow...

Today, a quick storm passed through, with thunderstorm warnings, and tornado watches. I was sitting on my sofa, when it began to hail! It quit very quickly, and here is what I saw out the back door. Sad that there are so many utility poles & lines!

Looks almost like you can see the beginning of the rainbow!

This rainbow was so vibrant and beautiful! There was an actual double rainbow, but by the time I got my camera to take some pictures, the double was gone.

These boots were made for stomping!

So, we get a lot of the kids running around in Sofia's pink rainboots-but, these great looking cowboy boots are Hannah's! Size big! Ha ha! We were all hanging out in the living room, playing the Wii, and here came Sofia with these giant boots on!! Too dog gone cute!! :O)

Can you say "Yee Haw!!?"

And to not be outdone....Maya had to try on the boots to get her picture taken! I think she looks great in them!!

Then there is Caleb, who didn't participate in the boots, but, was happy to try putting a pair of Hannah's summer shoes onto Bob. Can you see the excitement in Bob's face? He was quite happy that I saved him! Ha ha!! (I am pretty sure that even though the shoe is big, it was too small for Bob's giant foot!)

Wish you could of seen Caleb shoving the shoe onto Bob's big foot! Ha ha!

Conversations with Maya

Well, as many of you know, Maya hasn't had the easiest time with the English language. It has been a long hard road, and we are finally REALY beginning to see the difference! I have to give kuddos to her preschool, as she has learned a lot from them! I still have to strain to understand her at times, but, am happy to say that I understand her about 95% of the time now! :O)  She still has a horrible time with the letter s and the sound that it makes, but, she has really soared in language!  She spent 45 minutes, the other day, telling me about a girl in her class, and all the trouble the little girl was getting into!  It was hilarious as she described everything the girl was doing, and the teachers reactions! I have to admit, I really enjoyed hearing her be so expressive about school! I've always said that when she was going to be a big talker, once she learned enough words!

Here are some funny things she has been saying...

*"My heart is really beeping fast" :O)

*She told me that she saw a dog outside running around in the front yard, and when I asked her what color was the dog, she said "pink".  (Hee Hee)

Wordless & Wacky Wednesday

(Notice the red bolt on the ground?)

FFF-Melt

Ha Ha, Sarah!  Great topic for FFF this week!  So glad to see all the ice and snow melted/melting away!  Yes, after all the ice we got a BUNCH of snow!  I didn't take any pictures of the snow~sadly, it just wasn't as interesting to me as the ice.  :O|

Here is a picture of the ice covered branches that was playing stubborn, and not melting, while all the other branches were dropping the ice off by the handfulls!

This picture of the ice melting made me think of sticks of rock candy, or beautiful crystals!

In this picture, you can actually see the ice that is in the process of falling off of the branch.  Wish I could have gotten a picture of the drips falling off of the icicles!

See the way the ice is cracking and breaking off of the branches?

Here is a picture of one of the VERY large pine trees that line our driveway. I reached to pull off one of the pine needles, and a huge bunch came away with the icicles.  These trees were destroyed, as the tops of the trees were broken from the weight of all the snow.

Glad to see the ice storm gone.  I have still been seeing a few Michigan utility trucks-thanks Michigan for letting your folks help out! 

Please keep the people affected by the ice storm in your thoughts and prayers.  There were 27 people in the state of Kentucky that lost their lives during this storm.  It is so sad to think of heating your home with a gas grill brought in from outside, or candles.  

BBBBRRRRrrrr....what happened to our warm weather??!!??!

Well, it has been crazy here! A crazy ice/winter storm came through early Tuesday, and it has been crazy since! We lost our power to our house Tuesday about 1:30-2:00pm! So, after gathering our goodies, we moved to Bus' Mom & Dad's, where the electricity was still going!! We settled in, and had a pretty good time-as it was nice and toasty!!(Thanks Mom & Dad!)


Well, their electricity went out about 4:00am-I think(couldn't see the clock in the dark), and we decided to head home to use our fireplace for warmth!! Way too cold!!!!! So, off to Lexington, where we settled into the Embassy Suites in a room next to his Grandma & Aunt, who also lost their electricity!! I am currently typing this post from the E.S.! We are toasty, and warm, and I am getting ready to head to bed-but, wanted to take a second to post a couple of pictures of the craziness we have experiencing!

Stay safe, and stay warm!

:O) Sabra


Pardon the pictures-they were too big, and I didn't feel like correcting them, so if they appear distorted-I am sorry!! I am off to a WARM bed! :O)

The pic above is of the KY river. I was driving, so it is not the best! ;O) This is the Clays Ferry Bridge for any of you who are familiar.

Again, I was driving...hard to take a picture while you are driving?! :O)

The trees look like they are bowing down to the ice/snow!

Unbelievable amounts of ice!!

Trees are broken everywhere like this! We don't have many trees in our yard, but, there are a couple that look like this!

Trees all over the roads made it terrible to get around!

Our Blue Spruce was encased in ice!!

The trees lining our driveway...

So beautiful.....