Serious Snow!

This was not your typical southern snow...this was serious, real snow!

We had 6 inches when we woke up and it continued to accumulate to 7 or 8 inches.

Snow for breakfast!

This first day the snow was powdery and perfect for sledding.

AnnaKate loved the sledding. She would sign more as soon as we came to a stop.

We went for some great adventure walks.

This has been a snow storm that we will remember for a long time!

Jam Session

I came home the other night to find a little Jam Session going on in AnnaKate's room!

That girl loves music. When she got her Ukulele for Christmas we were shocked to see that she knew how to use a guitar pick. She loves music therapy at school and must have picked up her skills there.

The harmonica is always a fav too!

One Little Word

It is that time again to choose One Little Word for the year. My friend, Holly and I have done this for 3 years and we really enjoy discussing which word we are going to pick and how it represents us.

As I pondered my word for this year, I read Ali Edward's blog for inspiration. She wrote about how the word must choose you. Immediately, I was drawn to balance. It struck me hard and I knew the word had chosen me. I was going to find balance in 2011!!

I went back to my previous blog entries (here and here) to see what I wrote about my word and guess what I found...my word last year was balance! HA...I thought it was purposeful but no that was the year before. So...balance did chose me because I must not have really found it last year! :)

So here is to balance...for one more year!

I want to find
BALANCE
in my work, my play, my marriage, my parenting, my running, my eating, my health, my friendships, my faith and the list goes on and on.

I think I am going to work on a little craft project to find a neat way to display my word so I don't loose sight of it like I did last year. Or I could just buy one of these cute little numbers...

What will your word be?

The Best of Christmas 2010

We had a delightful Christmas filled with all the things I love...
family
friends
food
and surprises!

What could be better!

One of the best Christmas presents was a great report from the doctor for my granddaddy!!

Christmas Eve fun

Santa came...

Oh my...did Santa really hang a swing in the house?!

Christmas morning

A little nap before lunch

Christmas with the cousins

A trampoline from Lou-Lou and granddaddy

In addition to all the family fun, I had some great times with friends!

These are two of my favorite shots from the holidays...

I hope you had a wonderful holiday with family and friends!

The Holiday Season

We have thoroughly enjoyed our holiday season. It is has been full of parties, trips to see Santa, family time, baking and eating... but just not a lot of blogging time.

AnnaKate's Christmas program at school

A trip to see Santa

So excited about the packages under the tree...

Meyer Center Holiday Luncheon

We wish your family a very Merry Christmas!

Happy Thanksgiving

Innocence

Sometimes I worry about AnnaKate.
I worry about her future.
I worry about her cognitive abilities.
I worry about how she will be accepted.
I worry if she is reaching her potential.

Then I step back...
and look at the world the way she does.

No need to worry.

I love her innocence.