Winter weather and fun times with family

We had planned to leave last Friday morning to go to Paris. With the snow and ice that moved in on Wednesday and Thursday, we decided it would be prudent to wait a couple of days. The snow was beautiful! I just hunkered down and enjoyed it from inside my comfy house.

The roads had pretty much cleared by Saturday, so we left right after church Sunday morning and drove to Paris. Stephen and Mandy had plans to go out that evening, so we volunteered to babysit the kiddos. We really enjoyed our time with them! We played games of all sorts, I played “babies” with Gracie and danced to her music box, and then we wound down with bedtime reading. We visited some Monday morning with Mandy and the kids, then met up for lunch with Stephen. Afterwards we conducted our business, then hit the road towards Arkansas. We didn’t make it before Archer’s bedtime, but we had a good visit with Rick and Amber that night. Then we had all day Tuesday to love on and enjoy our littlest grand! He is so sweet and cuddly! He is really starting to coo and gurgle. We had some pretty interesting conversations. I love his little smiles! He is such a big boy for 2 months old…over 15 pounds! His sweet momma is taking good care of him!

Grandad and Archer having a good talk

Isn't he adorable?!

We got up Wednesday morning and left first thing to drive down to Warren and Linda’s. It was so good to see them again and see how well Linda is doing. We talked all day and even enjoyed a walk down their lane. We also enjoyed visiting with the bunch at Salem Road that evening. It had been a long time since we’d seen so many of them.

After a hearty breakfast and some more visiting Thursday morning, we headed to MW. We loved our round of visits with everyone, but it was nice to get back home.

My herb garden experiment was a failure, so I decided to buy some succulents at Walmart this morning (for $2 a piece!) and plant them in the pots that I had used. I’ve been wanting some for a long time! I hope I can manage to keep them alive!

Dennis has about all of the drywall done that he can in the blue room until the windows come in. He also finished the drywall in his new closet. He bought a new saw to use to build a ramp at the church house in the east foyer. There is a bit of a step-up leading into the building that we’ve been worried might be a hazard for our older ladies. It shouldn’t take him long to get it completed. I’m hoping that the windows don’t take too long to arrive, so he can finish out the guest room. We are really ready to get it done and start in on our room!

I enjoyed working on Archer’s rag quilt so much, that I decided to do another couple of sewing projects. I found a really cute pattern for a deer “lovey” that I want to make for Archer. My material came in while we were gone, so I’m looking forward to starting that tomorrow. Then I plan to make another rag quilt. My material is supposed to start arriving tomorrow, so I can begin cutting the squares as soon as I finish the loveys (I plan to make 2, so he will have a spare).

I hope all of you weathered last week’s winter storms and are staying warm and well. Take care and be kind!

Job 37:5-6 God thunders marvelously with His voice; He does great things which we cannot comprehend. For He says to the snow, 'Fall on the earth'; Likewise to the gentle rain and the heavy rain of His strength. (NKJV)