Lighten Up!

By doing a book on Depression, this blog can get pretty "heavy". So what better way is there to even things out and lighten things up a bit other than using pictures?! Hopefully they will put a smile on your face. They make me smile and also warm up my heart......which is good, because there just doesn't seem to be enough warmth right now thanks to the minus 25 degree weather (that's without the wind chill!).

Keziah and her crafting. Here is a snail. If you are wondering why her snail has a tail, well, it's not a tail. It's the snail slime........ yummy.

Speaking of crafting, this girl will collect and forage all kinds of things to use for crafts, even convincing her teacher that she needed the paper plate that held her party food at school to make it into something. Below, you will see white doilies that came from a restaurant that we were at for breakfast, and a dark brown "paper" that she was just thrilled about which I allowed her to keep (it's the sheeting that comes in between chocolate layers, like Pot of Gold).

The crafting usually takes place when this guy naps......and nap he does, every day. It's the reason I am still sane (I know, that could be subjective.....)!! ;o)

But when he is awake, these two are often found together.......once you find them!

Receiving a huge bag of goodies certainly put a smile on our faces.....and an inch or two of fat to keep us warm this winter.

With Nathan over 40 now, I thought for sure he'd be the first one in the family that would need reading glasses. Apparently not.

We did have the stomach flu for a few days, but I knew Lincoln was all better when I went to wake him up in the morning and found this. He looks so innocent, but he's not! He emptied two full wipe packages and opened up all the others. Good thing he is so cute.......

While I know arranged marriages are certainly not the way to go, sometimes I wish we could bend the rules a bit......because then I'd arrange one with this boy to this darling little lovey that has stolen not only my heart, but his as well.

In the past 3-4 weeks or so, we have had a few snowstorms, leaving us with lots of the white stuff. This means snow fun!!!

And it's a good thing we went tobogganing a few weekends ago, because it is just too cold right now to go.

But not being able to go outside so much has not stopped our winter activities. Who needs a dog sled team when you can have your very own stuffie sled team?!

Cold, frigid evenings means coziness, snuggling up with my loved one, with a fire burning in the hearth. Thankful to God for so much to keep us warm day in and day out in this frosty February.