I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas...

oh wait, it is almost February!!

We were hit with a winter storm Friday and Saturday! It is so strange since the weekend before it was 70 degrees and the boys were in shorts!
The snow turned to ice yesterday but the boys are still having a blast playing! I think they went outside 4 different times yesterday. The last time we all went out a good game of Ice Hockey was started!
Today the sun is shining bright but it is still bitter cold. The kids wasted no time this morning and were outside first thing. I guess they are making the most of it, knowing it will be gone all to quickly.
The town and highways have been closed down since Friday night. No travel is advised. Since it is only in the 20's today it will still be icy tomorrow morning when Brian goes to work. Maybe they will keep the base closed or at least give a delay in show time.
So long from our frozen surroundings!

MOM, I think I found BOO Again!!

You see, Boo is the little lizard Levi fell in love with last fall. It was the first lizard Levi ever held and Levi played with him ALL day. He was devastated to have to let him go that night but I told him that maybe he would see Boo again someday. Well, I guess today is the day! He has been playing with him for a couple hours now. I am certianly not going to tell him that the chances of this really being Boo are not likely, I am just going to let him enjoy life with his little Backyard Pet.
Hayden and Gage caught lizards too. Hayden's keep snapping at him but Gage's is really friendly and keeps crawling all over him.

The boys LOVE our backyard pets!

I think Hayden's Lizard is threatning him.

Gage's lizard is taking a nap on his shoulder.

Happy Birthday Gage!!

Gage celebrated his 10th birthday this month!

To celebrate we were taking Gage out to dinner at the restaurant of his choice. He chose Chili's but Dad suggested we try Buffalo Wild Wings. It was a great suggestion and we all LOVED it!

Until Buffalo Wild Wings Gage would not eat anything spicy. In fact his wings were Sweet BBQ. But he tried Brian's hot wings and he LOVED them! Since then he has been trying all kinds of new spicy stuff. I am so proud of him.

Gage is still as active as ever and loves to be outdoors. He got a new Bike for his birthday so you can find him biking most afternoons. He told me the other day that he is ready for summer because he wants to go swimming again. Gage is just like his Daddy, wants to try and enjoy everything in life!

Gage patiently waiting for his Sweet BBQ wings

After trying Daddy's HOT wings.

Those wings just MIGHT be too hot for Daddy!

Gage opted for Dippin Dots rather than Cake.

Gage's new Bike

I let Gage pick the Blog background for his birthday month. He is into black right now and picked a great background.

Gloomy Morning become Sunny Days...

Levi woke up quite gloomy today saying he wasn't feeling well. Now, I know better and assumed that it has everything to do with the fact that Daddy is supposed to leave tomorrow. He was selected to go to training in Mississippi until Sunday. Brian has been gone less then one week since we arrived here in NC almost a year and half ago and we know we are blessed.

As I snuggled in with Levi to talk about how blessed we are that we have Daddy all the time and it was only going to be a few days, the phone rang and it was Brian telling us that his TDY was cancelled! Levi's little face lit up as bright as the sunshine. It was amazing that Levi had a FULL recovery in just a matter a minute!!

Our Gloomy morning has turned out to be a very Sunshiny Day!!

DIAL Album

So last year I started a DIAL Album (Day In A Life). The idea behind it was that I usually scrapbook birthdays or vacations but I felt like I was missing out on daily life. I decided to pick one day every month and just scrap the events of the day. I shared this idea with some of my scrappy friends and together we all decided to do the album together on the 19th of every month! It was a blast. I am still not done but I WILL finish it!
This we decided to carry on the DIAL Album but we are doing the 10th of 2010! It is gonna be fun!
Well, because I am still trying to finish up my Christmas Presents I am going to use my Blog to journal the 10th. Then, when I am ready I will all ready have the journaling done!

So, the 10th of January...
We went to "Sunday Morning service on Thursday Night" so we decided to veg Sunday morning! It sure felt off not getting up and going to church. Our church broadcasts live on the Internet so we did tune in while we were enjoying Breakfast Burritos that my Darling Husband made.

After breakfast we headed into the bonus room. We are SO close to being done! Brian cased a window and painted it. There is only one plug-in in my scrappy room so Brian ran two extension cords under the cabinets and then drilled holes in the counter tops to for electricity. It really looks so nice! I now have a fully functional scrapbook room.

In the late afternoon we decided to go for a walk at a local park. This is certainly a replacement for our beloved Mildenhall River! We LOVED walking the river on Sunday afternoons. The great part about this park it is less then 10 minutes from our house.

As we were walking yesterday we heard a group of people gathered at one of the old houses on the path. We first thought it was a wedding but as we got closer we realized that we had walked up on a movie being filmed! It was pretty cool! It was a movie being filmed about Black History Month about slavery. It was a local movie which is going to premier on the 23 of January. We would love to see it.

As we were walking Levi suggested we have Grilled Cheese and Tornado (Tomato) soup for dinner! We thought it was a brilliant idea so we stopped at Walmart for soup! We have yet to find an alternative to our beloved German Knorr Tomato soup we used to buy at the Commissary in the UK, but we will keep looking! Either that or take a trip to England to stock up on soup!

Have a blessed day!