Saturday, January 16, 2010

Take a deep breath

Ahhhh.....January.  It has become one of my favorite months. After the hustle and bustle of December, January is a welcome break from the "busy"ness of the world.  Time to catch our breath, clean-up the house and enjoy new Christmas toys.  Until we hurtle ourselves headlong into spring t-ball and birthday celebrations for George and Andy and new projects at the school and....well, you get the idea.

An unusual sight in Georgia!
We've rarely seen ice on the lake in the five years we've been at this house and certainly
not the whole thing frozen over.



Of course snow and ice in Georgia meant two days out of school for Zack due to icy road conditions.  However, I did make it to the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Hanceville, AL for a women's retreat the weekend of January 8.  What a beautifiul, wonderful, prayerful way to start off the year. 

A favorite quote from the weekend: 
"The Most Important Person on earth is a mother. She cannot claim the honor of having built Notre Dame Cathedral. She need not. She has built something more magnificent than any cathedral, a dwelling for an immortal soul, the tiny perfection of her baby's body. The angels have not been blessed with such a grace. They cannot share in God's creative miracle to bring new saints to Heaven. Only a human mother can. Mothers are closer to God the Creator than any other creature; God joins forces with mothers in performing this act of creation…What on God's good earth is more glorious than this: to be a mother?" Cardinal Mindszenty

Our Christmas celebration was joyful, fun and very relaxing.  Here are a few pictures and updates:

Zack was so excited the week before Christmas, he could hardly stand it.  He asked Santa for a Nintendo DS and the game of Sorry.  He must have been a good boy.  Much to his delight, he got both. 


George got a 12-inch bicylce, the cutest little bike you've ever seen.

Andy got his own workbench.

George and his new Thomas hat

Andy has his own chair now for camping and going to all his older brother's practices and games.

Andy was our king on the Epiphany this year.

Curious George and George at the children's museum

Zack painting at the children's musuem


1 comment:

  1. Way to go Geek on adding the slideshow feature to your site! I knew you could do it! Cute pics. I love the one of George sitting next to Curious George! Love, Dude

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