Our "Lonely" Weekend and Snow!

When Daddy and Mama dear went up to North Carolina a few weeks back, to go to the Brown's house for a marriage conference, we kids got lonely down here and decided to have a grill out and invite everybody from our church and some friends over for the evening! With Mums and Pa~pa's ok, of course. :)

So, off we went we went to town and got a ton of hot dogs and such, called everybody and checked the weather, and, HA! For the first time in like, 10 or 15 years, we get our first "real" snow, way down here in Georgia! So much for our bon fire and hot dog roast, eh? :) Hence, we just grilled out on the porch, and had a complete ball playing in our precious snow. Kressy telling a story...always a wonderful event. :)Cleve grilling for us!"Look, Joe!!! Snow, my boy!!""The wide eyed party stumbled out into the blizzard in awe and wonderment at the millions of tiny snow flakes..."

Kressy's babies get their first look at 'snow'! Look, chillrens!
Ah, then it really started snowing, and these were absolutely huge snow flakes! Here's Wes and Rach with their babies, looking charming...Our dear guests begin to arrive!! Here's lovely K. looking adorable in her hat.We were all so incredible thrilled with the snow, and as excited as children, running around squealing and scraping up snow and pelting each other...We missed Mama and Daddy seeing it so very much, but, they were getting to see even more up in NC, and we showed them the pictures. Alas. :) But they had such a wonderful time!
Wesley and Rachel's house in the snow.Tom dear carrying Critter Bug around...Mr. J. said the snowflakes at our house were the biggest he's even seen since being back in the states! Wow. They really were massive.
Aww, I love my home so! Doesn't it look charming in the snow? Of course, I have quite a biased opinion of our little spot of earth, no matter what the weather or state of orderliness. :)My dear brother Cleve!
And dear sissie-hon, Martha! Looking slightly chilly there, 'm dear...Mike and Kress and their little clan! So precious. LOL, I love Kressy's flip flops. :)Men in Snow

And Sisters in snow! As other folks arrived and supper time came, some went ahead and got dinner, while some of us completely forgot about the need for earthly sustenance and went outside to play!
The deal was, we would all have a race to see who could get the biggest snowball. After which we would all compile our efforts and create the worlds most incredible snowman. Here's Willie and Norma doing their bit in this extensive project. :) Willie's choice of hand-wear is very creative, LOL. I never knew oven mitts so were multi purpose....
I just smile when I look at this picture. :) I have the absolute sweetest brothers in the world! Here's Michael Jr. and Gray building a little baby snowman. "Ahh! Watch the camera, young urchins!"Cleve's snow ball's getting bigger!S. and Daisy are precious. :) Love the furry hood, dahling."The placing on of the head will now begin. Dorothy dances a victory dance around the assembled party, and Willie calls friends and relatives with the news of the completed snowman, while Norma solemnly places the head on. Cleveland and Rosie act as witnesses." ;) LOL, we had such a great time out in the cold, with our beloved 1 1/2 inches of the truly beautiful and amazing stuff that we call snow. God is the awesome Creator!! Here's (most of) us, posing with our little snowman. A better view of him. Although he's probably about 20 % grass, we were quite tickled with him.

Huh. He needs a name...I shall call him...Fredrick.

So. We now present to you, Fredrick.
And now presenting the activities after we all came in from 'de snowage...eating, of course, and then a round of different games, and then visiting that kept many of us 'till 2:00, having a wonderful time of fellowship...Above, D. is Rosie's favored one. :)Talking after supper...
Me and Kress laughed so hard when we saw some boy's method of drying his gloves, LOL.More visiting...Sam reads the score for... Guesstures. This pair was soo cute with it...The guessers...
And some of the wonderful actors...Here is a father/son pair...Wow! Now there is a cool and dedicated pair of performers. :)
Haha...I always laugh when I look at this picture. I asked him to smile for the camera, and this is what he gave me. So much more than a smile, baby!At around 12:00...well... :)The gentlemen rejoice in their victory!Dee Dear and Jononathan having 'tome 'pend time..yes! yeesss...

Then Saturday night, we kids piled up and went to the dear Robert's for the evening...They were so lovely to let us come over. :) We looked at yesterday's snow pictures, played cards, talked, and me and Norma had tea up in the girl's room...the poor dearie was not feeling tip top. She's so sweet, and bore it with such patience and good humor...
And then Sunday night, us and the Roberts kids bombarded the D.'s for the evening and early into the...um, morning. :) We had such a great time together! The occupations chart...
Mr. J.'s "I am the greatest" with a panic was the greatest in Moods, LOL. :)
A mother/son pair in Taboo...

After a hour or so of talking together, piled on couches and curled up in chairs, laughing and sharing old stories, we bid our good hosts goodnight, and thus ended our delightful weekend spend with dear friends, who let 9 lonely children spend the weekend at their homes, and made us feel like family 'till Daddy and Mama dear arrived home! :) So many wonderful memories to remember...and to think the Lord let it snow right in the middle of one of those visits, when we could all enjoy it together! He is so sweet to us! :D

Well, we are excitedly expecting company this weekend! I love, simply love it when the house is full of darling people and family. Delicious.

Farewell, readers. Good day!

Of Gardens and our Week

Goodevening, dear readerlings,

How are all of you? I pray you are warm and well!

Oh. My goodness. Praise the Lord.
This week has been....incredible. The Lord is gracious and helps us through weeks like the past one! 'Tis been a trial and tribulation week, but with God's help, we made it and are recovering! :D I know they are not big trials, and we have so, so many blessings. It makes for a tough week, though, when all those small problems snowball on you. :) But He is always faithful, and gives us grace for whatever He allows to come out way.Ginger ale, bananas, broth and tea can mean only one thing in our house, dearies. Observe the sickie's bedside table, with some of the unmistakable marks of the means with which we endeavored to stem an epidemic that swept over the occupants of Calathora. :)
Oh, but here's the garden, at last! I'm afraid they are a little outdated, but the Garden Mascot/Tour Guide that I grabbed looks so handsome I thought I'd throw them up anyway. :)Here he is, explaining that the broccoli is pretty much gone.Things to transplant, I believe...
Thought it was neat how closely the flowers and my sweater matched. :)
Such lush deliciousness!
A rather angled view of the garden from the top deck...that almost gets it all, though.Johnny ManSome of the rows...I love peas!Little BrotherUpstairs, Dee Dear works on the landscaping plans..."What do you think of these, dear?"Mama Love......Edwin and Paul......and Sweet Meef work on some deep cleaning...And here am I...
...saying, goodbye!