We had so much rain in December and January that our local dam had to open the floodgates completely open.  This is a big event in our area and doesn’t happen often at all.  It was quite impressive to see that much water spilling over into the river.  They had to keep them open for over seven days and had to open them again in February.  It’s been a very rainy winter. Bryants pre-cut ‘do. The kids are really enjoying watching Studio C.  Now they think they are all shoulder angels. That attack dads. Halo adjustment meant a post-appointment meal at Chick-fil-a.  This is getting to be a fun tradition. Emmie had two sidekicks who braved Atlanta traffic with me. Emmie selfie.  Frodo enjoys family worship and holding feet. What happens when your awesome son thinks that dishwashing soap is dishwasher soap.   Bubble time! Thankfully, it didn’t overflow and our dishwasher got really clean! Bryant lost his first tooth.  That little tooth has been with him since he was two months old.  No, I am not kidding.  He had two teeth at two months of age.  Still hard to believe he is growing up. Malachi’s normal stance.  Always ready for action. Just because cuteness. More Emmie pictures.   Emmie is great teaching assistant and takes her job very seriously.
Flowers in the hair for nap?  Of course. Emmie putting her little owl to sleep. Zoe is a big help when we need letters translated in to Ukrainian. How Ace practices his Awana verses.  He was reciting by memory, upside down. “They” say that whatever you wind up with while playing Apples to Apples describes you.  These were Mark’s cards.
Our latest addition.  Winter.  She’s a sweetie and has become a good companion to Frodo.
She wanted her “bank” this afternoon. More Emmie selfies. One afternoon, Emmie wanted to sit in her chair to eat lunch.  We pick our battles around here and she was the cutest thing pulling her plate down and reaching up to grab what she wanted.  She ate the entire meal like this.

Beautiful day for a fun walk with the boys.

About a week after Snowfest we got the real white fluffy stuff.  If only we could have predicted the future.

This is what I like to call “The Perfect Snow.”  There was a dusting when we woke up and it snowed throughout the morning and left us with about half an inch.  By lunch, however, it was almost completely gone.  No worries with travel or power outages or any other problems.  Just some pretty white stuff to enjoy for a few hours.  Yep, I’m a total Southerner.
Emmie’s first official snow.  She was fine with it as long as she stayed warm which was hard to do with the halo. Her main priority was to get in the cozy coupe.
Snow angels??? Then we took a walk on the trail.  It was so neat to see the woods and water covered in snow. No one had made it to the playground yet so the snow was fresh and ready for some snowball fights. A sweet neighbor was out with her family and just had to get a picture of our crew.

This is what winter looks like, sometimes, in the South.  Okay, very rarely.  So much so that we have to document it on our blogs and such.