We met our new niece!!!

Mary Anna. What a beautiful baby girl!

Bergen Parking.....

Does this look familiar to anyone? Some other people I know also park at the VERY BACK of the parking lot! This was the perfect spot for Charlie because it was by a curb that he could hop up on so no one would ding his truck...

Love you babe!

Girls weekend!

Charlie's mom put on a wonderful girls weekend for all her girls. We went to a conference with Angela Thomas, which was incredible. Then had a fun girls night. Everyone brought a snack that began with their middle initial. Mine is "E" so I brought Popcorn and "E"m & "E"m's for our movie.

Anna and I came together and stopped at California Dreaming for dinner. we had the most amazing Spinach nachos for an appetizer... yummy!

Anna, checking out the menu

Me... Smile!

When we made it to Betty and Kyle's house we found Betty waiting outside for us. ---Thanks Betty! ; )   --- and we found Kyle in the sweetest shirt... it fit perfect with the start of our girls weekend!
It says "I love my wife" How nice right? Well apparently he doesn't leave the house when he wears it... well at least he wears it! Thanks Kyle for the girl spirit at the beginning of the weekend!

Saturday morning we stopped by the Flower's house to pick up Elizabeth (see the beautiful "baby" tummy?!) I had to snap his picture for Charlie. Notice Kyle's Socks and shorts... Charlie always finds this funny!

Thanks for a fun weekend Betty!

The perfect amount of milk in the morning.

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Snow by my house!

I couldn't resist snapping some pictures close to my house...

These horses looked so pretty in the snow...

Snow Day

 A true snow day! Charlie was home all day with me and I was able to get a couple things done around the house.

No snow day should begin with out breakfast... ours was eggs, pancakes, sausage, and hot Chocolate or Coffee.  This is all 4 burners going at once... I had a hard time managing it and and burnt both of the pancakes you see here. :) oops!

The snow covering everything around and it's still snowing.



Charlie, working from home.
The animals getting along (kind of)
Coffee, Mom style. with whipped cream in it! yum!
Charlie loved the way our view across from us looked so I took some pictures!
And today a MIRACLE happened!...

Charlie got cold. I have proof... here he is warming up by the fire.  

SNOW!

Yea, We got some snow... 

As you can see the dog wasn't so happy about it

Pancake Queen!

The Ostranders came for a visit this past weekend. We had a fun day catching up and spending time around Asheville and Waynesville.

Saturday morning we made breakfast and Hope was a big help with the pancakes.  I showed her once what to do and then she was off!

Here she is trying to decide if they are ready to flip.
admiring a perfect flip... yet again!

Looks good on the bottom!
Proud Hope with her plate of pancakes!
Hope,

You were so fun to cook with and have in NC this weekend! Come back and we can cook something else!

Fight!

Charlie and Copper have an interesting relationship. It is hard to explain so here is a few photo's to explain...




Charlie deals with a little blood and a lot of scratches to entertain the cat....

My Man and His Dog!

Charlie and Cooper went for a ride in the little truck...
Beautiful Blue Eyes! 
What a pretty puppy!

My Welcome Home.

Ever feel like you are being watched?
This is what I came home to a couple days ago.  They are all looking at me!

They are from the dairy farm across the street.
Does anyone else think the one running away looks just like the Chick-fil-A cow? Where is his sign?

Tulips!

Charlie bought me tulips awhile back. I loved the colors and had fun taking pictures of them. 

Then.... They died and I forgot about them until they were COMPLETELY dry! So...

The flowers have died... bummer.

Maybe some White Tulips next? :)

The Big Blue Sky

I have a thing for the sky. I wish I knew how to really capture it with my camera. Anyway here is one afternoon that I took some pictures around my house. It is hard for me to choose which picture I like best so here they ALL are! :)