New Year, New Beginnings...

Man, it's been a while. But, by golly, why not start this back. Better late than never.
This past Monday was our 1st snow day of the new year. I have no idea if we will have any more, but if you depend on nature to tell ya, then you can count on more of 'em. The hornet's nests are higher this year, which tells us it's gonna be a heavy winter for what that's worth. God's been so good to us. I was just thinking this morning about how everyone's doing so well. We have 2 healthy kids and Susanna and I are also healthy. Nothing too serious except the occasional stuff. Hayden is growing like crazy, and his vocabulary has simply exploded. There's not much he can't say, and Susanna and I are constantly laughing at some of the things he spouts out. It's a priceless time. Hallie's not quite walking, but she is crawling everywhere. I think this is week 3 of crawling, and she's now standing up on her own then dropping like a rock and crawling to the next place. I'm guessing it's only a week or two before she starts taking some steps and is truly walking around.

This holiday season was wonderful. I don't think I will ever take being home with family for granted again. We were away from our family for eleven years, and life still feels like we are living a continual vacation. To know that we don't have to go back to Texas is one of the biggest praises of my life. (No offense, Texans.) Susanna and I both love our jobs. We are so blessed to be able to do what we do with the people in this area. Our hearts are constantly stirred when talking and thinking about the people in Greenwood and we know God is doing something much bigger than us and bigger than we can even fathom. We are simply blessed to be His tools in the process.

We are still living in the barn. We are, again, blessed to have this opportunity. There's still the morning kicking from the horses. (I need to get out there with dad and fix the electric fence.) It's been super cold these past few days. This morning it was 14 degrees. The wind cuts right threw pj's when you are out trying to feed at 6am and it's that cold. That then usually causes me to need to potty, then I'm wide awake :-) TMI? I guess it's just one more area of nature's wake up call. That's enough for now.

Have a wonderful Wednesday,
Frankie