Snow Day 2

Monday morning we woke up to a winter wonderland. I have never seen so much snow in East Texas. The trees were covered which resulted for lots of limbs down and most of Nacogdoches without power. It was beautiful though. 

Our front yard. 

My favorite dogwood tree covered in a different kind of white. 

A different kind of snowball! 

Do you wanna build a snowman? 

Another shot of the front yard.

Around 7 inches of snow

The kids and their snowman

The poor Crepe Myrtle. 

Looking across towards 1087. 

Snow was ankle deep 

Texas snow shovel! 

The snow had melted off the trees by Monday afternoon, but the temperature was back to below freezing by that evening, so the ground stayed covered with snow.  The kids played most of the day outside in the snow. We did take a ride in to town to get some lunch, because our electricity was still out, and it was pretty seeing Nacogdoches blanketed in snow. 

Snow Day 1

Last Sunday we had snow in the forecast, with some even calling for 2 to 3 inches of snow. Bradley and I were not very optimistic that it would stick, but hopeful the kids would at least get to see some snow. It started sleeting around 2 that afternoon with it quickly turning to snow. By 4:00 it had started to stick on the ground. We had three excited kiddos! 

The front yard Sunday evening 

My birdhouse at the barn 

Cupid in the snow

Our road, FM 1087 covered in snow Sunday evening. 

Cason's hayman in the snow! 

Our front yard at dusk. 

It snowed and snowed. We lost electricity around 8:00 that night and heard lots of limbs snapping during the night. Emory and Cason camped out in the living room in front of the fireplace and Eli, Bradley and I slept in our room under lots of blankets to keep warm. 

Eli's Garage

Christmas afternoon Eli decided that his new 4-wheeler needed an oil change. All by himself he jacked up his 4-wheeler using a board and went to work changing the oil.

 

Christmas Morning

Cason was up at 5:00 Christmas morning but we made him wait a bit longer before getting everyone up. About 45 minutes later Emory woke up and we gave up and woke up Eli. The highlight of Eli's morning was his new 4wheeler. It was love at first site!  

When Emory opened her favorite present she screamed out loud, she was so excited to get her very first phone. 

Eli and some of his new farm toys. 

Emory testing out her new desk chair. 

Cason's favorite present was his new welding gear. He has already had his first lesson!

The boys each got mustache's in their stockings. They were also a huge hit! Meet Mario and Luigi Cobb!

Hay Art

Back in October Cason got the idea to make a pumpkin out of an old hay bale. So he went to work with just a little help from me with all the orange. After the pumpkin he started planning on something for Christmas/Winter and decided on a snowman. 

Our Hayman! 

We worked on Mr. Hayman for a couple of hours, that is A LOT of white, our poor fingers were sore when we were done! 

Santa Land 2020

The Sunday before Christmas we took our annual trip to Santa Land. This year Eli was really amazed by it all and loved it. They had added a few new items this year and our new favorite is the campsite with the underwear hanging on the clothes line!