Happy Birthday Emory

Last Friday Emory turned 12 years old! 

She celebrated at school with me bringing her a special lunch and cookies for her and her friends. She then went to a slumber party for one of her friends who also has a January birthday. They all three had a blasts! 

Saturday she came home and we had a little party for her complete with cake and one of her favorite home cooked meals, per her request.

We got Emory a suture practice kit and she loved it, going right to work after her presents were opened and a piece of cake in her belly. 

A new goat sign for the barn. 

Her first stitch. 

She did a great job for her first time suturing! 

Emory loves all things bacon, including band aides 

Emory had a great birthday weekend, but was completely worn out and in bed by 8:00 Saturday night. 

School in the snow

Tuesday school was delayed until 10:00 a.m. due to the freezing temps Monday night and icy roads. Snow still covered the ground everywhere and I took a picture of the kids going to school in the snow. It may be the only time that ever happens, unless they go to college further north! School that day included lots of snowball fights too! 

 

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!