b-day

momma lee had to scoot back to texas today. we had so much fun, so much good food, and so much good momma lee time. we got to spend rowe's birthday together, which was so fun, too.  momma lee held down the fort for us yesterday & she said that rowe kept saying all day long, "my name is rowen galloway lee & i am a four year old boy." he just wanted to make sure everyone was on the same page. i get it:-)

fish

 

momma lee helped me make rowe's fish cupcakes for the big 4 year old throw down.  more pics to come. i'll take no credit for the creativity on this one. found them in a magazine and they were totally non-crafty friendly. 

wild

so this one has been a trip lately.  she says crazy stuff all day long. started peeing in the potty on christmas. a couple days before that, swallowed what she told us was a quarter and then several much awaited days later, pooped out a dime.  i will never be able to thank eileen enough for that. yesterday, she hosed an entire tube of chapstick as well as a bite of a non-toxic, thank you jesus, glow bracelet. i mean the child is into trouble.  she sure is cute though.

pool

 the biggest hit of christmas was getting a pool from moni & winnie & crew, and then of all craziness, swimming on christmas day on the back porch.

rowe

a new fav.  can't believe he'll be 4 tomorrow.

gifts

a little christmas morning rehap - eileen has more great ones on her blog

merry

 merry christmas from us to you.

palms.

so this is from our bedroom window.palm trees. crazy.

stinkers

stinkie one and stinkie two

visitor

so we drove across the swamp to pick up a christmas visitor!!! MOMMA LEE and we are so excited.  once again, dang it, pics to come later.  here is one from the everglades. there are a ton of different eco systems in the park, i'm learning this at work, but i think this one, the coastal prairie is so pretty.

jack

so a really sweet part of being in knoxville in november was getting to see one of my best friends in the hospital with her new little guy.  so here is sweet baby jack with his momma, who looks like she was never pregnant and did not go through labor  less than 12 hours prior. crazy.  leah - no fair.  

job

so i'm a working woman again, which is why i haven't posted in a while.  so a little history -  in our tiny, tiny town i was thinking i would never find a job, but in steps the Lord. we moved in on tuesday - found a job on friday.  i have been overwhelmed by His tenderness.  i know i'm behind a bit from thanksgiving, but i am truly thankful for his care as of late. so i'm working in the national park, right up the road from our house. i literally ride my bike to work everyday.  missing the punkies like crazy, but again, the timing of all of this, for eileen to be with us right now, it is literally a god-send. i don't mean that in the corny way either.  so i'm off on monday and tuesday, so i'll catch up with pics and the happenings as of late.  eileen's family finally arrived from germany so we are eating all kinds of yummy things that no one can pronounce. more to come soon.  

movin'

miss busy pants

green

the beginnings of our garden. i can't believe we planted this thing in december. so crazy.

so rowe joined andy on the boat today.  he fished for a while and then was way more interested in his goldfish and a random doughnut he found in the cooler.  

had another redfish for dinner. delish.