oh snow days....

how we {heart} you!

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We are working on our 3rd day off due to the snow.  And.... can I just say it is lovely!  NC is perfectly perfect when it comes to winter and snow.  It comes in quickly and blankets everything then.. leaves as quickly as it came.  Joey cancelled pts and played at home with us.

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The kiddos came in just long enough to warm-up, drink-up, and dry-out. 

 My dryer ran most of yesterday and I assume most of today.  

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meet our Olaf!
He likes warm hugs :)


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We have cooked most everything we can think of...  bread, cookies, donuts, homemade pizza, Thai nachos, soup, french toast, and every other comfort food that our pantry would afford!

 Prissy has been my right arm girl in the kitchen- as it should be :)

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Crafting has also been at the tip top of our list.  Valentine's Day will be here before we know it...  I have BIG plans for both of the kiddos class parties!

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Prissy is making things the most amazing things with her rainbow loom.  She is really WAY more crafty than I am- my cup runneth over!!  This is just one of the 1,000 charms she has made over the last 3 days- a tutu :)

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I received this email from Prissy's teacher last night.  

And can I just say- We LOVE our school!  

And Mrs. Baer is precious right down to her core!!!

at first glance….

y'all might think i had lost my ever loving mind.. 

 cause the antlers remain and the christmas is clearly put away. 

 i can't help it!

  i'm having a mild obsession…

 and david doesn't seem to mind either 

{we have an agreement he and i}.

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and salmon is creeping in…

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ever. so. slightly.   

i think i'm gonna like her!

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and… well this speaks for itself. 

 am i the only one whose handbag looks like this? 

 please say no. 

 i'm pretty sure the authorities are following me. 

 bless little boys who slip things into their mommas handbags!  

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merry weekend!

"no complaining in 2014…."

NO doubt y'all already know what happened in Downton last night??  I have to wait until Monday nights to watch… but I'm thankful.  Or as Joey would say "what I think you meant to say is that you are thankful we can watch it right?"  he he.  We are trying NOT TO COMPLAIN here at Harris house in 2014……  only 6 days in and it seems a bit daunting.  I'm quick to "what I think you meant to say was.." to the kiddos but a dose of my own medicine is hard to swallow.  However- I am so THANKFUL!  For ALL my blessings.  Not just the ones that I write about but the food in my fridge and the air in my lungs.  It just takes one shift a week at the hospital to remember that this life is only a vapor.  And our tomorrows can make us bite our tongues and pray for problems such as not having cable….  Today I'm cherishing the laundry- trying to smile as I wash and hang dry the clothes from the little lovin' kiddos that God has given me.  I shutter to think about what I have missed in A-man's pockets… cause I do hear something rather noisy in the wash :) But I know that one day I would love to have this season back.  One filled with questions about "why we must eat vegetables?" "why our hair is SO CURLY?" and "why momma cries when she hears her babies pray out loud?"  

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P.S.  am I the only sappy girl who swoons over this kind of sentiment? 

 I mean really….  

Why can't we talk like this anymore???

housekeeping...

Today… we are just getting back from our week long trip to Indiana.  We had a blast- THANK YOU THANK YOU to our wonderful family who always welcome us with open arms and food to DIE FOR :)  Our house looks like this… It's what we gals in the south call "tore up from the floor up!"- ha.  And I have some furniture that I'm itching to get to in the garage….  

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And this is some of our favorite Christmas gifts from 2013..

2014….

Happy 2014 Y'all!!