busy, busy, snow and park

currently my house is in pretty good order and i like that. a lot of times if there is a lack in blogging, i am busy keeping up with household chores, running lots of errands, and in general organizing my life, which means there's not as much time on the computer. so on the flip side, if there is a lot of blogging going on, it is safe to assume my house is a wreck - toys everywhere, beds unmade, dirty dishes on one side of the sink and clean on the other, piles of dirty and clean laundry hanging around waiting to be washed or folded. i could go on and on, but i'm sure you all know what else there is to keep up with! it's the ebb and flow, good and bad times, peaks and valleys, wax and wane of my life!





last friday it DID snow!! we missed it at our house though. no snowmen or snowballs for us. :( we had plans to go to spend the night with my grandparents that night and visit matt's parents the next day, so we went ahead with our plans and we are so glad we did. we'd do it again. we left our house right as it started snowing and drove right through the winter storm. if i hadn't taken this picture i wouldn't believe that this house is on I-10 between houston and beaumont! it's a winter wonderland! we had a wonderful visit with my grandparents that night. i'm so bummed i didn't even take any pictures! thankfully i have these from not too long ago. after the kids went to bed the four of us stayed up and talked and watched t.v. until after 11:00. matt and i love hearing all their great stories! they have lots to share from their 88 and 83 years of life! (my me-maw is my inspiration for keeping a neat and tidy home. her house is perfect, no dust anywhere! i will never claim to have a dust-free house, but i can aim to keep things straight. and ya know, i think her house has been this way her whole life, even when she had eight kids at home!)



the next day we headed over to nederland, where i grew up to visit matt's parents. we hadn't been to their place yet, so it was time. grandma had the perfect activity for reese - icing gingerbread men. she bought the pepperidge farm gingerbread men, so no work there, and then little icing tubes perfect for little hands. reese ate it up! pun intended!!



we braved the cold outside at the park i used to go to a lot growing up and where my dad played tennis every saturday morning. fun memories.





we got home just in time for the snow to have all melted, but in enough time for the texas game. matt loved it!