The weather around here can change in the matter of just a few hours… and in a few days or a week one can barely tell (or remember) that there was a major snowstorm the previous weekend (LOL). Here are pictures from our first snowstorm the weekend before last. The …

Well.. it’s definitely not *winter* yet. Not quite cold enough to be *winter* and besides this is a very heavy wet snow which we would usually have in the springtime. We usually get some type of snow event right around Halloween which is still a couple of weeks away. I’m …

Last summer we had a little microburst come through on the day of Amanda’s graduation. We lost our trampoline during that storm when it was lifted up and tossed over a fence into the field next to our house. A field full of cows. Enough said. We bought another trampoline …

Some of you know that I’ve been taking a photography class. Well… I cancelled the next 2 classes and got a refund because the class was way over my head. I decided that I really just need to spend some time taking intentional pictures and perhaps things may start to …

One day after co-op some of the other moms and I were standing around visiting and watching the kids out the window. They were wondering what Nathan was doing (LOL). I guess they had never seen anyone “snow plant” before >VBG>! Snow planting is where you shuffle your feet along …

Emily took a picture of this rainbow the day of her baptism.

We woke up to frost this morning. I’m not certain how cold it was last night, but it was only 32 when I looked at the thermometer after I had been up a couple of hours. Above is the view from our kitchen widow this morning. Notice the light color …

We sure have some beautiful fall sunsets!

We’ve had some BEAUTIFUL sunrises lately. It’s hard to get a picture since our view is blocked by the corn field. In another month or so they’ll be chopping it and then we’ll have our view back!

The sky is filled with smoke these days which makes for AMAZING colors in the sunrise/sunset. The last time I posted a colorful picture like this people asked if I had “fixed” it with an editing program. The answer is no. I have an editing program, but I’ve never taken …