Snowmen

As some of you know, I have a thing for sheep and lighthouses.
I think I even did a blog on my sheep collection. I think my
love of sheep and lighthouses are spiritually related, but I
know they are two of my favorite things. My other little quirk
is for snowmen. It might seem odd that a Louisiana native
has a thing for snowmen,but I do. As soon as Christmas is over,
I pull down my snowmen. Although, some of them get to
hang out all year.

Perhaps my love of snowmen comes from the absence of snow
in my life. I have made very few snowmen, and they were
not very big. The few times it has snowed here though, I love
that quiet falling of that beautiful white stuff. It seems to put
an icing on the landscape that only nature can do.

So, to all my "Yankee"(I mean born above above the Mason/Dixon)
friends...yeah I know, it doesn't really snow here. Our snow can
not ever compete with your "real" snow, but ours is magical.
It does not come very often and we get to stop time and enjoy
this magnificent show of nature. It fills me with peace and as long
as the electricity stays on I say: LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW!

My snowmen get to hang out above the fireplace with no
fear of melting.

This year I added cowboy snowmen to my collection. I think
it was their big carrot noses and boots that got me.

Thank you 75% off at Hobby Lobby. I like my snowmen
to be cute, yet cheap!

Even one of the couches becomes a winter wonderland.

This little family hangs out year round. I added them last
fall before we even began to dream that our Saints would
bring home the "big one".

This also stays out all year. I just like what it says.

There are always a variety of throws in the living room. This
one comes out at Christmas and stays through February.

I even like my hot chocolate in a snowman cup. Yes, I did
have cookies with that hot chocolate. I had better watch it
or I will begin looking like my friend on the cup!

Nana Again!

Miss Ginny is here!

He had not wanted to hold her until we
got the basket out, then he climbed in.

Sweet baby girl...both of them are beautiful.

Proud father....blessed little girl.

Liam and Ginny's other Nana...Becky.

My first time to hold Ginny.


Our newest grand daughter, Ginny-Elizabeth Audrey Mabile was born Thursday, January 6. She weighed 7lbs. 7oz. and is 20.5 inches long. She was born at 12:38 P.M. I thought I was going to miss her birth. Sarah called at a little after 5 that morning to say that the induction was a go. Although I was not packed to go, I knew it would not take me long. Unfortunately, I sat back in the recliner(having been awake since 3:30), and fell asleep. I slept until almost 7. I got up, took a shower, and got ready. I threw some things together in a bag and was out the door at 9. I was thinking I was leaving later than I wanted to, but with plenty of time to get there for a birth I figured was not going to happen until 2 or 3. Was I wrong?! Greg text about 9:20 that the drip was started and the doctor said baby by lunch time. I was not even to Beaumont. I picked up my speed and arrived at the hospital at 11:45. Jenny came at 12:38. I made it, but just barely.

I was, of course, present for the birth of my 3 children, but I have never really witnessed a birth. Sarah and Greg gave me permission to be there for Ginny's birth. It was a wonderful experience to see Ginny take that first breath of life. She responded loudly! I watched Greg cut her cord and the doctor handed her to Sarah. My first thought was,"she looks like Liam." I can truly tell Ginny I have known her since the day she was born.

I have been blessed with 2 grand daughters the past 3 months.....Life's blessings!