January 2011

And to continue...I love to have something to look forward to after New Year's! No one wants the everything is over blues. So we headed to the farm in Perryville. I LOVE it there. So peaceful. There is nothing to do and so much to do all at the same time. It was so cold that day- a little too cold for four wheelers, but not too cold for a two mile walk. (Travis stayed in LR and worked. That is the good and bad of being a professor. You can pretty much go anywhere when you aren't in class, but your work easily travels and lets you work even holidays.) We headed out to the Big Field and it was so fun to watch the kids make the discovery...this tree would be perfect to ride! And they did! It was great and perfect for pictures. I am already dreaming out spring pictures here. Especially with a little tall grass in the background. I will have to talk my uncle into leaving a little patch unmowed!




Annika did amazingly well on our long walk. She only hopped on for a short time. It was so fun to explore, see deer running across in front of us, and try to figure out all of the animal tracks we saw. I can almost feel the cold wind on my face. I would love to be on that walk again right now.

After the Razorbacks had a terribly disappointing loss to Trav's first teaching job, we headed back to TX-also known as the real world. Olvivia was excited to mesh her new Lincoln log sets and build a whole city. It was good to get everything put away and settled back in. And get things going. We started back to school, back to gymnastics, back to dance, cheerleading for the first time, a new piano class, and back to our little family life. I love it and I'm thankful for all of it. I do, however, wonder when we'll be adding to this little family. We should get a call soon. Seems like we got a call about once a month so far. Praying God is preparing us for what that sweet little girl will need.

Whew...that was a lot of catching up! Hope your New Year is going great so far!