Jumping in the leaf pile

It was a beautiful (but cold) autumn day yesterday. The kids had a blast taking the leaves and then jumping in the pile! Ruth kept exclaiming as she jumped, "this is the best day of my life!!" I am sure they will remember this day...

family beach vacation - part two

Here's the rest of my photos from our family beach vacation at Edisto Island.
We had such a great time!

snuggles with Robby in the morning :) 

moonlit walks on the beach with my honey 

windswept by the light of the moon

me and my sweet sister in law 

sunsets on the marsh (this was the view from our back porch)

smores! 

family dance party! 

no caption needed :)

me and my girl 

gorgeous live oak with spanish moss in the front of our beach house

rocking on the front porch with my baby boy :)

another gorgeous marsh view

ruth got to see baby turtles hatch out of their eggs and make their way to the ocean! 

such a special blessing for her! 

my niece Lindsey holding one of the baby turtles!

Papa and Robby

a beautiful little country church on the island - I had to pull off the road to get a photo of it! It was just too picturesque not to miss! 

new jewelry that my mom bought for me 

And I made this jewelry for my mom with some sea glass I got from a little shop on the island.

my niece Lindsey

my other niece Madison

amazing!!!

such beauty on the marsh

Clint and my sister in law Sheryl showing off their huge puzzle that they finished about thirty minutes before we had to go home! 

family photo!

and here's all eighteen of us! 

snowed in again!

Winter Storm Pax came to us on Tuesday morning, and we have been snowed in since. The last time I checked, we had over 6 inches of snow. We have never seen anything like this before!

Yesterday, Clint took the boys on a sledding adventure on a big hill behind our house. It was bitterly cold with sleeting rain. They are tough guys! :)

happy boy

off they go, leaving their footprints in the snow!

after they came inside from their adventure, leo was shivering on the couch. i came over to him and held him like this. he said, "thank you so much, mom! that's just what i wanted!" 

daddy and ruth :)

i read by the fire in my flannel pajamas

and worked on a patchwork baby quilt

and sewed some little heart appliques on the quilt once i pieced it all together

and handstitched some holes together in my favorite vintage crocheted blanket 

a thick blanket of snow in the backyard

we have stayed in our pajamas for days

and built forts

and read some more books by the fire

and clint built a snowman :)

beautiful ruth in the snow

brothers and friends