Sunset

This is the view from a street close to home. It looked so pretty that I had to stop and take a picture. I love everything about it - the iced over field, the silo with the sunset behind it and the tall grass blowing in the wind.

Give Me Liberty...

This is the new trend around here. A year or two ago these Liberty Tax Service places started popping up and at tax time you will see someone dressed as the Statue of Liberty waving as cars go by. My kids think it's so funny. Today we got a man as Lady Liberty & he turned away just as I went to snap the picture. We still loved it though!

Branching Out

We had a winter storm over night and the first thing my son noticed during breakfast was how you could only see a little bit of the tiny trees growing along our property line. He thought that was pretty neat.

Hippity Hop

This is what the back of our public buses looks like. It is the Rabbit Transit system and many of the buses have tails. My sister didn't beleive me for the longest time and now it is an ongoing joke. Everytime we see one my daughter tells me I should take a picture for Aunt. So here it is!

Frozen

We were driving through the city today when we passed this frozen fountain. My husband circled the block so I could get a picture. We all thought it was pretty cool looking.

Sign

Truly a sign of the times! This little store changes it's signs often but usually it is some cute play on words. This one made me smile as I drove by so I stopped on the way back for a picture.

Inauguration Celebration

This is my daughter's Inauguration Celebration re-enactment in her room using all of her Polly Pockets, Barbies, Paper Dolls, etc. She's very creative and was quite excited. How neat to think that an 8-year-old spent the day playing out an inauguration!

It's Over!

My 4-year-old actually took today's picture. This is me happily removing my bumper sticker just moments before Obama's swearing in. Oh Happy Day!

Snowy Day

Today we got some unexpected snow fall. I actually took this picture from my car while waiting to be waved through an accident scene. I looked over while I was sitting there and thought it was just so peaceful and beautiful.

Saint & Sinner

A local church changes its posts every few days and they are always very interesting to say the least. This is actually one of the tamer signs - sometimes they are really outrageous!

Man's Best Friend

I walk in the kitchen after putting my older kids to bed and find my husband laying on the floor with the dog. You just never know what you might see in this house!

BAAA!

Okay - so this is a lot like the alpaca shot, but my 4-year-old pointed out these sheep and said, "They'd be cool on your website mom." So how could I resist? Therefore, today's picture is sheep! Since we live in a rural area, I have a feeling there will be many livestock pics showing up on this blog. LOL

Cute Passenger

My son asked me to watch his stuffed puppy while he was in school today and left him on the front seat. I had forgotten about him until I left to pick him up and found this cute guy looking at me as I got in the car.

On A Clear Day...

I thought the sky was so interesting today. These shots were taken at different angles in the same spot, but looked like two different days or locations depending on the angle.

Alpaca Anyone?

I was driving a familiar road today when I came across something new. An alpaca farm! I thought they were so cute so I pulled over to take a picture and they all stopped and stared at me until I pulled away. It was so funny!

Peek-A-Boo

The boys were having a lot of fun playing peek-a-boo at lunch today. I thought it made for a cute picture. I love the look on the baby's face & how you can tell just from the eyes that my 4-year-old is laughing.

One Cool Mouse

So we finally got our ice last night & I was able to snap this photo of my antenna topper as I cleaned off my car this morning.

We were expecting bad weather (snow, sleet, etc.) all day so I waited to take my picture of the day hoping to catch something really pretty outside. Well, the rain came & a tiny bit of ice, but nothing worth photographing. So I decided to post a picture of my Christmas tree before it comes down this weekend. I loved this tree. We all went out in mid-December to a tree farm and chose this one. My husband cut it down and strapped it to the van and I think it is one of our prettiest trees to date.

The Local Jail

My little town has lots of cute parks and old buildings. This is at one of our parks along with a beautiful gazebo & other old buildings. It used to serve as the local jail. Kind of reminds me of The Andy Griffith Show.

Sunday

I call this the "Poltergeist" tree in my back yard. I'm just glad it's far enough from the house that I don't have to worry about it grabbing one of the kids during a storm!

Candy Canes

My 4-year-old found these at a local store today. I have seen lots of different types of candy canes, but never any like these. So cute!

Jan. 2, 2009

Our beagle, Coalhouse, enjoying a nap.

Jan. 1, 2009

So my friend told me about his 2008 photo blog & I thought it was such a neat idea! I take tons of pictures and love posting them. I find it only fitting to feature him in my first pictures for this blog since it was his idea. These were taken at a local pizza buffett...a place that made him & my kids very happy!