Snow!

Even a little bit of snow is exciting in southern middle Tennessee. And we actually had a bit more than a dusting this weekend. It was enough to see a number of snowmen around the area, and to have snowball fights. Good thing about our snow is that it's often great for building and balling, since the temps are usually not very cold. Makes for a beautiful snowfall with great big flakes, too. Just beautiful. And the small amounts mean we don't have piles of dirty snow along the sides of the roads for weeks; we get to enjoy it for a short while (if we get more than a dusting), then it's gone. Personally, I'd like the certainty of a good snowfall or two each winter, but we don't have that. I seem to be in the minority on that wish, anyway. Besides, I'm where I want to be and where the Good Lord has seen fit to bless us; I'll take the weather as He sends it.

We had friends over Sunday after church--our pastor, his wife and two kids, and another family of seven. The kids had a great time playing an airsoft/snowball version of Capture the Flag after lunch. Then Keith hooked a sled-type glider to the Mule, set down some rules and took one of the young men for a test ride. Then the 11 kids--no, 10; our 3yo didn't sled, but he did ride in the cab of the Mule--spent the rest of the afternoon taking rides around the pasture. The evening service was blessed with some damp clothes that night.

Mary Susan