Project 365... week two!

Another great week of photos!  

Delicious food...

SNOW and RAIN...
New Goals...
Hardworking kids and hubby...
Beauty...
Working on projects...

2014-01-06

Comfort food... 

A few of the members of my family have been feeling a little under the weather... Bowls of brothy, Chicken Soup make anyone feel better!

OH and yummy flat bread cooked up on our grill!

2014-01-07

First piano lesson of the new year. 

Thanks to the great confidence in my ability, 

from my awesome piano teacher, 

I'm going to learn and perfect "Clare De Lune" this year! 

My 11 year old son is going to be in heaven when I accomplish this goal because this is his favorite song!

I just love Susan! She is so motivational! When she asked me today what my goals for piano were going to be, I said I would love to learn Clare De Lune, or, Malagueña, but, they had 6/4 and 9/8 timing (one had 5 flats the other 4 sharps) and that they would probably be way too hard for me. She responded with: "Tell me what would you be gaining to put off learning this song for one more year? You grow and become better and more accomplished by stretching and pushing yourself"! I chose Clare De lune! Susan is truly a blessing in my life! She makes me come away from piano each week feeling like YES I CAN do anything I set my mind to!

2014-01-08

It was a dreary winter day today. 

The frozen water that was at the opening in the downspout of our rain gutter looked like cool art sculptures to me!

2014-01-09

The snow came down and down and down!

 Recess is never cancelled when it's snowing, so I got to enjoy the big beautiful flakes on lunch recess duty!

LOTS of snow today...

I had to run some errands after work

 and I came home to two boys hard at work shoveling the driveway!

I seriously have the BEST life, hubby and kids!

Those amazing blue eyes!

My hubby hard at work trying to solve a problem!

2014-01-10

Beautiful sunset as my husband, the Scout Master, headed off to go on a winter campout with his Scouts tonight!

Tired...

Good Morning after a cold night of 

winter camping with dad and the Scouts!

2014-01-11

...And today it rained! 

It should have been snow, but, it rained instead! 

Hopefully, we'll get another good snow storm soon. 

I love the snow!

Tracy and I enjoyed some time in the workshop...
Being married to a wife who's the Cub Master, during the month of Pinewood Derby means making awards and stands!

2014-01-12

Chipping away the rest of the ice from our driveway after the rain and thaw that we experienced yesterday.

Only two weeks into the new year and I can't complain!
Life is SO good!

Winter Beauty...

"Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful."

It's been such a beautiful winter wonderland
 this Christmas season.
Here are some of my favorite snow and frost photos that I've captured with my camera.

(First off, we see lots of unique things living out in the country.
Yes, this is a photo of 100's of sheep being herded down the main road.) 

 Two Bald Eagles we spotted on one of our trips to town.

 The view out our bedroom window...

 

There is so much amazing beauty
 to be seen each and every day of life!
 
Looking forward to another few months of enjoying more of this amazing winter wonderland where we live!

I love beautiful Fall days!

Sunshine...

Oh how I love you! 

However, I forget that this time of the year,

 we get many "gloomy" days, 

where the sun doesn't shine much at all. 

SO, on the days that it does shine,

it's a very much celebrated thing to me!  

Here are some of my favorite photos from the last little bit that made me happy because of blue skies, sunshine and clouds of all kinds!  

Clouds that look like an

 "airplane" taking off!

I NEVER tire of beautiful sunrises and sunsets!
When your day starts off this beautiful, 

you know it's going to be a wonderful day!

I LOVE and cherish those nights, 

when there has been grey skies all day, 

however, as the sun starts to set, 

it breaks through those grey clouds 

and give us a glimpse of some blue skies and rich color.

It's always a bonus when one of the clouds resembles a heart!  

OH and when you live in the country, 

you never know what you're going to see!
This large guy startled me and caught me by surprise on my way home from work this past week! 

It's such a beautiful life!

The more you look for beauty, 

the more you will find it, 

even on those days when you least think you will!  

First Snow Fall!

Thursday November 7th, 2013

It was a grey, drizzly and rainy day 
as I drove to Parker, Idaho 
to teach my PE classes.

However, a mile or two before I got to the school, the weather instantly turned to SNOW!

It's too bad grown ups aren't as excited about snow as kids are!
I came outside to do lunch recess duty and this is what I saw...

Lots of little balls of snow that had been rolled by little hands, trying to make some snow men!

These cute little girls were SO proud of their creation!
OH and if you keep your eyes open when you walk around a playground of grass with melting snow, you can even come across cool shapes... 

I SPY... a swan!

The snow didn't stay for long and by the next day it was melted and gone.

However, when we awoke on 
Saturday, November 16th,
we had a fresh new falling of snow. 
I wonder if it's going to be here to stay for good this time?

Mr. Smith and I headed into town this morning with all of our propane bottles and filled them up, so we can hook up our heater and be able to keep warm while we putter, tinker and create in the garage!

(OH and so we can have plenty of fuel so we can use our Weber grill for making burgers, pizza and salmon all throughout the snowy winter months as well!)

Sunshine, Rain, or Snow,

Life is GOOD!