January 4th - favorite color

OK so this picture is serving 2 purposes today. It's our 3-month anniversary of living in the new house. And the front door is purple, which is my favorite color...even though you can't see it very well in this picture! Every day I wake up pinching myself...still...living here has been the best thing to have happened to us in a long time. The kids are adjusting so well, and I think I'm doing just fine, too!

I had to skip day 3, the picture was supposed to be clouds, and of all days, there was not a cloud in the sky. I thought about taking a picture of the smoke coming from the refinery stacks, but that wouldn't be right. The sun has been shining and it's very bright outside, but it's also bitterly cold and our lake in the back yard has frozen over. Nora demonstrated by throwing giant rocks out onto the lake and they didn't fall through the ice...but don't worry, we are not brave enough to test how deep the ice goes!