John turned one .....

Our youngest grandson turned one

on January 23rd but they just had his party

this past weekend due to so much sickness running

through their family....colds, sinus infections....yuck!

Everyone is well now 

and we had family over to our house for some

birthday celebration for little John Thomas....

here he is having lunch before everyone arrived 

our oldest grandson Maddox with our daughter Nicole

John Thomas with his Aunt Heather

Son Jake with his friend Kayce

Declan loves his cousin Gabe.....and here he is pulling on him...haha!

Sister-in-law Susan and niece Mallory

from left....Tom, Tyler, Carol and Matt

and oh hey Mallory.....I see you looking at the camera... haha

There was a cake for everyone and a birthday cupcake for John

here's Declan....I look through these pictures and I notice all

of my grandsons have big eyes!!!

Birthday boy....enjoying his cupcake

John, Johnny and Lynne

Declan loves playing with Gabe and always is doing whatever he does

so he sees Gabe laying on the floor and he has to go over there

and lay with him

later......

SNOW ....

We had our second snow of 2015 this week

and people that know me know that when it snows, I'm like

a kid again!! I know it can be a pain to some but really,

I live in Virginia.....when it snows, it only keeps people home one day

Kids get out of school for right many days so to me, I think

that's great. When I was a kid I loved snow days!!

This was a beautiful snow....the kind that sticks

to the trees.

check out these pictures....

later.....

Running.....

Running.....I'm running

even as I type this, I still can't believe that I am running

Actually, I'm jogging....is that the same thing?

I don't know, I'm such a rookie at this

I've tried before to run but had no interest

when I decided to try the couch to 5k again, I had my 

best friend Cheryl on board to do it with me

and then to my surprise, Johnny decided to run with me...yay!!

and I'll be honest, there have been times that I did not want to go

out in the cold but because Johnny was running, I did it

and I was always glad that I did

we are in week 4 but I may end up repeating this one

I had some knee issues that forced me to walk a few of the "runs"

so now I want to re-do that week

I'm using a knee support that stabilizes my knee and it has 

made a huge difference

We went to a running store to get good running shoes...another

wise choice

and I'm constantly asking my sister Kandi for advice...she's a runner

and also my inspiration to run!

So far, doing good.....

Before we run I fix us a jar of lemon water with chia seeds

I know it looks nasty but really, it is so refreshing to drink

my new shoes... 

later.....

The Bay .....

Back in January we headed down to the Chesapeake Bay

to spend some time with my Aunt and Uncle

This is my Dad's brother

One of my sisters and her husband, my brother and our Dad

along with Johnny and I headed down for a weekend

to hang out

It was terribly cold and a lot of rain

but that didn't matter as we were inside, warm and having

a great time

We played poker almost the entire day on Saturday

had a wonderful dinner and then, you guessed it, more poker!

Sunday morning we woke to such a great breakfast

hung out, looked at some old family pictures

and then it was time to head home

the weekend went way too fast so we're looking forward to 

hanging out some time soon

Thank you Uncle Raymond and Aunt Jean for such a wonderful

time....great family fun, fantastic food and some great

poker games!!!

and again, I was horrible at taking pictures.....I should have taken

photos of all of us but I was enjoying my time and just didn't

think about pictures.

Below is their view from the sun room.....who couldn't look

at this every single day!!

and yes, that really happened......3 of us with an A and a six

not a clear picture of me and my Daddy but I love it

later......

SNOW!!......

We got snow....finally!!

they called for 9 to 14 inches.....we got 6 1/2 inches!

but that's Richmond, that's how it always is with us

whenever they call for a "big" one, we don't get it

as always, this one seemed for sure but no, didn't happen

oh well, 6 1/2 inches and it was beautiful

Jacquelyn, Bucky and Declan came and spent the night with us

Johnny and Bucky had to get up and go to work

Jacquelyn's office closed

and I worked from home

but I did take a break and go out in the snow with Declan

When we first went out, Declan just wasn't sure snow was very fun

he wanted to be held, but then he started having fun

haha.....he decided to just lay down in the snow!

Our house looks so pretty in the snow

later....