Fire and Ice

When you've worked all day and you're thinking to yourself,

"It'll be so nice to collapse in my nice warm bed",

think again......

No rest for the weary when it's 18 degrees

and you have a grove full of ripe fruit.

It's time for the fire to melt the ice!!Of course all the pyromaniacs that live in this house do not mind at all.

They can get sleep some other time. Trying to get feeling back into their hands.

It has gotten this cold in Florida before,

but only for 1 or 2 days this low, that we can remember.

We had over a week of this kind of weather and

the strange thing was, even during the day with full sun,

the ice was still frozen,

which means with all the effort.......
and a huge lack of sleep....

and lots of fire......

and shivering bodies....

the fruit did eventually freeze, anyway.

(Just not enough man power or heaters for that many days.)

But,

we did have fun while it lasted.

It's sad about the fruit, but that's how farm life is.

There's always next year.

Our Creator God is still in control of it all, Hallelujah.

Happy Birthday Thomas!!

Happy Birthday

THOMASThomas and Kelli (cousin)

When we think about how the Lord just preserved your life with all

the struggles that you went through at the very beginning of your life,

we just can't thank God enough for you.

We are so very grateful for you, Thomas!!The loving arms of Granny.

I'm proud of my rocking chair.
He didn't stay 5 pounds very long.
(He's so squishably soft, he's irresistable :))

"Would you like a balloon?"

A brothers love.

"I'm thinkin bout being a cowboy one day."Relaxing and enjoying life :)

Study to show thyself approved.

That fine dressed man must've said something very funny.

Mary's about to fall off the window sill!!
Show me thy ways, O Lord;

teach me thy paths.

Lead me in thy truth, and teach me:
for thou art the God of my salvation;
on thee do I wait all the day.

Psalm 25:4-5

O keep my soul, and deliver me:
let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee.

Let integrity and uprightness preserve me;
for I wait on thee.

Psalm 25: 20-21

We love you Thomas

and are proud of the Godly young man you have become.

Your Family

Happy New Year '2010'

Due to technical difficulties, (as in our computer dying), we will have to skip the rest of 2009, because all of the pics are on the "dead" computer :(

For those of you who have been waiting on the "sledding" post, there will not be one, until we once again, risk our lives and make another video. (You'll understand that statement when you see the video ;)

Moving right along.......

New Years Eve

Our Hostess,

Aunt Mary

The game table.

(Gocon, Julia, Emily, Haley, Granny, Christi)

The Cuz

Do you know what the most wonderful, heated refreshment is on this earth?

You guessed it.

Uncle Tom ringing in the New Year with...

much noise!

M & M

(Matt and Mary)

The Firework Crew

(We sure all the wonderful explosions)

Jan and Mary

(cousins)

Thank you for the show ladies,

it was awesome as usual.

A Toast

(With Apple cider and Grape Juice, of course.)

Sparkler Time

We pray 2010 will be a time for us all to draw closer than ever before,

to our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

Amen and Amen

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New Years Day

What do we have up our sleeves?

It's not just a New Years party........

Puff, puff, puff

Why the Blue and Orange.

(You get one guess.)

Taking a "cold" stroll to make sure the surprisee is occupied.

SURPRISE!!!

HAPPY 17th BIRTHDAY, BEN!!

Enjoying fellowship and the Sugarbowl.

Go Gators (and they did.)

A brothers love.

Jon-Michael and "Something"

Preparations for something sweeeeeet!!!

(So glad Ben's favorite dessert is strawberry Shortcake!)

The other cousin "IT".

Best buds for sure.

The Liv and Livy Show

Gotta be the hair.

Oh Yeah!!!!!!

A great way to keep warm :)

Father??? (and son.)

Happy Birthday Ben!!

I think we enjoyed the surprise as much as you did :)

When's our next surprise???