Who said that lighting snow doesn’t strike twice in the same place! We had snow on January 21 and now 11 months later we’ve got it again. Merry Christmas!
Archive for the ‘Nature’ Category
Our family had an eventful weekend. We drove to Meridian on Friday and while TJ went to work with me (Thanks to everyone at work who assisted me!), JJ and the girls attended a Flat Stanley musical at the Riley Center. We traveled from there to Tuscaloosa and stayed the night in Candlewood Suites. Their [...]
Yesterday afternoon we took the family to Mitchell Farms in Collins. We went with some other families that are a part of our Vintage Group. If you haven’t been, it’s a great 2-3 hour trip for the family. Here is a recent newspaper article about the farm. I’m posting a few pictures on Facebook from [...]
Three years ago today Hurricane Katrina blew through Mississippi and while most of the country watched New Orleans flood, {because of levy failure} South Mississippi took the blunt of the force. It is difficult to describe the general feelings of our community following the storm. There was much fear, and much uncertainty, and a sense [...]
I took a day of vacation last week and we took the kids biking on the Longleaf trace. It’s a great place to go that allows the kids to exert some energy and (other than the gas to get to there) it’s free. Here are some pointers for biking with kids on the trace. Plan [...]
Here is what it looked like 3 weeks ago. We’ve already picked some squash and peppers.
And some {seed} fell into good soil and grew and yielded a hundredfold. Luke 8:8 (ESV) Read the first post in this series is here.
Last Friday my Dad and I went to “Bill Waller” and caught 30+ brim. Cleaned them, fried them, and ate them all within an hour. It was primitive living at its finest. I went to the Southern Miss vs. LSU baseball game last night. The Eagles lost their 3rd straight, after being on a tear [...]
As of last week we have our garden “in the ground”. A few years ago we planted a small garden in an effort to teach our kids about how things are planted, grow, and harvested. However at the time we didn’t have the appropriate tools. We borrowed someone’s tiller to break up the ground, but [...]
