Little Notes

These are two sweet little notes written by Lainey. She writes them in my planner, on my notepad (my to-do list), on my shopping list...you name it. She used to make little happy faces but we've progressed to little "notes." :) On a daily basis I open up something of mine to find sweet little reminders of my Lainey. :) And...another cute story. Today, when we were playing with her sticker book, my sticker ripped. She said, "It's okay, Mom. Because you know what? You can survive." I think she's heard us tell her "you'll survive" a number of times. :) I'm so grateful for my sweet Lainey Lou (and of course Walker, too). She makes me smile so big. HAPPY NEW YEAR to all of you!

Harris/Cook Family Pictures...

Taken in mid-November... :)

Thanks to this truck, we got some smiles from Walker. :)

Kate (9-1/2 yrs.) and Brooke (11yrs.)

Lainey (4-1/2 yrs.) and Walker (2-1/2 yrs.)

Ella (6-1/2 yrs.), Cally (10-1/2 yrs.), and Collin (9 yrs.)

And More Snow at Home

After leaving Bud and Yiyia's house we went back home for more snow!

Lainey still loves to eat snow. She has ever since she was a baby!

Attempting to sled down the driveway...but it didn't work.

Snowball fight! This was moments before Walker's own mom smacked him in the face with a snowball. :)

Gettin' cold...time to go inside.

The next morning we made snow ice cream! SO good!

It was a very difficult process. ;)

And I have to show this picture - my little Lainey being an organizer. She wanted to sort all of her beads by type. Gotta love that...even though this is not her personality at all! 

Snow and Christmas lights. I love it! Because it rarely happens at the same time! :)

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And that is all. I hope that you had a very blessed Christmas. We certainly did. We are grateful to everyone who made it so special!