Day 14

#myloves.pricelesspictures

Our first snowfall of the year was an opportunity to play and laugh.  Last year my little dude was obsessed with snow, and I mean seriously obsessed.  He would run from the window to the French doors to the dog door, crying and whining.  He did this every time it snowed and I would finally have to shut everything down, because well, he just doesn't ever shut himself down.

I assumed with another year of maturity, which is a word I use loosely with him, that snow wouldn't have the same effect on him.  I was wrong. He gets so excited he can barely contain himself in his wiggly little body.
I finally had to put a jacket on him, his little body was shaking with cold and yet he was frantic if I tried to get him to stay inside.  His absolute whole hearted love and enthusiasm for life is one of the most amazing things I have ever seen.
The girls certainly had fun in the snow as well, however most of their energy was spent dodging the flying puppy ball constantly attacking them!

# standingmy ground.christmastree

My 1st tree. Not my first tree ever of course.
This tree holds a space in my heart however. From the moment I finally got the courage to drive to the lot to pick it out. 
From picking it out and wrestling it into the back of my truck.
With every step it took to then maneuver it into the house by myself. 
Putting it into the stand, my whole body shaking as I used one arm to hold it up and the other to furiously turn the balancing screws. All with a puppy wiggling his little butt around me and sniffing the big stick he thought I brought him.
Through the ordeal of putting the lights on and managing to find the bin of ornaments in the attic and hauling it down the ladder without killing myself.
This tree is my first all by myself and represents so many things for me. But more importantly it represents so many things IN me.

A Woman - JJ Grey

This song was sent to me this week, and although I love the sentiment of the song, I love even more that I have someone in my life who would send it to me. From across the miles, the gift of this song reached multiple places in my heart.