William Harris Homestead

Ohhhh.... I am in love.
We were finally able to go to this wonderful place. All I know is I have finally found the perfect house plan.

New Generation--Day One

Here they are!

It Begins...

Snow!!

When Georgia gets snow, there is excitement. There are snowball fights, power outages, and whole cities just plumb shutting down. Little did we know that we'd end up with that much snow. Oh my was there snow. We have no TV so we didn't watch the news, but heard on the radio it was coming. But hey, we got snow last year, so didn't think we'd get all that much this year. But then it began falling. My did it fall. For several hours. And it just got bigger and faster and colder... I don't like cold weather, but I have to admit, this was gorgeous. I have never seen that much snow--ever. It was so pure. We just stood watching it fall.
The most snow I have seen was maybe three inches max---this was at least nine. I ain't kiddin'. So we all bundled up and headed outside.

It was so much fun!!! I only ended up falling down the snow laden steps of our porch once...so I was content with that. Josh and I had a great idea, though, just listen. We do not own a single sled, so we thought we'd make our own. We took the top to one of my feed bins, tied some haystring around it, hooked a lead rope to that, and placed an empty feed bag on top of it. The idea was for me to sit on the feed bag on the lid, him take hold of the lead rope, and take off running. It was going to be a blast! But no, it didn't work. At all.

There is still a good deal of snow out there, so maybe we'll try again tomorrow. :)

Back Home

Well, just wanted to let everyone know that we just got back from Florida. Our family has been saving up for a trip to Disney for over two years, and we went last week. We had a wonderful trip, and the Lord blessed us with safety and a good time!
Iffen you would like to see some photos of our trip, just go here-- www.lifeondirtroad.blogspot.com


Now, when you get a family that is all excited, there are things said that are funny, ridiculous, foolish, senseless, or downright crazy. So it was with us.
Now some of these were much funnier at the time, but here are a few---

"They really salt these French fries. That's how they kill em'."
--Coley upon eating some very salty fries

"I went in the water, all the way around, and didn't even drown!"
--Makayla upon getting out of the swimming pool.

"It gets cheaper as the price goes up."
--Josh upon discussing how many jelly beans to buy

"It tasted like our bathtub smells."
--Josh talking about the drinking water

"Oh look! Homeschoolers!!
--Daddy upon seeing a school of fish in an aquarium

One thing that made me and Mama crack up was when one of the Disney cast members looked at me and said
"Hey! There's Pocahontas!"

And the one that just made the trip worthwhile----

Daddy--"Those bears are drowning."
Josh--" They deserve it."

They were discussing the gummy bears left over in a melted ice cream.

Well, I got a kick out of 'em anyway.