A good day

This morning, Patrick and I went to school for parent/teacher conferences. It is a joy to sit and hear the girls' teachers commend our children for all of the good that they are doing in school. Each one of them is so unique and special. They all approach school in different ways. I was a happy mama when I hear that for the most part the training that they are receiving at home is reflected at school. They all made super academic grades, but even more importantly is how kind and respectful and obedient their teachers said they were. We were quite proud of them. After conferences, Daddy had to go to work, but I took the kids to Sonic for lunch and to Target for a gift. It's been a nice day having the kids at home with Michael and I. Some days it is just too quiet around here without them!

Meet Max

Call it craziness, call it compassion, call it loony, call it what you will but I have added a new member to our family. His name is Max and he is a cute little doggie that I brought home from the humane society a couple of weeks ago. I saw his little picture on their website and just thought that he looked to cute to not live with us. Everyone (well mostly) agrees with me. Michael calls him "the new doggy". Max follows me around everywhere I go, licks anything his short tongue can reach, already is familiar with where he gets food and goes potty, chews, chews, and chews some more. He has gotten out of the backyard once, chased the kitty a few times, introduced himself to Molly in ways that only male dogs can, been challenged by Molly several times, but has generally been accepted into the Henricks family.

Let it snow!!

The weather outside is frightful... well, maybe not frightful but definitely COLD!!! We had our first snow today. It only lasted about half the day, but it was long enough to enjoy a cup of coffee while sitting by the fireplace. Michael and Meredith ran outside as soon as they saw the flakes floating down from the sky. Meredith raced to get her coat and said "I'm going to make a snow angel!" All day long I kept thinking of Marky up in the mountains at 9,000 feet elevation, hiking and doing the ropes course. Hopefully she wore all of the things she took with her!!! It's supposed to get even colder this weekend, perhaps with even more snow. Maybe Meredith will get to make a snow angel after all!!