I JUST HAVE TO SAY

I sure miss her.
*sigh*
The good news is that A & K and Miss Grace are coming out to visit over the President's Day weekend, so I will get more time with that sweet baby. I really need my Gracie fix. Badly. I am so addicted.

WELL, IT IS JANUARY AFTER ALL...

And so I thought it appropriate to show some pictures of snow. I was reading The Tennessean online tonight and found these pictures entitled "History of Snow in Nashville".

This photo is by John Partipilo: Jordan Road in Franklin, 1997

This photo is by Shelley Mays: Williamson County in 2000.

This photo is by Sanford Myers: Thompson's Station February 2004.

This is another photo by Shelley Mays: January 2003 view of Broadway with Union Station Hotel in the background.

Another beautiful photo by John Partipilo: View of westbound I-24 in 2004.
I loved these photos. As I looked at them closely, for a minute, I could pretend that I was looking out my own window and that the fire crackling in our fireplace was warming me against a much colder night than it here in San Diego. Maybe even with some snow.

Oh yeah, we have a fire in our fireplace. It will be drop down to 40 degrees tonight (coastal temperatures, and much colder inland) which I know is warm compared to most of the country's weather tonight...but that is cold enough for us to have a fire in the fireplace.

GRACE CHECKING IN

I got this cute video from A on my cell phone Saturday. It totally made my day!

I just can't get enough of that sweet face.

MEMAW AND GRACE

Here is a pic of Grace and me. I fell in love with this beautiful girl the moment she was born. A moment I will never forget. My life will never be the same. I remember thinking the same thing when my children were born. I was blessed with four children and now my life is blessed with a grandchild. My life is good.

MISSING GRACE

I'm back home --I flew out mid-morning Sunday...it was a very cold Utah morning--about 23 degrees when we backed out of the driveway at 9:40--a heavy layer of frost covered the truck, lawn and roof tops. It was so beautiful and I was sad that I was leaving.

It was all I could do not to cry as I kissed and hugged my daughter good-bye when they dropped me off at the terminal. I had given Grace lots of kisses earlier and decided not to open the truck to do so again...exposing her to the cold air and waking her. Isn't she precious?

My cell phone was full of pictures, as was my laptop...and my camera from some photos I had snapped that very morning. Here is one I snapped of the three of them before we left the house. Aren't they a beautiful family?