One last Wintry Day

Once upon a time there was rather alot of snow in these parts....now that story has ended and the snow has left without leaving so much as a snowflake for us to remember it by. Friday was the last of it....all day we watched it melt until it was g-o-n-e. Simple as that. But we did not complain, we savored it while it lasted. I never thought that the last wintry day would be quite as pleasant as it turned out to be. It was filled with such magical happenings that I could only smile and thank God for being so merciful and kind to give us Beautiful Life to enjoy. I was able to share it with two of the sweetest little darlings I have ever known, my cousins Maggie and Anna. Theres just something special about watching starry-eyed children run about in the splendor of winter-whiteness. :)

Just in case you're wondering, Yes those are Elvis teddy bears and yes these girls are freezing cold and yes they are enjoying every minute of it :D

After they had played for several minutes...we headed to the dairy to get some milk and "O-gurt" as Anna calls it :)

Then, while we were driving home we saw a super cool tree in the middle of a pasture and I just had to stop!

THEN.....yes, this day just kept getting better....We traveled a few more miles down the road and saw in another pasture two BEAUTIFUL horses and The-Most-Adorable-Donkey-Ever. :D Once again....I had to stop. :)

Doesn't he make you happy?!?!?! :D

Seeing the reflection of snow on the ground in the big shiny eye of a GORGEOUS horse....its pretty breath-taking if you ask me :)

: D HAPPY HAPPY JOY JOY :D

Snow has left its mystical wonder on us and skipped away happily....now, I am SO ready for springtime. :) 

Have a blessed Lord's Day y'all. :)

Much Love ♥

~Allix

Austin, Texas...what a lovely place :D

Austin has been a favorite of mine ever since I can remember. My twin cousins, my Aunt Dawn and Uncle Dale have lived there for about 11 1/2 years.

Last weekend I had the great privilege of visiting this wonderful city again on the occasion of the 82nd Legislation at the Texas Capitol Building.  A dear brother in Christ and friend of our family, David Simpson, was sworn into the State House of Representatives as the representative for District 7 on January 11th and we came to be with him and his family. Another great thing about our travels was the fact that we got to drive down with the Greene family! :D

Okaayyy....so, as if it wasn't awesome enough that we were behind the scenes in a real-deal-rep's office....they had M&Ms with HIS FACE ON THEM!!!!! :D You can't get much more official than an M&M!

And the waiting around for the event to begin was made so enjoyable by little Mark Jackson's (Bro. David's first grandchild) smiling face. :)

My Aunt Dawn came with us and was sure glad she did once she got to hold Mark. :D

And of course my Dad couldn't resist the offer to hold him as well :)

Just so you don't think that Mark is the only great thing I saw while there....... :)

Sometimes being in places like this just fill you with the undeniable feeling of, "I'm mighty proud to be a Texan!" :D

Lovely Miss Susanna Joy.....second oldest daughter of Bro. David :) She's grrrrreeeat! :D

And this is Hannah....the youngest of the Simpson bunch :)

Later that day, Mrs. Simpson took us over to their apartment which they will be living in for the next 6 months. This is a rose that was on their table. :)

One of their walls is just one ginormous mirror....super cool! :D

Ahhh! I absolutely LOVE this building inside and out! :D

Btw...The flag was half-staff because of the Arizona tragedy and the fatality of the Federal Judge

My mother was kind enough to actually get a picture of me just so no one imagined that I wasn't really there ;)

Yay for Austin! :D

Icicles :)

Once just drops of water minding its own business, racing down our roof in little beads and then BOOM! A cold wind blows and Magic occurs. :)

Water on the fence was not immune to this magic I see :)