A new LOVE...

Well, the past few weeks Gracie has found a new LOVE...the stairs!! She will be playing with her toys and then make a b-line for the stairs as she crawls as fast as she can. Then, she'll turn to see if you're coming (which she knows we are) and then starts to go as fast as you can and just laughs - she loves this game!!

God's creation in our OWN backyard...

I'll have to admit that when we bought our house I didn't have the appreciation for our backyard like I do now. Don't get me wrong, I loved it because there was some privacy and lots of trees unlike Mason, OH - we only had one little tree that we planted. My appreciation started this Fall when we saw some much potential when we pushed the brush line back about 15 feet (we plan to put down grass seed this Spring.) But my true appreciation grew this winter when Gracie and I began have regular visitors in our backyard from our little friends - it seems to always be around 4ish when we see a lot of activity - we've seen the usual squirrel, cardinal and a really FAT rabbit throughout the day (all three seem to enjoy our bird-feeder), but our newest friends consist of a family of three deer, a fox, a wild turkey, AND a woodpecker with a red mowhawk! Aren't they precious?