THE SNOW

We had about 5-6 inches of snow today. It was beautiful and I wanted to share some pictures with you.

Lucy seemed to be having so much fun that I joined her. I used the infamous blue pool float to slid down the road that Phil built to the lake. It was doing great till Lucy caught up to me and pounced on the float AND ME.








When Lucy is not frolicking around in the snow, she has a wonderful huge insulated house to stay in.

FROM FROZEN TO FLOODED

After church, we drove around, looking at the swollen creeks and ponds, realizing that they all, will ultimately end up in Wood Creek Lake. So we have gone from Frozen Lake in last blog entry to Flowing Waters, almost out of bounds.

It has been raining for the last few days none stop. Tonight, the news said we got 2.40". I believe that and I think you will too after looking at this picture on the left.

Brent, Annie and the children came down Saturday to go through the house, so I am going to give you the tour that we gave them. The first picture is of the front door. Of course that handsome young man in the forefront is Seth, our oldest grandson.

The next picture is our kitchen/great room. The window on the far left is the kitchen. My view will be the lake. I shouldn't have any trouble getting dishwashers from this sink. The rest of the room is the great room. Our lots are on a point, so we have lake view on three sides of the house. I can't wait to share this house with everybody. Then it will become our home.


This one is standing in the kitchen looking the opposite direction toward the rest of the house.

On the right is the front entryway, then in the background is the stairs leading to the lower level,walk-out basement. In the middle is the entryway to the master suites, his/her closets and bathroom.




This is the bed room that overlooks the lake as well. The door you see leads outside to the deck.










The next Picture is our bathroom. The rectangle window will be some sort of obscure glass, or I may try to build a stain glass window to fit the area, if I can find time.
This one is of Lauren and Seth playing down by the waters edge when we had a short reprieve from the rain.

Here is Popi telling a big tale to Annie, Brent, Lauren and Seth. Lauren and Seth love it here. They like to explore the cliffs and play by the water's edge. Brent and Annie say "It's too far from town when you have small children". That is probably true if you have to run your children like they do Seth and Lauren. The only night they don't have something after school is Wed. and that may be full now. But for us, we think it is going to be just perfect.


We are happy they came to visit today.

***Actually it is only 6 miles from the State Police Station.:)

Elsa Providence Carnahan

We have another wonderful blessing, A new granddaughter. She was born on January 19, 2010. Here is a link to Jordan and Tiffany's blog, so that you can get all the wonderful details. www.babycarnahan.blogspot.com

I, however, want to brag a little on her. I got to see her tonight on the web cam. She is so beautiful and looks a lot like Titus did when he was a newborn. Ashley and Chris were in New Mexico for the birth. I think Auntie Ashley really loved seeing and holding her.
Given an opportunity, I think Ashley and I would love to spoil both our new baby girls, Elsa and Liza. I took many pictures while on the web cam to share with everyone, but I have lost them, I can't find where they are stored. There were many cute pics of Titus and Baby Elsa. Maybe I can find them later.

This is Elsa a few hours after she was born. I am sure we will have more pictures on the blog in time.

Phil and I are proud of all our grandchildren. With Elsa and Liza, the new babies, then Titus, Lauren and Seth, and follow up with Sebastian and Edison, Jessica and JP's older boys, WE HAVE A TOTAL OF SEVEN. That is truly a quiver full of blessings, and we have room and love, for many,many, more.

ARCTIC HOUSE SITE

IT HAS BEEN TOO COLD FOR THEM TO WORK ON THE HOUSE, BUT WE HAVE TAKEN SOME REALLY BREATHTAKING PICTURES AT THE PROPERTY. THE ENTIRE LAKE IS FROZEN COMPLETELY ACROSS. DOG PRINTS SHOW THE FUN. PHIL WALKED ABOUT 2 FEET INTO THE LAKE BUT DIDN'T VENTURE TOO MUCH FARTHER. THE SUN, SHINING THROUGH THE ICE COVERED TREES, WAS A BEAUTIFUL THING TO SEE. THE DOGS LOVED THEIR NEW FOUND FREEDOM OF GOING ALL THE WAY ACROSS TO THE OTHER SIDE.

LIZA COMES HOME

Liza Jayne and her parents came home today from the hospital. Her parents had her all bundled up because it was 16 degrees outside.

Phil and I knew they would love some good food, so we took them dinner. They seemed to really enjoy the food, and I enjoyed holding Liza.




She is already changing so fast. She kept her eyes open most of the time that I held her. I think she is beautiful, but I might be a little biased.

WINTERFEST

We returned home from 3 days in Lexington to a REAL WINTERSCAPE. The lake is completely frozen across in our little cove as well as up the lake as far as we can see. The first pic is up the lake,

the second is left from our house, toward the dock.

The last picture is from our back porch, looking down at our dock.

The old folks we talked to at the Woodcreek Grocery, say it is the first time since 1977 that the lake has been frozen completely across. YEAH for us.

NOW,FOR THE IMPORTANT NEWS, we were in Lexington for the birth of Liza Jayne, and what a wonderful, joyous, affair it was for our entire family. Jess and John were so proud of their daughter, Liza Jayne, and you can see why.



Liza was born January 7,2010,at 9:32 a.m. weighing 8lb.-4oz. and was 20 inches long. She had a head full of jet black hair and was the talk of the entire nursery floor.
Phil and I felt so honored and proud to see the look on our son and Jess's face as they looked upon Liza in those first moments.


It was so much fun for us to watch our family have fun with each other at this special time, the birth of another precious grandchild.

Jess and Ashley had a real laugh when the 'lactation consultant' thought Ashley was the Mother.

I personally thought that Liza Jayne favored me.

Chris just soaked all of it in.



Lauren and Seth just wanted to get hold of her and take her home.

But in the end, we all saw the radiance on JP's face, and everyone knew the Dark-Haired Beauty belonged to him and Jess.


Thank you, John and Jess, for sharing this special time with us. We are very grateful.

Nana and Popi

HAPPY START TO 2010

Happy New Year to everyone. It sure is starting off with an arctic blast. Here on the lake this morning the temp is 5' and 15' in town. BRrrrrrr. It has been too cold for the men to work much but wanted to report some progress.

As you can see, we have the roof layment over most everything now. No more black tar paper, this is the new blue stuff from dupont. Suppose to be much stronger and better than the black stuff.

As cold as it has been, the roof and scaffolds are many times covered with ice, making it dangerous to be on the roof. But by noon or so they are usually up there, closing it in.

We have a crew of five men that work most everyday so things move fast. And YES, I am still excited. I really want to start packing. Maybe it's just because it's so cold and nothing else to do, but I am gathering up boxes to put things in that we don't need everyday. I know, probably silly since we won't be moving in till May or June, we've been told. We thought it would be a lot sooner. I guess things move slower in the winter months.
Even Jess and John's little girl's not moving to past. She is due but doesn't want to come out into this cold. I think Jess's doctor is gonna give her a little nudge on Wednesday.
Well, I for one will be so glad to get these two grandbabies here and we pray for their safe arrival.
Love to all.