A little nippy outside

This weekend went better than I ever imagined. My girls had their first volleyball tournament in Ft. Worth. We stayed with my cousin Beth and her family since Southlake is so close to Ft. Worth. They were only about 15 minutes from the gym. On Saturday my girls were a nervous wreck, but we ended up winning our pool! That's the first time EVER for me. So I was so excited as well as the girls and their parents. The next morning we were to play at 8 that morning but the weather was going to be taking a turn for the worse. We knew that the temperature was going to drop and they were calling for snow, but heck we made it to the GOLD BRACKET. We didn't want to back out now. So we showed up ready to play at 8 and the team we were to play backed out and headed on home. So that was a win in our book!! We ended up losing our next game 21-25 and 24-26! So close. I was so proud of them. We ended up 5th out of 33 teams. Not to bad for our first tournament!!

We jumped in the car and headed back to East Texas. The ride home was a bit scary. The roads started to get pretty bad and we hit a pretty big snow storm outside of Canton. The snowflakes were the biggest we had ever seen! It was beautiful! By the time we made it home East Texas was already covered in white! Taydem and I slept for 3 hours that afternoon, Leven had a fire going, and I made a wonderful pot of tortillia soup that night! Life was so sweet.

This morning it is 25 degrees outside! As I'm typing I'm drinking a cup of hot chocolate with cool whip on top! I HATE coffee....

Today at lunch I am going to look for a rug for our gameroom. We are getting a pool table and rearranging that room a little bit.

Also, I want you to keep my sweet friend Alicia and her family in your prayers. She had her little girl Addison at 26 weeks. Addison is doing well, but will need as many prayers as she can get. Follow her story at this website: http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/addisonsmith