Happy New Year 2026!!

A bunch of nice guys on Sunday Funday, disc golfing at Idlewild Park.

My beautiful girl with her favorite fur baby.

On Jan 11th we drove Jackson back to school. Here's his new and improved dorm room.

He moved in with his friend Will. They basically switched roommates. All friends and guys from Metrolina. Will majors in engineering too so the change is a good one.

Feb 1st we celebrated Benny's 15th Birthday!! He got his temp drivers license and is ready to start practicing. We still haven't started yet though.

The annual friends sleepover party.

Playing outside the next day.

The kids had 2 snow days in Feb. The 2nd was an actual snowstorm!!

Benny and Aaron had a blast playing in it.

A pretty snow bunny!!

We still took our daily walk on the greenway.

A beautiful holly tree with berries.

The boys made a ramp at the end of our driveway and spent the day sledding.

Now that's snow!!

So gorgeous on the pines.

We got our fireplace all cleaned out and ready for the big event. So cozy!

The most snow we've seen in a decade.

This girl got to sleep inside for a few nights, her favorite spot in front of the heat vent.

9" in total

For Valentine's Day we drove to Raleigh to visit Jackson!!

It had been a month since we had seen him. His roommate Will is in the blue shirt.

We took the guys out for dinner, then stayed overnight. This was the view from our hotel.

Spring clean up. Josh cut down one of our cypress trees that was leaning.

We also trimmed up the bottom dead branches, and can now see into the forest.

A springtime sunset walk along the greenway with my favorite girl.

The azealas in our front yard were magnificant this year!

So many of these butterflies, especially on the backyard pines.

I LOVE this time of year in Charlotte when nature comes alive again.

My nest is FULL. Jackson was home for spring break. Then came back 2 weeks later for Easter and a summer job interview.

Evening walk in the woods. Our kitten was the most excited!

The barred owls are back!!

Epic backyward pink azeala bush. Always my favorite!

My happy place.

Easter Day we went to church, had an egg hunt, then went to Mimi's for an amazing meal. Benny trying to mess up the picture.

The hardest worker, thank you BooBoo!!