Snowy Greetings! It's February, and the snow came down harder today than any other day so far. The kids have been outside killing each other with snowballs and sledding.

Here's a picture, to 'warm' your heart.

Last weekend with the snow that was supposed to be huge (not so, but it was bigger than most of the other one), we went to the big hill in Spring Hill, where there's a nice park and a few Civil War memorials. If you don't know the history, TN was supposed to be 'neutral' in it's position on the Civil War, at least politically. The truth was, it's got a lot of historical 'closet' confederate-ism in it's history. Anyway, around town you'll see shrines and memorials to 'famous' battles-one being on top of the hugest hill in the vicinity. As soon as an inch of snow had accumulated, Bob took all the kids down to the hill, and up they went---to slide down the hill on the sled. The snow was too thin and the grass was too high to thin on anything other than the main path going up the hill, but they did pretty good anyway and had a few good runs before it all melted.

It's only going up to about 30 today, so we don't expect a lot of melt off today, and there's supposed to be more later. Maybe we'll even get ALL the ground covered!

Here's a few more wintry pics from the accessing:

(before I go get them to post, I just looked out the window and saw Amanda whack Heather with a snowball that was packed so hard it bounced off her head without breaking. That was weird.)

I hope wherever you are, you're staying warm. I'll try to do a better job at keeping up with the blog...It sure makes it easier when you're stuck in the house, though!

Blessings from the Hawkes family....

A little better....

Well, we’re all starting to finally turn the corner. Bob still can’t be up and about for more than a few minutes; and I’m still aching.  If you’re thinking of skipping the flu shot this year, I’d personally advise against it.  I’m really hoping Bob doesn’t come down with it so soon after surgery.  I feel like a terrible wife-the best I’ve managed for the most part has been to be able to get out of bed and go put a blanket on Bob as he’s laying on the couch.  Bob got a ride to the ER on Sunday, because he was violently ill, but the docs think his primary reactions have been because of anesthesia.  I’m just glad he’s doing better.   Next time you talk to Amanda—give her an ‘atta girl’.  She did a great job of taking care of all of us this weekend. Even Heather was down for the count with a fresh broken toe, broken the night before Bob’s surgery!

Bob's Surgery

Hey everybody,
Thanks for your prayers and well-wishes. Bubba's surgery went very well. He's home recovering. Sorry, no pictures of this particular event, though he looked pretty cute in the hospital gown. ;-)

Anyway, the doc said his hernia tear was small enough that he didn't have to use the mesh stuff that can cause complications, and so on. He was home by noon.

Just as a side note, they shaved part of his chest and his belly to do the surgery. I don't know why it's funny, but we all have been taking turns pulling up his t-shirt when he's sleeping and giggling about it. Yes, we're all pretty sick and twisted. Again, no pictures. But hey, ER is on tonight-maybe you'll get lucky!

Oh, speaking of pictures--I'm hoping to have a few minutes to post Meghan's homecoming pictures tomorrow. She looks absolutely stunning. FSU boys-look out! You'll all be studying Heartbreak 101 next year!

One last thing-to see past pages which have cute pictures, click on the links to the right! ----->