Rainy, dreary Tuesday morning

 A good morning to you all. As usual, listening to a bluegrass podcast in the upstairs loft/spare bedroom and picking out great pictures for the blog. I feel like I'm missing a lot of good ones as I shuffle through them. It sure is fun reliving all of those fun moments again - pictures are a real blessing!

Did you know those child swings could become double swings? I didn't either. But they sure worked great.

Here's a link to one of my favorite Bluegrass radio shows.

Once you get there, click on the radio tab and then pick out a show - enjoy!

Over 43,000 blog views this week - woohoo!!

The days fly by

Good morning on a new week. I hope church went well yesterday and the work week has begun once again today.

I enjoy these pictures of Neidon swinging baby sister - not sure who enjoyed it the most. (Probably me!)

Temperature is in the mid 40's this morning - a real heat wave in Cookeville. It's been unseasonable warm so far this year with just a few cold days thrown in. Enjoy them while we have them!

Neidon and Noema

Have a great week!

Youngest and oldest grandkids

Noema, Kaireia and Lincoln

Good morning - I was running later than usual this morning before church so I am just now getting around to putting up a photo. Kaireia loves the babies - she has a sweet heart.

45 here already - a real heat wave! The snow is gone and it looks regular again. I hope church went well - a new week - enjoy!!

Okay, I'm ready for summer

Lincoln

A cold morning - 27 degrees, overcast and snow on the ground. School was cancelled yesterday as we had some bad roads in the east end of the county where the elevation is about 1000 feet higher.We're to hit 40 today so everything should melt.

A nice relaxing weekend ahead - no big plans. I hope you all are doing well. Better go - shower and then out to breakfast. Coffee sounds great! I love you all - maybe today ...

I'm freezing

 

Good morning - we woke to a snow covered day in the low 20's. More snow projected this morning with a bit of sun this afternoon. High of 30 degrees - brrr!

Never got to Crossville yesterday - the weather got too bad, so will try to make it today. Other than that, a great catch up day.

Cindy and Anna

Ready for a weekend? It's here so enjoy. It would be fun to go sliding with a grand-kid this weekend.

Snow today

Noema and Rachel

40's today but colder and snow this afternoon and evening - brrrr!We were fortunate with warm weather during the week between Christmas and new Year's weekend. Well, it's about to catch up with us. Fortunately only about 1" of snow is projected.

A paperwork morning and Crossville this afternoon - need to go early as the first 7 miles heading to Crossville is up the mountain and prone to snow even before we get it.

Have a blessed day - love you all.

Rainy night and morning

It rained all night and all morning so far - lots of standing water and pretty dark and dreary outside.

It would be a great day to stay inside and color with friends. It's going to be nasty out there.

Paperwork this morning and two job site walks this afternoon. Still getting calls for new work - hope it picks up! Folks are still taking it easy.

Better go - have a good day and stay warm and dry. Chance of flurries tomorrow. Our warm days are about gone.

Reed, Anna, Cindy and Neidon

Foggy, foggy morning

 Greetings and salutations out there to all my loved ones - another grand day ahead of us.

Cindy spent a LOT of time reading to the grand-kids over the holidays. Kids love for you to read to them - even Lincoln enjoyed the books. Noema was probably sleeping.

TTU women won in basketball last night - we had another fun evening out. Everyone sitting around us is from our church too.

Last day of full moon and cold weather moves in too. I think we have a chance of snow on Thursday. We've sure enjoyed this warmer weather though. If this is caused by global warming, we're all for it

Cindy and grandkids

Yawn

Kardia, Neidon, Cindy and Anna

Well, left church and went to Madison yesterday for a ground-breaking. I got home 7 hours later in time for evening Bible study. I am still in weekend mode - hard to get going this morning.

Rainy and foggy out this morning. I can see the neighbor behind me but not much else. I think it is pushing a cold front in that arrives in a few days. Weather - Make up your mind!

A catch up day today - too tired to go anywhere but home for a nap - ha! Not likely.

Have a great week - God is good!

Warm weather today

Neidon

 Good morning! It's nice and warm in Cookeville this morning - mid 40's. Should be a nice day with a touch of rain possible.

Off to church and then I head off to a ground-breaking in Madison for a new church fellowship wing.

Neidon wanted 'Angry Bird' stuff for Christmas. If you are not in the 'know', Angry Birds is a computer game - it is what is hot right now. And by me saying 'hot', it proves I'm 'Not'!

This is a Pig hat - pigs are one of the characters in that game. I think he likes it! Should be a warm hat for cold weather.


Well, gotta go - have a great day - maybe today ....

Neidon

Ginger bread homes

Audrey and Anna

Anna turned two yesterday! We talked to her on the phone - sort of - and she sounded great. What a sweet little girl.

We built ginger bread homes over the holidays - what a fun time!! Playing with grand-kids is fun.

Have a great Saturday = over cast here, looks like rain.

Another package to open

Audrey, Lincoln and Cindy

Almost 30 degrees out - a warm streak! A couple of warmer days here and then cold again. I drove up to Crossville the past few days and the highway cuts through the hills are amazing with the frozen water and remaining snow and huge icicles.

We enjoyed the Tech basketball game last night and I followed the Spurs via internet. They don't show a lot of Spurs games on the TV here.

Have a great day - hey - it's Friday!

Christmas presents are great

Noema

The kids enjoyed opening presents - I think Grandma had as much fun picking them out. We all enjoyed watching them open the presents.

A warm snap - only 28 degrees this morning. Never thought that would sound good.

Too much time off last week - this week seems long! Ready for a weekend to rest up.

Spoiling grand-kids is fun

Lincoln and Cindy

Another bitter morning out - about 20 degrees to start the day. A great paperwork catch-up day from yesterday. We're off and running in the New Year!

After work yesterday went downtown to greet our U.S. Congresswoman, Diane Black. She is doing a great job and we're proud of her.

Well, hi ho, hi ho, it's off to work I go ...

Sliding back to work

Cindy, Kardia and Rachel

Good morning! A chilly 12 to 14 degrees here in central Tennessee. Local schools are closed today - a touch of snow yesterday and the higher elevations are all iced in. They even closed highway 40 east of us for several miles going up to Monterrey.

Reed and Audrey got stuck in Cincinnati last night. With the snow and icy roads, it turned a 7.5 hour trip into 10 hours or so. Not so fun with two little ones.

Cindy and I thought it was Q-U-I-E-T as home last night. No little voices or the 'pitter-patter' of little feet. I sure love my kids and grand-kids.

Well, back to work - the alarm sure came early this morning!

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Adams family et al

I'm exhausted! But happy!!! A great Christmas and a great week between Christmas and New Year's! The kids and grand-kids in for a week - woohoo!

Perfect weather and a fun time. In fact, the cold rolled in today as Reed and Audrey's family left to head home. Thank you Lord for a great week.

Company

I pray you all had a wonderful Christmas. The computer room is a bedroom so will post pictures next week.. I love you all!

Merry Christmas!!

Noema

Good morning and Merry Christmas!

We're relaxing and watching Fox News' Christmas Special I recorded last night - pretty good. Just anxious for kids to get in tonight.

I'll have to put up with this little face for a whole week!

Power just went out second time this morning - grrr - thank goodness for battery backup on the computer! Have a wonderful day.

Let's read a book!

Grandma reading to Kardia, Neidon and Kaireia

Chilly this morning. A bit slow getting going - stayed up too late - because no work today!!

Breakfast, errands and back home again. Church tonight and family coming in tomorrow. Holidays are great.

LUKE 2:8 And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. 9 An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. 10 But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. 11 Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord. 12 This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.”

Party!!

Neidon

The grandkids are getting ready to come to Tennessee - I won't get into what that is comprised of, but it doesn't have to do with firearms.

Our last day of work this year - woohoo! I had an 11 hour day yesterday, and already have 40 hours in for the week so I'm ready.

The lights are up, the presents are wrapped and Cindy is cleaning like crazy. We must have company coming.

Have a great day - love you all.

Last workday of the week

Anna

Yesterday was a great day, I finally got a permit on a church addition in Madison that has taken 3.5 months to get through the city! We mobilize next week and break ground the 3rd of January - woohoo!

This is my last workday of the week. Tomorrow is a half-day at work and is mostly taken up by a office party. It will be interesting to see how that goes. They usually rent the high school gym or the Chamber of Commerce meeting room and have a huge breakfast and gift exchange - with over 100 employees we usually have about 250 or so in attendance.

With the down economy, they are going to do an open house at our office instead for field employees and staff to come through and wish each other Merry Christmas and hand out gifts - should prove interesting.

Well, off to work - have a great day.

Breakfast buddy is coming

Noema

Well, my breakfast buddy will be here Sunday. I hear she has started taking a few steps. She heard Lincoln was crawling and decided to step it up to the next level.

Pouring rain last night - not sure how much, but it seemed like it was all night long. A paperwork day today - I need to pretty much wrap everything up for the year as tomorrow has meetings all day and Friday is the office party and then VACATION!

Have a blessed day - enjoy!

Anna sez 'Go Spurs!"

Anna

Anna and her gramps are glad the NBA lock-out is over and we're anxious to watch pro basketball again. I'm glad we have something in common.

Paperwork this morning and meeting a new client in Mt. Juliet this afternoon - a factory that builds car seats - woohoo!

Have a great day - we're to get rain today and tomorrow. My yard lo9oks like it needs mowing again. I don't think they do that in TN in the winter.

Last work week of 2011

Lincoln

One more week and then - "I'm on vacation!"

A whole week off and babies all around me for most of that time. I'll have to straighten out the kids that the rest of you spoil all the time. A tough job but I'm up to it.

Off to Nashville this morning and hopefully back before too late. A good busy week ahead - it will fly by.

Be safe - I love you all!

Almost time for church

Noema

Greetings - almost church time as I hurriedly type this in. Looks cool out but supposedly warmer then yesterday. I don't think we got past mid 30's yesterday - it felt cold!

Cindy was working on the Christmas letter yesterday and I was thinking about what a great year we had - 2 new grand-babies, family reunions with parents who are still strong and healthy - what a blessing. And the older grand-kids are wonderful - what fun!




If God cared for us this past year, what great things must He have in our future. God is good.

Brrrr ...

Noema

It is cold outside - yesterday the temperature dropped all day. It feels like winter again.

A nice relaxing day - some errands, SS lesson, a few inside to do items and just taking it easy.

Have a great Saturday and stay warm.

PS Saw a video of Lincoln crawling this week - watch out!

It's Friday (he says with a smile on his face)

Anna, Lincoln and Audrey

A good Friday morning to you - another week until the kids come. Overcast today and rain projected.

Off to Murfreesboro today - looking ahead to a spring project with a client. It's great to have work ahead of me.

We're coming into another weekend - enjoy!

< Don't these smiles make you smile too!!

A rainy day ahead - what's new?

Kaireia, Rachel, Noema, Neidon and Kardia

An overcast morning and rain projected all day. The good thing - it's been warmer this last week or more with all of this rain.

I finished the outside Christmas lights last night with Cindy's help and then off to church for the annual Christmas party. Lots of fun - good fun and great friends.

We still have some of this cough left - can't quite seem to shake it. We're ready to get completely well.

See you later - enjoy the day ahead!

Hump day

Kardia

Another fine morning to you all - going to hit 60 degrees today - of course rain the next few days, but sunshine today!

Paperwork this morning and Murfreesboro this afternoon. Not a bad day at all.

Our church has its Christmas party tonight which should be a lot of fun too.

Well, I'm off - have a great day - what surprises does God have in store for us today?

Swinging into Tuesday

Lincoln

Our second day of rain - and it wasn't even on the forecast. At least a 'bit' warmer - when did 40 seem warm?


How is your week going? I got a couple of great leads yesterday plus last night meet with a prospect wanting to do a very large remodel - what a fun meeting.


Crossville today and lots of paperwork - other than that an average day - whatever 'average' is!

Blessings on this new day.

Hang on - a new week has started

Anna

Good morning on a brisk morning here on the Cumberland Plateau. I believe the weekends go by even faster than the weeks do. Our living nativity is over and onto the holidays.

I got part of the Christmas lights up outside and ran out of clips. Cindy has a tree up and stockings. Kids stuff is laid out everywhere to wrap and get ready for stockings. Wow - it looks like Christmas has hit the Adams house!

Have a wonderful week ... maybe today.

Button up your overcoat ...

Anna

Baby, it's cold outside! Another cold morning with highs only in the 40's today.

We had a great time at the Tech BB game last night - they won by 1 point in overtime - whew, too close! We're in the second row - great season tickets - did I mention, we love basketball?

Cindy put up a small tree and like 50 zillion stockings yesterday. Where did all of those kids come from?

Have a great Sunday - God is good, all the time.

I am blessed

Kaireia

Wow - another great day ahead. Last month I saw a lots of folks who decided to post something they were thankful for each day of Facebook. I saw lots of things listed and they were all great.

QUESTION: What are you most thankful for?

I think I'm most thankful for a God who delivered me from the world & it's method of doing things & showed us a way that we, along with our loved ones, could be with Him forever.

FFFFF Frdiay

Kardia

It's FFFrigid outside. Mid 20's - brrr!

Good morning - this week has flown by - how about yours? An easy day today and Cindy and I work at the church's live nativity this evening. All I can say is - bundle up!

A couple of weeks away until Christmas and then the kids come down the week after - can hardly wait!

Super cold Thursday

Neidon

Low 20's this morning - another cold day. We got some snow yesterday but the ground was so wet it melted pretty quick.

No big news today - paperwork, a business luncheon, off to Crossville and then a Chamber of Commerce meeting this evening.

Hope your day goes well. Bundle up!

Snowing

Just started snowing here- not good.

Baby it's cold outside

Noema and Neidon

Officially, we've had our first snow, but the chances of our first snow accumulation are pretty high today. Woke up to 34 as the high - this should be an interesting weather day!

Paperwork and a few meetings today - church tonight - we're wrapping up Romans and the church live nativity this weekend.

Have a great day and stay warm and safe. ... maybe today ...

Those Adams kids

Lincoln and Anna

Wow - some loud thunder and bright lightening last night - I don't think I was even able to count between them for a bit last night. I thought my grass was done growing, but we've had enough rain and warm weather that it appears to need one more cutting - argggg!!

Another in-office day - paperwork and phone calls - a great way to get things done!

Work calls me

Lincoln

A rainy day ahead as we head back to work. The Cantata is over and life is back to normal - whatever that is.

No big events this week - same old stuff. So hang in there and get going!

Get going sleepyheads!

Kardia, Kaireia and Neidon

Another fine day before the rain rolls in. The Cantata is tonight. Stop on by if you are in the area - we sound pretty good, if I don't mind saying so!

Looking at the picture, I was wondering if they got any sleep? Looks like a party waiting to happen.

Dress Rehearsal

Noema

Dress rehearsal this morning for the church cantata. A bright sun out - looks to be another grand day.

This picture will make you smile if your day isn't going good! Have a blessed day.

A Frosty Friday

Lincoln And Audrey

Not quite as cold as yesterday but still chilly. Supposed to warm up nice today.

Off to Crossville today - meeting a client from New York about a project and back home again. A great week - God has been amazing this week.

I find it's easier to see God in my life when I'm watching for him. Have a great Friday.

20 degrees outside - brrrr!!

Anna

A good cold morning to you all. Sorry no post yesterday - I was out the door before the time I typically even get out of bed. I had to be in Nashville by 9 am and back in Madison by 1 pm and barely made it home for church. Time flies when you are having fun!

The frost is hard this morning - looks like a winter wonderland. Let's see, how many days to spring?