Its a beautiful clear day today.  And we are all breathing a sigh of relief after last weekend.  Our sweet baby Leo, fell and broke his little leg.  He was going to bed and somehow fell and twisted that little leg.  Matt and Candice rushed him to the closest care facility where they sent them down to Medical City .  The orothopedic surgeon  there was able (with no surgery) to manipulate the bone (with Leo highly sedated as you can see in the picture on the left) back in place and put Leo in a pant cast, where he will heal for the next 6 weeks, (oops, 5 weeks), we already made it through the first one - yay!!!  I can see Leo is happy about that news as well - that cast is really going to cramp his style for a few weeks!  We are getting lots of prayer support for his comfort while he heals, and adjusts to his little blue shell for the next few weeks.  Matt and Candice work tirelessly to make sure he is as comfortable as possible, which is no easy task.  The whole family is pitching in to help, hoping to make his recovery time as easy as possible. 

I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.  Psalms 139:14

Valentines Day
We got to keep the boys last Saturday and I snapped the cutest picture of Jack, its a little fuzzy, but thought it was so sweet that I decided to send it out as a Valentine Card to the family - had a little trouble with that plan, but I eventually got the cards out, it will probably be late, but the picture was just too cute to not share with everyone.  He looks like he is waving at us - such a sweet baby!!  Leo is no slacker either - two beautiful little boys!

After a pancake breakfast out on the patio and a walk by the lake, we drove over to Jacksonville to an animal preserve to enjoy the beautiful weather and see how the animals were getting along.
I really like the zebras - they are so photographic, I noticed their faces are always so pleasant. This guy was so kind to patiently wait for me to drop the nuggets on the ground.

The dear are in velvet - this one is lovely:

This guy has a huge horn span - he looks goofy with his nose in my window, turns out he bumped my car and made a slight ding in the door on Chads side of the car.  If it wasnt such a cool memory, I might be upset with him.

We timed our day so we would be able to make our dinner reservation at the elegant Bushmans Keipersol Estate in Bullard.  This is one of Chads favorite chop houses, everything they prepare is wonderful!  One visit we should visit the winery -  looks really interesting.  

We had a wonderful time at Lake Palestine last weekend, in fact it was so lovely, we decided to claim it as our Ground Hog/Valentines celebration - let the inflexible romantics wait for tables on the actual date ;-> 

The weather was perfect and we followed the itenerary I planned with ease.  We didn't get away as soon as I had planned, but it still worked in our favor, because we beat the crowd and were able to check in and get the exact unit we wanted.  Ours faced the water and was more secluded than most.  Since we got to the unit earlier than usual, I opened the sparkling spumante and we sat on the patio and toasted the beautiful sunset, and the good time we anticipated!

Go Red For Women officially begins today, strangely enough it begins on Groundhog day - the day Chad and I have planned for our weekend get away at our resort near Tyler.  Waiting for him to come home now so we can take off.  Since I have this extra time on my hands I thought I would post.

One of the girls in my office snapped this picture of me this week.  I needed a place for it to land, so I posted it here so I can upload to Lync at work.

Hmmm....?

It was so much fun having Leo here with us while Candice and Matt settled in after Jack's arrival.  We watched truck video's, read books about trucks, looked at pictures of trucks on the Nook, and played with toy trucks.  Matt had to entice Leo to leave with a ride in his truck, that did the trick, Leo was anxious to go when heard that news. 

I watched him try to put my glasses on, he was so cute, he worked and worked at it. He got them in position and then carefully balanced them so they wouldn't fall off. Once he saw me watching him, he took them off and handed them to me and said, "help" wanting me to put them on him the right way. He's so cute!! He looks like Matt.

What a fun weekend!!  Jack Curtis Charlson made his long expected arrival around 4pm on Friday, January 11, 2013.  Such a precious baby, all 8 lbs and 15 ounces - so happy to have him here with us!!  He looks like he is relaxing after his big day!!

Chad and I got to keep Leo with us while their Mommy and Daddy finished up at the hospital!!  Good times!!