Life as a Lewis

We were lucky enough to escape ice, but we did end up with about 4 inches of snow overnight (which is more snow than Tennessee has seen in several years). Camden and Rory both have coughs (or coughses as Rory calls them) and it's very cold outside so we decided they better not play outside and made Snow Cream instead with fresh snow (at 9:00 a.m. for some reason). Yes, she's in charge of her own hair this morning Brain freeze! Brian got all domestic on me and made coffee 'n cream cookies (seriously good!) We (a.k.a. Brian) decided we should make snowmen out of clay since we couldn't make real ones. And then we gave in and took them outside for just a few minutes and hopefully the coughs won't be worse. Brian did all the work pulling the kids around on the sled (video coming soon)

Brian and Camden are off school today in anticipation of an ice storm followed by a snow storm later this morning. It looks this time as if we actually might get some accumulation, although our weathermen are not exactly known for their accurate reports. We've got wood downstairs if we lose electricity, plenty of food in the fridge in case we need to stay put for a couple of days, and I've got lots of scrapping to do! :) You might see a familiar face here (and it's not Rory this time). I have four new layouts to share, all with new products I'm sure you need! Gina Miller/Karah Fredericks: Lil Cowpoke Lauren Reid: new frames at SSD tomorrow Shabby Miss Jenn: Sweet Cakes Shabby Miss Jenn/Kay Miller: Follow Your Heart

When Kelly emailed me about 2 weeks ago and asked if I could take some pictures of Rory modeling hair accessories for her Etsy shop, I was so excited and thought how fun it would be! I may have overestimated the fun in having a 3 year old change clothes 6 times while plopping her down in front of the teeny patch of natural light we have in our house to take 100's of pictures in the hopes that 1 from each outfit would turn out cute enough to put on a public website. :) I think they mostly turned out cute, and we just LOVE the hats and head bands. Definitely check out Briar Claire - they have great designs, and I think their prices are SO reasonable (and you'll see cute pics of Rory). Oh, and it's a sale this week too! Thanks for letting us help out, Kelly! Camden is having a rough week. He is extra energetic for whatever reason (possibly because of the extremely dreary weather conditions we've had for over a week now) and is having difficulty making good choices. In fac...

I have traumatized Rory by taking her through the automatic car wash (imagine how dirty our car was if this was the first time she's been through one). She sobbed and sobbed, "get me outta here" and "I just wanna go home." When we finally finished, she said, "pleeeaaasse don't ever wash the car again." I tried to be compassionate, but mostly I was hiding a smile. Camden informed us he was going on a date with Renya (a girl from his class) at 9:00 on Saturday. Apparently, she asked him to go to Opry Mills mall with her, but he thought Chucky Cheese would be more fun and "at least one adult will go with us, of course." He also informed me on the way to school this morning that way back in K-4, there were actually 2 girls he liked. I'm sorry, when did he turn 16? In about 48 hours time, we've had buckets of rain, 60 degree weather, a tornado, 30 degree weather, snow, lots of wind. Yep, it's January in Tennessee. It's homecomi...

As if I needed another obsession, I've discovered I Heart Faces , which is a fun photography site with weekly challenges. This week's challenge was texture and here's my picture.