Happy Leap Day!

Today was a special day for my daughter C., my husband, and myself. C. was 3 years old when DR and I married, and she had little memory of her biological father (thank goodness). DR loved her from the start, and C. called him Daddy before we were even married. After two unsuccessful attempts and 4 1/2 years, DR was able to adopt C. and give her his (our) last name. We then visited that beautiful building in the background. Those of you who are LDS will understand why, and for those of you who are not LDS, suffice it to say that it was a beautiful, sacred experience. Now, 28 years later, C. is a wonderful woman and mother of eight beautiful children. Tonight we went out to celebrate our "anniversary" (which only happens once every four years). The second photo was taken at a movie theater. Hard to believe she is the same little girl that was shivering against a cold February wind 28 years ago. (Now I'm the little girl -- OK, the short girl.)

It continued to snow today, blanketing the neighborhood in a layer of quilt batting. Snow is a great equalizer. Everyone's lawn looks the same. It is impossible to tell the well-manicured, well-raked, well-cleaned yard from, oh. . . say, . . . my yard. The snow covers the dog piles, the leftover fall leaves, the pits from parking the car in the grass. Right now, my yard looks as nice as everyone else's. Hmmm.....wish there were some way to make the snow stick to the sides of the house.