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We got snow in Georgia this week! It was such a surprise and really, really beautiful. Neat to see God's beauty through snow, something we don't see much in Georgia! I think my co-workers from the north are getting a big kick out of the rest of us and how we're reacting to it. I am a nerd and made my husband pictures of it. It's beautiful!

"God saw all that he had made, and it was very good." Genesis 1:31

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