So it's Snow Day #9 today. #10 tomorrow. We actually have snow this time though. For two days it rained and rained and rained some more. And then all of a sudden, it changed to snow and snowed 9 inches. The meteorologists had been predicting this since Monday - it's the first time they've been really accurate all Winter. I'm hoping this is our last hurrah for snow and cold.
So a little catch up.
Two weeks ago we went to Pittsburgh for a Festival. Courtney and I got Ben and Andy tickets for Christmas. We had a great time and totally met the Advent Conspiracy idea of giving more meaningfully.
The kids stayed with Doh & Pap in New Martinsville and had so much fun together.
It snowed over night so we delayed our trip back to Morgantown. Ted earned some gold dollars from Pap for shoveling some snow.
While Sophie read to Henry.
Last week Sophie came home from school and said, "We're learning about teeth at school so I'm going to pull my tooth now." And away she went. This tooth has been loose since before Christmas. The 5 teeth previous to this have been pulled with many tears and much drama. She pulled this one on her own - and then it fell down the sink drain.
Just some lite reading on the couch cushions. You know, because we all do this.
Last week, the weather was looking iffy (possible 2 hour delay) for Wednesday so I suggested to Ben that he try to find us some tickets to the WVU/Texas game Tuesday night. We got last minute tickets but no 2 hour delay on Wednesday. The 10:00 pm bedtime was a little rough but it was a fun family night.
Millie (who turned 12 in February) has developed some anxiety related to hearing the dishwasher and washer running. Sometimes she chooses to lay on the mat by the shower when she's shaking from being so scared (mind you I've done laundry almost every day of her life!). She got herself stuck in the bathroom earlier in the week while I was out running errands and did this to the door. It's much worse than it looks.
We were at Rockbridge last weekend. Ben led worship for the DC Metro Region Leader and Committee Weekend. Ted was reunited with his buddy, Ryan. They picked up right where they left off in August and had a great time together. This is a newer and fun part of Young Life for our family as our kids get older.
Rockbridge had gotten quite a bit of snow the weekend before so there was over a foot of snow on the ground. I've never been there in the winter. This is from my favorite spot on Walton's front porch where I've spent time every day we've on assignment there. Definitely different than hot and humid and getting ready to walk to the pool.
Sophie and Eliza (friends from this Summer also) collecting ice balls.
Ben and his ducklings walking to the other side of the lake to sled.
Frozen lake.
Doing some sledding on some icy snow. Super fun!
We also got to visit with Chris and Meredith for a little while and see their super cute apartment.
So this was yesterday out at Cheat Lake. It's not a good picture but the best I could get while I was driving. There had been ice all over the lake that had been broken apart in the rain taking all the docks with them. It was a river running through the middle of ice jams.
Today we woke up to this snow man in our yard.
And this really cool fort. According to our neighbor, he saw people over here around 2:00 am. The kids had so much fun with it.
WVU was cancelled today - a definitely rate occurrence. These friends (and some others that had left earlier) came over to "sled" at the park today. I use the term sled loosely as we had one sled, some cardboard boxes, a kids skateboard, plastic lids and a few garbage bags in super deep fluffy snow - none of which did well. It was more like enjoying each others company.
The kids spent a chunk of their day watching old and new Young Life Camp Welcome Videos and Operas on YouTube today. They had no idea there were others out there besides Ben, Kirk and JB. So it was a really good day.
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