Family Fun in the Snow

In attempt to squeeze all of our snowy winter fun into one weekend...here we are again, playing in the snow!

All of us

(well, half of Eli and Sammy)

Isn't this a great picture!

These two were literally wrestling in the snow and loving it!

Around the house on a snowy day...

We were excited that our Christmas decorations were still up for the snow!

From our living room window.
(Can you tell from this picture just how dry our tree was. Fire hazard anyone??)

Cause I'm artsy like that.

All lit up.

IT'S SNOWING!!

First few minutes of the snow.

(I. heart. this. picture.)

Trying to catch snowflakes on our tongues.

Ice skating on a frozen mud puddle.

This guy doesn't get much blog time. This is our dog, Sam.
He was just as excited about the snow as we were!

Adorable children in accumulated snow!

(Side note...we MAY be one season short of a good fit for Chloe's winter coat and snow pants)

Snow angel!!

E's first snow!

How Georgians handle snow...

Of my faithful followers...a good amount of you are not Georgians...I would like to give you a quick peek into how we handle snow way down yonder in the Peach State.

Starting on a Monday...rumors begin to fly that there may be a possibility of snow on Friday. At this point every heart starts to flutter like a 6 year old in the excitement of the possibility. All responsible adults begin their treks to the piggly-wiggly to stock up on bread, milk and hot chocolate. As the rumors continue to be confirmed by The Weather Channel, it seems that all our excitement and preparations will pay off!!!

On Wednesday, we find out that there will be an 'early release' from schools on Thursday, because, you know, it MIGHT snow. (The sarcasm is hard to hide...I AM from the Midwest...I mean it snows A LOT in Northern Indiana thanks to all that Lake Effect weather.)

Low and behold, as predicted, around 3 pm on Thursday, it DOES start snowing! Facebook is slammed with "IT'S SNOWING!!!!!" by all of us southerners. (All y'all know it's TRUE!) And then we spend 20 minutes bundling our children and ourselves up to go play in it for 10 minutes.
School is cancelled due to icy roads on Friday and again on Monday. Seriously. A 4 1/2 day weekend because we received almost an inch of snow in some places. (To be fair, the roads were very icy...Kevin used an extra bag of sand to sprinkle on the hill in front of our house because cars were having trouble getting up and down it.)

But, wow. Wow. Wow. Wow.

We do not know what to do with snow.

* Our snow adventures will be documented in the following blogs.

Hold Onto Your Hats...

My computer had a near death experience.

It was touch and go for about a week.

But thanks (HUGE THANKS!) to our friend James it is back in the land of the living!

So hold onto your hats...

We have a lot of catching up to do!!!

Who wouldn't eat this??

In a rare moment of lunchtime creativity, I put these cute little guys together for our lunches.

Aren't they cute?!?!

I mean, who WOULDN'T eat these sweet treats?!

If you have been around this blog for long...you know EXACTLY who did not eat this.

I am not naming names but, just in case, I'll give you a couple hints...

Their name starts with an 'E' and ends in a 'LI.'

Heeeeyy 2010!

Well, tomorrow marks my one year anniversary of starting this blog...

Woohoo! Yay, me!!!

I DID IT!! I somewhat consistently blogged a year of our lives...

SA-WEET!!

It has been a lot of fun...I enjoy scrolling back and reading what the kids were up to over the year...(does that make me a big word that means overly interested in oneself??? I can't think of the word right now and my Mom's thesaurus is at her house...I do not own one myself because she always had one...maybe I should get one...)

Anyway!!

I has been fun, and I think I am going to keep it up...

Been reading other blogs and a couple have prayed about and decided on a word to describe the upcoming year.

I. Like. It.

Have actually been thinking it over myself...have not come up with my word yet...but I plan to and well, that is where most good things start.

So... "Heeeyy, 2010, whas yo name??"