The snow finally stopped........

The kids got bundled up and they could not wait to get out in the snow, quite a task for them to walk in. We measured the snow and had 13 inches in our backyard...YIKES! Garrett made it a little longer outside this time.

Of course the day it snowed Garrett left his gloves in the car so we had to improvise.....knit gloves, covered in sandwich bags, and then his mitten gloves(they are not water proof). And then to top it off I taped his gloves to his jacket cuff with packing tape. His hands were so warm when I took everything off. We have used the packing tape before and it works wonders, no more snow down their gloves or up their jacket sleeves. And their gloves do not fall off!



We make them work too, this is not all fun and games. At least Madison tried with all her might to clear the sidewalk to the garage. She would get the shovel full of snow and then not be able to dump the snow. She tried for a good 20 minutes to clear it off. But ultimately what you see is as far as she got......I gave her high fives for effort.




Our street is a mess, and Dave got stuck in the alley last night but we are surviving and thankful that through it all we didn't loose power at all!

Time Stamp....2:30pm Tuesday January 27,2009

That is the time it started snowing and here it is Wednesday January 28, 2009 at 9:40am and it is still snowing. 19 hours of snow snow and more snow and it shows no signs of letting up the news is saying snow all day. Dave shoveled his way out to the garage this morning, he says there is 10 to 12 inches, maybe more already! (You can't tell where he shoveled and he left about an hour ago.)
I am just thankful we are not about 20 minutes south where they were hammered by an inch or more of ice before the snow started.

School is cancelled! And who knows if there will be school tomorrow.

Pictures later!

UPDATE ~ It is 12:20pm on Wednesday and it is still snowing! You really can't tell any shoveling got done, I shoveled a path out front and you can't tell there either. Before I shoveled it looked like you could walk right out and there were no steps (we have 3 steps to the sidewalk!! Our street is a mess!

Dogs need......

FRIENDS TOO!

(Please note we did not get a new dog, our friends have the dog Sandy, we were dog sitting)


This is Annie(Our Black Lab) and her best dog friend Sandy (the yellow lab). They play, they wrestle and run around the back yard but in the end they assume the position of the dog bed (aka our bean bag covered in a huge sleeping bag) and have been laying there side by side for over an hour now! Pure bliss a dogs life!

Finally Accumulation

Finally we have had some decent snow accumulation! Madison just says it is about time, they were dying to get the snow gear out and just play. The downfall to this is Madison hasn't had a full day of class since over a week ago. She is ready to go back to school for sure. Madison played outside for a good hour and then later that day for about 2 hours. Garrett he lasted well about 15 minutes, it took me longer to get the pants, gloves, boots, coat and hat on that boy. We got some more snow today and church was even canceled. Tomorrow there will be no school tomorrow for a holiday but hopefully we will be back to normal come Tuesday!

Oh Garrett

Yesterday Garrett came up to me very serious and put his hands on my belly and said, "when the baby comes out she will just rip out" (all this is being said with hand motions, like he was a superhero riping something up, Incredible Hulk comes to mind). He was so serious and I had a hard time not laughing. Oh he is a funny kid.

On the same note, Garrett is potty trained, not at night but during the day. He will go in and go all by himself and will even poop in the potty. I am loving it. He wears a pull up at night but won't during nap....he will tell you that babies are for diapers and will point out if a kid has a diaper on and tell you that they are a baby still. We will just keep working on the night time but I don't trust him yet on that one!

GARRETT IS A BIG BOY NOW!

January 2, 2009

I think this puts me at 29 weeks and 4 days. At any rate, Madison took this picture. First attempt she was so close the only thing in the frame was a blob of pink, second shot was blurry (she moved the camera before it took), so the third time is kinda a charm. I still feel like a fatter plumper version on myself. She is very active and likes to kick and turn and swim around but I can definitely tell that space is getting limited for her to move around. It is hard to believe that as I post this we only have 10 weeks left.

But there is a pregnant belly in there I promise, see my shirts are getting shorter....but I have also been blessed with a longer then normal torso!

HERE YOU GO KORY!