We were just sitting around watching a little Mission Impossible....when in comes Michael with a big surprise. I was shocked!!!
Good morning world......You do forget how small they are...
Look who woke up just as I was leaving. She slept the whole time I was there today....:)
A good book and some Mission Impossible.....what could be better? Thanks, dad!!!
Aren't I lucky? Not only did I get the greatest smelling perfume, and a beautiful scarf, but I got a new purse, too!!! Thank you James, Allie, Marie, Tessa, Ben and Grace. I can't think of a more perfect happy birthday, unless you showed up at my door!!
G & G Koester took us out to dinner for my birthday....this is during the visit right after eating. Annie must have eaten just the right amount, because the next morning.................
Cade and Brennan think mommy is in a funny bed
EmmaRay Star Rigby 3 hours old
Lisa thinks she is awfully cute and sweet
This is great grandchild #44, fun to be here on her birthday
Brennan gets to hold her, she is soft........
Cade holds EmmaRay
On our way to do some window shopping at Ikea
It was fun to step on the fish rugs. Cade and Brennan put them away when they were done
Cade and Brennan hiding in 'bed'
In an igloo with a guinea pig friend
Brennan found a package of balls that looked mighty fun.
Drawing on the computer
Hiding in the Drapes
Drawing on the easel.
Eating lunch.....a yummy hot dog!!
In the car heading home.....
So, it was up to me to shovel the sidewalks. See that thing with a hole in the top sticking out of where I stopped shoveling for a moment. That is an 18 inch ruler, with a one inch 'handle' with a hole in the top. Needless to say it took me quite a while to shovel the walks, and then I only did one snow shove width!! Luckily the sidewalk drifts were lower than the yard......our yard is up to my waiste!! Yesterday morning the sidewalks were bare!! No wonder it took Lisa 3 hours to get home from work!! (And more than 2 to get TO work today...her car was snowed into a 5 foot drift, and her entire street was a 4 foot drift.......little hard to drive through....she had to be pushed!! While she was stuck, there were 2 other cars stuck on her street!! I just stayed home.
After being 50 degrees on Monday, and playing out in the driveway with trucks and riding toys, it is kind of a blow to have THIS happen again today.....again you can not 'see' the flakes, but it is snowing 'blizzard conditions'.....4 inches in the last hour.....blowing and drifting to 3-4 feet in places!! So, trying to think of something fun indoors:
What could be more fun than playing in the wheat?
My primary class, minus the 5 kids. Two came a bit late, but not in time for the picture
Dad doing dishes even though he spent the last 12 hours staight at chuch and he has a headache
Cade doesn't usually watch a movie, but Lady and the Tramp kept him quiet--as today Lisa and Dad both had a headache.
Lisa, usually grades a few papers, but today wasn't feeling well....just sitting extremely glad that I took this picture, I am sure!
Brennan checking out Nephi's bow
Annie and Michael trying to find girls names on the computer. Brennan looks on.
Lisa reading the family blogs
Annie, taking a minute off the sofa to stand and stretch.
Dad got it all clear, and even ice melt on the sidewalks......it lasted a day!
You can't tell it is snowing like a blizzard outside and accumulating fast, again this morning! The sidewalk and street has gotten an inch in the last 15 min.! Here we go again. For some reason, this winter, I love it! (Except that I have to leave and go drive in it, and you can barely see, and there is ICE under the new snow in all of the neighborhoods.)
Dad shoveling away
Dad said that in the undrifted places there is a good 15 inches. Biggest snowfall I ever remember! Neighbors have a snow blower....it would be nice!!
Ok....the plows just came through.....it is still snowing hard...don't you love the clear road out front.....it is more like 'what road'.....Plus the drifts down the steps!! The driveway has a 4 foot drift that has formed as the snow traveled around Grandma and Grandpa's car.........Unless I want to dig myself out, I can't back out of the driveway. Is church cancelled? Of course not!
Talk about a marshmallow world in the winter.......
I know a camera never does it justice.....but since Dad left for church at 5:45 this morning, until now, 7:30......there isn't a tire track, foot, print, or mark.........and it is about a foot deep!
