SNOW!

Snow is something to get excited about in the pacific northwest.  Whether you love it or dislike it, everyone seems to get excited one way or another.

I had a rough year about 3 winters ago, before this blog was started - though some of the pics and stories would have definitely been blog worthy, lol, anyway, I will just share the part that made me go from loving the snow, to disliking it...and left me with a fear of driving in it!



Sledding weather!

I used to jump up and tell the girls to grab the sled if we had even a dusting!  (This pic really explains it well, lol!)

Then we had a truly hard core winter for us...snow that stuck around for 2 weeks at a time, and it was big blast of winter after big blast of winter...Christmas day, we were at Chris' parents, as usual, but we were struggling to get home.  We were going on fumes in the van, it was slipping and sliding all over...we were stuck blocking the alley, trying to get in our driveway for 3+ hours before deciding to put the van on the road...we are pretty sure that the pushing, pulling and otherwise trying to get the bus unstuck that night is what caused a placental abruption for J's twin.

If that were not enough, once I recovered from the loss of J's twin, I decided I needed to go to the store to get some heavy cream - to make snow ice cream of course!  But the van got stuck on the hill trying to go to the store.  I decided since I was less than 1/2 way to the store, to just head for home...then had the thought that maybe the bakery had some.  They didn't.  While crossing the street from the bakery to the fruit stand, a car decided no to stop at the stop sign...he just crawled through the intersection...but I was in his way, I hurried the best I could, but was sliding all over the road.  He clipped my leg, and then rolled down his window and said, "Sorry, but I can't stop!  I will get stuck!" and kept going.  There was a witness at the fruit stand, who watched me get spun around on the road and fall from being hit on my right leg.  I gathered up groceries and was limping.  When I got to the sidewalk, he asked if he needed me to call an ambulance.  I said no, I just live a few houses away.  I was really sore for the next several weeks! 

So...now, I am much more squeemish about driving in the snow - in fact, I just don't do it anymore.  (And as I look at the weather report for this week, my schedule is clearing out for the week, lol!

My children still absolutely LOVE the snow! And have been excited to play in the snow all day. The twins were outside most of the day, followed by Ashley and Brianna for being out the longest. Callie lasted a lot longer than I thought at almost an hour, and J had fun outside for about 45 minutes. Serenity had fun watching the snow fall, and saying, "Oh!" and pointing out the window. The creativity of my chilren never ceases to amaze me! What a blessing to see all of their wonderful creations in the snow! I enjoy watching them play outside, going out to take pics, and seeing their excitement...just as long as I dont' need to go anywhere, lol! I have too many pics to post, so I will put yesterday's pics in this post, and today's pics in another post!