Snow Days

Ethan building our sad snowman

This is about the only way Miles would do snow."I'm not walking on that cold, wet, slippery stuff"

My floors will never be the same....but when it's 15 outside, you gotta let out some energy somehow


Snow days have been a little challenging for us this year.  The first round of snow started with a bang. It snowed very fast and the roads got bad very quickly.  I was unable to get to the school to get my kiddos after sitting on the roadway and going nowhere for 2 hours, I got in touch with a neighbor who happens to teach at my kids school.  She loaded my kids and her kids in her car and started home.  Only none of us realized how bad the roads were.  She also got stuck on the roadway and could get nowhere, this time with a van full of kiddos.  She luckily had friends in a close by neighborhood within walking distance.  So she got out with all the kids and they walked on foot to that kind neighbor who hosted a house full of people. Night time came and there was no let up in the road conditions.  At this point is was very cold and the roads were much worse.  We had friends, neighbors, and family stuck everywhere all over our community.  Zach was at work, trying to get kids off buses that were stuck before nightfall.  To say the least, my kids were safe, warm, and feed, I had nothing to complain about in the grand scheme of all the nightmares unfolding. Needless to say, still the feeling of being separated from my children and unable to do anything about it made me crazy.  I prayed, I was thankful, I talked to my children constantly on the phone.  They were having an adventure of a lifetime, they were not sure what mom was so worried about.   Zach was finally able to go get them around midnight and brought them home to me at 1 AM.  There were so many teachable moments through all of that.  I tried to be open to what the Lord was teaching us, I know there is a reason and purpose for everything,  I am trying to learn that He is in control of my children and their welfare--it is just so hard to let go.  Long story short--that snow event in our area will be remembered and talked about for quite sometime.  My children will have fond memories of an adventure in snow.  So thankful for wonderful mamas that kept all of our kids completely oblivious to the craziness and worry that came along with that snowstorm.  We as mothers, fathers, husbands, and wives, will have quite a different perspective of that crazy storm.  Glad it is over and just a distant memory.