2nd Snow Day!

The weather here has been interesting. Last night there was sleet coming down and snowing hard again this am. The trees in our neighbor's yard are drooping so bad due to the frozen sleet on the branches. Power is out for some due to the trees cracking and breaking over power lines. Part of our neighbor's tree is touching the ground by our truck in the driveway. It took 1/2 hr to defrost and get the layer of ice off the truck. Our cars have to stay out cuz the boat is in the garage. I stayed clear while I was out shoveling not to go under it. The wind would blow and I could here it snapping and making noise.

This am, on Scott's way to work, he was the first to come upon a horrific accident. A city worker pickup truck had collided head on with salt-dump truck. The driver of the dump truck was out wandering and dazed. A few minutes later, another city truck came with 2 guys in it. The driver of the city truck was slumped over the steering wheel, unconscious and bleeding very badly. The 2 other city guys broke his windows and tried to get him to wake up. They're not sure if he was breathing. They sat him up in his seat, bracing his neck not to move. By this time the ambulance was coming and the trooper. This afternoon, I read in the news that the city worker has died. Hamilton County Sherriff had issued a level 3 weather emergency. This meant that until 3pm, there were to be NO ONE on the roads. If you were, you would be arrested. They needed to get the plows out and fix the roads. It's weird to think how crazy this storm has made travel. The kids & I haven't left the house since Monday, so it's hard to know what it's like to travel. Obviously, I don't want to know. Scott said it hasn't been too bad. I pray for the family of the man who died. He leaves behind a wife and 3 daughters. Hopefully this is the end of this weather.

Our 1st Snow Day!!

Well, the news has been saying how we're supposed to get this snow storm over night. The kids wore their pj's backwards and inside out to make sure it would snow. I guess that's the myth here with kids that if you do that, it WILL snow. Sure enough, I received the call from school this am at 5 notifying us there is no school. Yesterday we had a 90 minute delay for the dusting we got. Today we have 3-4 inches. WOOHOO big storm hey? It's supposed to snow all day and we could see almost 10 inches. A lot of schools and businesses are closed as is our church. The kids just went out to play in it. The last time it snowed, Brent was so excited to come home from school to play in it but as the day wore on, he was watching the snow melt as he sat in school. He was upset when he came home that there was no snow left to play in =( The snow doesn't last long here.

Not much else new here. We had a nice 4 day weekend last week. The kids were content just to be home and play with each other. Music to my ears. Hayley had her ortho appt and they took pic's and xrays and moldings. We have an appt with the dr next week to see what plan he came up with and start with that.

Brent has a few more weeks left of flag football. School is going well for all. Brent now has math homework everynight. A little that they do everynight. Last night in 10 min, he finished all week's worth! He's ahead on his reading level. Report cards came home this week. He's reading at a level 12 which is where they want the kids at 3 rd quarter and he's already there by 2nd quarter! Hayley got all A's and 2 B+'s on her report card. We have Open House at the middle school in March for her. Ugh-they're growing too fast! Maddy's doing great in school too. She's doing great at sounding out words to spell them and knows how to spell lots of words. She loves to haul around a pad of paper and a pen and write and draw.

Grandma and Grandpa are coming in a few weeks for 2 weeks. The kids are so excited! We can spend Valentine's Day with them and celebrate Gpa's bday. Brent wants gpa to sleep in the bunk bed with him! Gma may get Hayley's Hannah Montana room! We'll have to see where the guests want to sleep! Jake looks forward to company too. Gpa spoils him when he visits and gma gets lots of furry attention too!

Well, that's all for now. I may go out and attempt to shovel. I think I'm coming down with what Scott & Maddy had so maybe I won't.

Take care all!!

Happy 2009!!

I hope everyone had a great holiday season and 2009 is starting great! We had fun on New Year's Eve. We played games and had a fun dinner with bubbly-the kiddy safe kind. The kids love it! Hayley, Brent & Maddy stayed up until midnight and we watched the ball drop. I couldn't believe they stayed up that long!

We're getting back into the school routine. The kids have this Friday off and Monday for MLK Jr. day and end of the semester so we'll have a 4 day weekend.

Brent started flag football last weekend. It's funny to watch them play. There's only 4-5 boys on the field at a time. Most of his team he played football with and I think their instinct is to tackle. I can't see how when they pull the flag, they don't pull someone's pants down! Brent had some turf burn on his knees. He likes it. I'll have to add some pic's if they turn out.

The weather here is gray. I don't remember much of that from last year but I think it was new or it's cloudier this year. It has rained more in the last few months than most of the summer! The little snow we had got last week is gone now with the rain. I think next week it's only supposed to be in the 20's. That's the coldest it's gotten. I can handle some gloom as long as it's warmer like it's been.

Hayley has her ortho appt on Wed. They're going to take moldings of her teeth and see if the palette expander is still what she needs or just braces. She wants to get it because her teeth bother her some days. Some of her teeth are squished so we'll see what's changed since last year.

Time to clean the house...........have a great week!