Don't Waste a Perfectly Good Snow

Right in the middle of a math lesson, the neighbors coming knocking at the door with their sleds.
Schools out till tonight  - loving homeschool!

Come On Winter

Last night, and today for less than five minutes each episode, we had snow.

Snow!!

It brings instant jubilation, hopes for no school, dreams of sledding.

Is there anything that falls from the sky that has more promise?

The five year old as he ran out in his pajamas...... "Mom, is it Christmas?"

Me...."Yea, and this is your big present. How do you like it?" (It was worth a shot)

Snow Storms of Blessing

Our son David has finally saved enough money to buy a new/used car for himself. Last summer he had purchased a "fixer-upper" that never ran and is a paper weight holding down the earth in the local junkyard now, but this is a car that really runs. David was extremely excited. Actually David lives in a high state of animation (i.e. Ritalin candidate) but his bouncing and jumping was over the top when he drove up to the house in it the other day. He was especially happy to have four-wheel drive after our last storm.

The very next morning we woke to five more inches of snow.
God is too cool to give him that.

Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow. James 1:17

Big Red and Ice Skating

The snow came down almost a week ago and Big Red sits in the driveway untouched. She's never even been started... frozen like an ice age dinosaur. There's really been no need to move her. She is great at carrying tons of people and incredible amounts of things but there is no chance she could climb the icy hills in the neighborhood to get out. But today is Sunday and we have to go to church and Troy has a birthday party to attend and we need to visit our daughter in Maryland. It's time. There are eight of us and the alternative to Big Red is our four seater Jeep. I don't drive in snow and ice...it scares me badly, so my husband will be coaxing her out. I plan on closing my eyes and humming a happy tune and praying we don't start slipping backwards and end up in a snow bank. I can just picture Big Red upside down with her wheels spinning in the air.... Or not.