Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow!

The younger kids had all of 1 day of school this week....  Monday was President's Day.  I worked out in the morning, then we mostly spent the rest of the day doing laundry and grocery shopping and hanging out around the house.  Tuesday was a teacher work day and Evelyn and David went to Sister Shum's music camp and had a great time learning about early presidents.  

Wednesday, all craziness broke loose.  Wednesday, I was officially brought on as a coach at Newberg Water Polo club.  I was going to start that night, but then it began to snow.  And snow...and snow.  Anna had her euphonium lessons and on her way back ended up stuck in horrible traffic on the freeways because of the snow - only to get back to the neighborhood and find that she couldn't get the car all the way up to our house.  She ended up having to park half way up and walk the rest of the way.  Thankfully she made it home safely and after that - none of us left the house for more than 24 hours.  (except to play in the snow of course!)  

It started out light, but quickly started piling up fast - enough that Evelyn was able to make this snow man before she and James had to head to bed.  James had an hour up because by Wednesday evening, they had cancelled school and seminary and everything else for the next day.  It was probably just as well - our hill gets treacherous when it's covered in 6 inches of snow...  

By the next morning, we were in a winter wonderland.  The kids had a blast playing outside and sledding and getting cold, then coming in and having some hot chocolate to warm up.  :)  Over and over again.  James and David would get wet and cold and then come in and change and drink hot cocoa and say they were done outside.  Then an hour later they would start all over again.  We had a massive pile of shoes and gloves and coats by each door along with big puddles of melted snow!  

Dan's parents had planned to come out this weekend to visit and to watch Isaac wrestle at state.  They ended up not being able to make it because of road conditions.  I was supposed to have a performance with the Peter The Rock group and that was cancelled.  Eileen and I were able to get down the hill and head up to Seattle to do a craft show with Claire.  The roads were MUCH clearer as we got further north.  We got in around 8, and had a fun evening chatting and hanging out with Steve and Claire and their family.  Then the next morning, we were up bright and early to go and set up the booth!  Eileen sold her wire wrapped necklaces and her isopods.  The show was pretty slow - not a whole lot of foot traffic - but she did really well.  She had some sales and lots of positive comments and she was so good and brave talking to people and putting herself out there!  She had a great time and wants to do another one sometime!  

After the show, we packed up and headed back down to Oregon with Eileen expressing her wish that we could get together with their family more often.  We got home just in time for me to do snuggles with David and get him to bed.  Then Dan was sweet and took me to his gym so I could get a work out in.  Between the road trip and my water polo and workouts getting cancelled, I was feeling a bit crazy and restless, so we went and worked out for an hour before heading home and to bed.  

Church today was wonderful - it was our ward conference and we had some great talks from local leaders.  After church, David went to a friends house for a birthday party for a bit, then I had ward choir and the Great To Be 8 meeting, then finally home and dinner and family time.  It was a wonderful day - but a bit long and tiring!  Now there is more snow predicted and seminary is already cancelled for tomorrow... We will see how it goes.  It's precipitating, but not necessarily snow yet...