We were very blessed to get several inches of snow Sunday night and Monday. Monday night brought about 0.25" of ice on top of the snow, so we have had all kinds of fun!
The snow is beautiful!
One pristine picture before the boys came out to play. :)
Seven and one half inches! Wow, what a snow!
As you might imagine, a snow and ice storm of this magnitude has completely shut down our city. The boys have been out of school all week, and will be out of school for the remainder of the week. They were already supposed to be out of school on Friday due to a teacher work day, and next week Monday due to MLK day. All total, they will have missed six school days by the time they go back next Tuesday. They have had so much fun playing in the snow and just playing at home. Last weekend when we were talking about the possibility of snow, Zachary wished that it would snow so much that they would have a whole week off from school. He is thrilled that his wish came true! :)
Zachary's snow angel. (By the way, his feet are big enough that he is wearing MY sneakers in this picture. :)
Justin's snow angel.
Caleb, Rebekah and Aaron on the sled. Daddy did a great job pulling them. Mommy, not so much. Rebekah was a good sport about falling face first in the snow.
Daddy and Bekah in the snow. She loved it!
Rebekah sitting in the snow. She kept rubbing and patting her hands on the snow.
Zac, Justin and Rebekah posing in the snow.
L to R: Aaron, Zac (back row), Rebekah, Justin and Caleb
Caleb's goal was to shovel snow. Not sled, not make snow angles, snow balls, or snow men. Just shovel. He shoveled to his heart's content!
Aaron taking a break from sledding.
Mommy and Justin heading down the hill.
I think that is Justin and Aaron on the sled. It's a bit hard to tell when their coats all look alike. :)
Zac heading down the big hill. He loved sledding!
Daddy and Caleb taking a run down the hill. This was Day 2 after we got all the ice.
Mommy and Justin sledding. Try to overlook the novice sled driver here.
Like good Southerners, we stocked up on bread and milk last weekend before the storm hit. Thankfully we did have enough milk, but we are definitely going to need some by tomorrow! Drew ventured out a little bit today (he had a meeting to go to), and said that some roads are fine where the sun shone on them, but any shaded spots were still very snowy/icy. The plows and salt/sand trucks have hit the interstates and some of the major roads, but most everything in the south stays as it is until the temps warm up enough to melt it. It's been kind of nice to not have to go to doctor's appointments, therapy, or anything else this week!
Nancy
Caleb loved the first apple picking trip that he can remember! He ate an entire apple - seriously, I had to stop him before he ate the stem and core! Because the ground was wet from rain, we didn't let him out of the stroller, but he enjoyed watching the bigger boys pick apples.
Aaron proudly displayed one of the Granny Smith's he had picked - right before he ate it! I was beginning to wonder if he would eat his weight in apples!
Zachary bravely jumped into apple picking and even climbed a tree or two. He ate his fair share of apples as well.
We are trying hard to pair all of our children up with future mates by the time they are ten! Not really, but Justin's and Aaron's best friends happen to be sisters. They are never far apart from each other when our two families get together.
New to the apple-picking scene this year is Uncle David. He came up to spend Justin's birthday weekend with us and we enjoyed having him join the celebrations.
