No school agian

My kids are literally begging to go back to school. I never thought that they would have five snow days in a row. It really needs to stop snowing so they can go back to school. I love having them around but this is beginning to get ridiculous. Madison has even joined the other two and wants to go back. Hopefully tomorrow.

SNOW DAY

Madison got her wish they called a snow day this morning after Allison was all ready for school. Four snow days in a row this is getting ridiculous. The kids could have gone to school today but the school district played it safe since the neighborhoods roads have not been touched at all by snow plows. This area is just not prepared for this amount of snow. The plows have been working around the clock for so long. The girls were getting antsy from being cooped up in the house for so long so we headed out for some sledding and retail therapy. It was nice to get out of the house. I really hope the kids go back to school tomorrow.

It was way too cold outside so Allison and I took pictures from the car.

Sunday Snow Day

We enjoyed a nice day at home this Sabbath day. We could have made it to church since ours is just in our neighborhood but the regional leaders chose to play it safe and cancel church for the whole region. I am kind of glad that they did because they have yet to plow the neighborhood and people without 4 wheel-drive would not have made it to church without getting stuck. All day Madison has been obsessively checking her phone to see if they have canceled school for tomorrow. She is so funny because she is so done with school. As of now they are going to school but Madison is still praying that it will happen.

More snow

We woke up this morning to more snow. Before it started snowing again we headed out to do some grocery shopping since we hadn't been since before Christmas. I could not believe how crazy the stores were. People were clearing the shelves expecting the worst. It was kind of silly. I am glad that we got our shopping done early because the snow started again.

With the snow coming down we cuddled up on the new couches with the fire going and played games. I am so glad that we could just stay in our house and not be out on the roads.

Church has now been canceled for tomorrow. This is the craziest winter yet. Good thing we stocked up on treats while grocery shopping. We have to keep the troops happy if we aren't leaving our house.

Root beer floats my favorite.

Couches FINALLY!

We ordered couches for our living room in September we found some that we liked while we were in Indianapolis. We don't have a Crate in Barrel in Boise so we knew they would have to be shipped but I never imagined that it would take this long to get them. I was beginning to wonder if they were ever going to come. When they called earlier this week I wasn't even sure that we were going to get them because of all the snow but they did end up getting delivered.

We will order another ottoman now that these have arrived and we can use the points we earned from this purchase towards the second ottoman. I love them and the girls love them. They have only seen pictures up until this point. They all approve. I love how they lighten up the room compared to our other couches. It is also nice to have couches down stairs to have somewhere to sit to enjoy the projector and big screen. I am really happy with how our house is coming along.
There is a lot of snow in the forecast for this weekend. This winter has been crazy and it has just begun.

Snow day #2

I can not believe how much snow there is in my yard. There has never been this much snow in the twenty years that I have lived here. One of the perks of the Treasure Valley is that it doesn't get as much snow as everyone else around it. If my first winter here was like this I would have never stayed.

The roads are not good so we are pretty much confined to our house. I got this wild hair to deep clean the kitchen today and enlisted the girls to help.

Ashley was a real trooper and lasted the longest. They have called another snow day for tomorrow. I am beginning to wonder if they are ever going to go back to school. There doesn't seem to be an end in sight.

SNOW

Oh my goodness when is the snow going to stop. The district called a snow day today. Allison came in after getting already for school and told me that the district had just called a snow day. She was wide awake and had a hard time going back to bed. Madison woke up before Allison went back to bed so she knew that it was a snow day but we didn't wake Ashley up. She came down to my room at 9:30 in a panic because she thought she was late for school. It was funny but also not funny because she was so panicked. Kevin was working so Madison and I went out to shovel. When we were about a third of the way done with drive way our neighbor Brother Blackburn came by with his four wheeler and finished it off for us. It was so nice because it snowed a lot last night.

Even with the help I was pooped so I didn't make it to the back porch to make a pathway for Macie. She wasn't happy so she just walked out alittle and peed about a foot from the door.

Allison got the crazy idea to see how deep the snow was in our backyard so she took a ruler out back to check it out.

It was deeper then the ruler. No wonder Macie does not like to hang out outside because she is only nine inches tall.
The district has called another snow day for tomorrow because there is more snow expected over night. At least Allison won't be up and ready before they call it.