Handcuffs

Today I got this funny text from Dawn.

I ask Allison if she wanted to be Jacobs guinea pig and she got a kick out of it. When Allison was two or three we were over at their house and Jacob had just got a pair of play hand cuffs. He was only 9 or 10 and was so excited for the new handcuffs. He ended up handcuffing Allison to his bed and it freaked her out pretty bad. She has not forgotten it. It was funny to think back on that memory and I find it interesting that Jacob has put his handcuff skills to good use in the police academy.
The warmer temps have been nice but they still haven't been warm enough to get rid of all the snow and ice. Allison had the day off school today because it was senior project day at her school. She didn't really know what to do with her time so she decided to chip away on the ice in front of our driveway since she is almost done with drivers ed and will be driving soon.

Warmer temps

Our temps have been below freezing since before Christmas. I never thought I that I would look forward to 30 degree weather but when I saw this this morning I was ecstatic. This Texas girl does not like below freezing temperatures and my Idaho girls don't either. Ashley just wants to be able to go outside at recess but they haven't let them with all this snow and the low temperatures. I hope this is a turning point for this winter and we start to see a bit of our normal Treasure Valley winter.

Quilt

The quilt I made Kevin several years ago the backing has been ripping over time. The wholes recently have gotten out of control so today while out in Kuna with my friends I took it apart to prep it for a new back. I am hoping to get this done quickly because I know Kevin sleeps better with his blanket but I guess we will see.

I am glad that the top is salvage because I definitely wouldn't have time to do a whole new quilt.

More snow

Since the girls returned to school the snow has died down but today it decided to come back. My kids weren't excited that the snow was back because the reality of making up snow days has settled with them. So far they have school on Presidents day and Martin Luther King Day. They might have one more day that they have to make up but the school district hasn't mentioned anything yet. High school finals have been pushed back and some of the half days have been canceled for them. All this snow has really wrecked havoc in our lives.

I hope this doesn't bring another snow day for the girls.

Basketball Jamboree

Today Ashley played in the beginning of the season Jamboree. This was kind of a weird start to the season. The girls have only practiced together once because of all the snow days they couldn't practice at the schools. At least our girls got to get one practice in because some of the other teams didn't get to get one in. I was a bit nervous for this game because I had no idea what to expect. Ashley did a great job. It was fun to watch the team play together. It will be interesting to see what this season brings. The girls played two games today and for some strange reason they played the same team both games. They lost the first game but won the second game. They did a good job considering they didn't practice much together before today.

Today was also Y day at the BSU girls basketball game. The girls got in for free with their jerseys on. Two other people also got in free with a Y player so it was a fun afternoon for Kevin and I with Ashley and Kinnlie.

These girls really had fun and it was a good game.

After the game we hung around so the girls could get the players signatures. It was fun watching them. They were in awe like they were meeting celebrities.

On the way home the girls were already talking about the next time. We are definatly going to have to do this again.

Service 4WD

This morning as I pulled out of the driveway to take kids to school I got this lovely warning on my dash.

Is this winter ever going to end. If our Suburban breaks down I don't know what we are going to do. Madison's car can not drive in the neighborhood with all this snow. Even with the plows it still gets stuck. The only reason she can drive to school is because we live on a main road out of town. I am so over 2017 winter. There was some good news for Madison though when she got home from school. Kevin shoveled the end of the driveway and she can drive to school tomorrow.

Back in school

The kids went back to school today. Other areas that have been hit worse then Meridian are still out of school. We had the Christmas break that was never going to end. The road in the neighborhood still haven't been plowed so we can't get Madisons car out of the drive way. It has been since before New Years since we have driven that car. Today she took it into her own hands to get the care out. Her friend Sadie and her got the shovels and started chipping away at the ice at the end of the drive way. She was so excited to drive again.

They took the car to Red Robin for dinner and then came home before heading to a basketball game and guess what came by. The snow plows and now the car can't leave the drive way again. She was too pooped from the first dig out to do it again so she resorted to that I would be driving her to school tomorrow again.