Day 4 of Winterfest 2011

We woke up this morning to MORE SNOW! We had heard there was a chance of maybe .5 - 1 inch of snow forcasted for today. So we watched and waited. Ten hours later we are still watching and waiting in disbelief! Don't have the official count yet but last heard we would get 6 more inches today. It is still snowing in Muskogee and heard there is more to come on Sunday and then again on Wednesday.

We are still in search of a second sled. We've been trying since Monday afternoon but they're hard to come by right now. New shipments come in and then are gone before we can get to the store. So its a lesson in sharing and patience between brothers for now. Part two of the lesson was tested today at Civitan Park! Darrell said they were only on the hill for about an hour and the kids were ready to come home. :)

We are looking forward to attending Corey and Tara's engagement party this Saturday evening. It will be nice to get out of the house and mingle with "new" people. I swear, we are going to be like the family that came down from the mountain!

Darrell has been the family hero more than once this week. Besides being the guy that takes the kids sledding, he has thawed the frozen water pipes that we woke up to on Wednesday, cleared the snow from the satellite dish numerous times and put in a new thermostat for the house. What a guy! (He still makes my heart go pitter-patter!) So, these ice cold beers are his reward!

Hopefully all of you well and enjoying this beautiful time of year.

Be safe! - Susan and the guys

Snowpocalypse 2011

SNOWED IN!

We are snowed in with a record amount of snow for February. So anyone up for a game of "RATS!"? We haven't heard the official snow count but we did meassure the snow in our front yard which was a wopping 9.25 inches with snow still falling. School is cancelled for tomorrow as well as my work. I suspect that it will be another week out of school for our kiddos. Right now, we can't even get out of our driveway. Darrell has shoveled twice today and we hope, if a situation arises, that we will be able to get out. Thank goodness our satellite only went out once! Our pipes haven't frozen or electricity went out and we have plenty of food for many days. We are very fortunate.

But now that the snow is mostly over, they are predicting dangerously cold weather for the next few days. Temperatures below zero and the wind blowing at 30 MPH. EWWWhhhh, that's cold!

On another note, the boys have proven their cognitive abilities once again. Each received academic awards for the semester! Kanyon received the Citizenship award once again as well as Attendance and Muskogee Honor Roll. Carson received the Academic award for first grade and the Dance award, which he was very excited about! Shake yours booty booty! (an ongoing Carsonism when he was younger). To celebrate their hard work and achievements they chose the China King for their reward. So they stuffed themselves on shrimp, shrimp and more shrimp. Oh, and of course a trip to the ice cream machine. We are so proud of their accomplishments! And all though they like to complain about homework and school in general, they are very proud of their accomplishments too.

We hope everyone is staying safe and warm in this winterfest 2011.

Bye for now,

The Smarts