Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow...

Pics from our "Blizzard of 2010" - what a nice blessing when we're 'under the weather'. It forces us to stay home, get a BIT of fresh air, and something wondrous to look at as we rest...













Let it Snow.... :) :) As for me...I'm enjoying being back on the couch, drinking water, and reading magazines (oh yeah...and NAPS!!). Hidden blessings in a sickie weekend.....

Bouncy Fun and New Hair 'Do!

Just pics from our Saturday. Taking a break from snow for some indoor fun:

I had the BEST seat in the house for a preggo lady :)

Relaxing on air!

Val bouncing below (you can see her hair bouncing)

Oh - and a new haircut for a new birthday year (yes, I celebrated earlier this week) :) I'm SLOWLY working toward an angled "bob" (longer in front, shorter in back). I'll go back a few times till I feel like the change is done. Gotta love cheap hair cutteries! (oh - I did the styling...don't blame the lady. I came home and dried it, etc!)

Not as angled as I wanted in the back - but I did tell her to start slowly, and I'd go back for more cuts :)

Ok - after this day...time for bed!!! :)

Snow Day continued...

Well, our day of fun continued. (Oh, I added a pic in my last entry - a picture of the cool shaped snowflakes....check it out!!!)

All Advent, and even into early Christmas, I really wanted to make gingerbread cookies with Lovely. It just seemed life got in the way and Christmas was coming to an end. So today's 'Snow Day' really slowed life down and this evening I took advantage and we got to it! We played Christmas music, enjoyed our Christmas lights and hats, and we enjoyed time as girls. Val even stayed close watching from her high chair, ready to be our taste tester! It was a lot of fun.

But...I'm ready for bed! :) We saved some for daddy who was off at a guy's night out (only guys would pick a frosty cold night to drive in.....). Lovely did a great job rolling and icing and cookie cutting. I enjoyed making memories! I think Lovely is also catching the shutterbug disease. You'll see her taking pics with her camera - plus one I found on my camera.

Enjoy....YUM!

The below pic (forgive the toy strewn room - Snow Day lol) is playtime
as the cookies baked. That fire felt sooooooo good!
Lovely was doing some sort of dance to the Christmas music...

I apologize for the missing head of the gingerbread man in
the below picture. This manic pregnant woman
came walking by and just savagely attacked him.
I have NO IDEA who she was....hmmmmm.

Next to time with my girls, the below was one of my favorite places to be
all evening. When they went to bed, I sat HERE:

Hmmm...who took this pic on MY camera? LOL

A FABULOUS evening - Val above clapped her appreciation. Whew!! What a day! Hubby is home now, so I think I can finally sleep. I never can just go to bed without him in the house somewhere...weird! But tonight was precious time with my girls!

Oh - soon I can share Christmas morning pics! My sister sent me copies!! Thanks Sister (my camera was dying slowly on Christmas)! I still need to get Christmas Eve off the old card somehow....I'll hope!

Goodnight!

SNOW DAY!!! ** EDITED **

Well, we have SNOW people! Fabulous!

It started yesterday as we walked home from school. How magical! It was soft flakes, which I failed to notice, but my neighbor buddy did - actually were shaped with 6 points! They looked like the Star of David. VERY cool! Lovely just laughed the whole way home, Val kept saying "Wooow!" and then it stopped a while. Bummer!

Edited to add this pic from a different friend who noticed the cool shaped flakes too. Look closely:

So awesome!!!!

Apparently though when it got dark (and I was too tired to notice) it began again and went late into the night. The result? Snow and ice that shut down this southern city and temps in the 15s! We've had a snow day before for schools, but hubby has always had to work (with a delayed start so roads could be better). Today though - office was CLOSED! It's been a GREAT family day thus far!

It's only a light dusting...one that is already melting away (even though we are now in the 20s), but it has made it a VERY special morning for our family, friends, and neighbors. Perfect for a fire, hot cocoa, NAPS, and quiet.

Here are some pics from our day so far:

The girls seeing the snow upon waking up!!!

The girls giving each other kisses through the door. Val kept going "MuuuuuWAH!"

Look at her nose pressed on the glass :)

HAHA! Hang on Val!!! :)

Hey - we kinda had a "White Christmas" It's still Christmas, friends!

It's been a fantastic day! I'm feeling very grateful!! Grateful for my family, this day off, appreciating them, getting extra rest when we haven't been 100% well, or sleeping at night, grateful our crosses in life are small...and wondering (and being SO grateful still) why bigger ones have not hit us yet (which is really interesting because two other bloggers have been thinking the same thing!! What's up with that??!! Check out Kate and Rachel). I might have to explore that with them - but I always seem to have it at the back of my mind. A few years ago we were deep in BIG crosses, so I very much do NOT take for granted this time - but my heart and mind are with others who lately have been going through a lot more (Some with WAY more faith and grace than I could!) - and I do wonder why for them, and yes....when for me. Why is that?

BUT - I am grateful. Grateful that this "feeling" makes me not take a moment for granted. Grateful I lean on faith and friends. Grateful that I feel blessings and feel so RICH even if I'm really not. But....again, I need to think about this more. Is it my hormones? My anxiety? Is it because when others you know are having a hard time you think harder? I know we're supposed to let Go, let God - and today...I will. I'm going to end this and enjoy a really LOVELY day. Enjoy this cozy, 'fireplace and cocoa' time with my family while I do have it - all of us together, safe, happy, and healthy.

Snowed in and grateful. AWESOME Combo.

Let it Snow!!