Family

I love coming home. I know I'm not a large person, I do. But sometimes working with 7-year olds all day, and then having small friends you can't help but feel like a giant sometimes. I mean, I am taller than 97% of the people I interact with. It's nice to come home and feel small. :)

I love, love, love having so many sisters. :)

And the WHOLE family all together!

More pictures here.

Snowpocolypse 2010

It's here. They promised snow, and it has arrived. It's hard to see, since everything is white. But what is in the center of the picture is Andrew's car. Or really just the snow on top of Andrew's car. It's totally buried.

And this is just to show the fence that divides our yard from the neighbors, you have to look really closely, but it's right in the center of the picture...nearly buried. If you notice the railing on the left side of the picture you can also see how much snow is on our COVERED porch.

It's been snowing for about 20 hours, and we have about 8 more expected hours. Last night I did experience my first thunder and lightening during a snow storm. Weird.

I don't think we're going to school this week. :)

Dire Straits

I have 11 kids today.

 

It is supposed to snow between 18 and 30 inches this weekend. Starting in two hours.

 

The kids are going home at 11:30.

 

I knew the storm was coming two days ago. People go crazy here, like they may never see food or toilet paper again. Usually I don't need to grocery shop around storm time. I usually think a little more in advance. But I haven't been to the grocery store in two weeks, so the cupboards are pretty bare. I tried going yesterday around 4. Not a spot to be found in the parking lot.

 

I tried again at 10:30. Still just as craz.

 

I hate shopping for food with hundreds of other people. So I went home.

 

I went again at 6:30 this morning. I wish I had brought a camera. No produce. None. Excpet the green tops of carrots and some cantaloupe.

 

No meat. No dairy. The store was wiped clean. And parking lot was still half full.

 

Luckily we can survive on the food in our freezer and food storage. And some cantaloupe.

Posting from School

I think I may have just figured out how to post from school.

Get excited.

Birthday Gift

Brent: "I'm pretty tight with the Lord and ordered in 48 inches of snow for your birthday. That's why I go to church, so I can call in favors when I need them."

Well, we'll take 6 inches and cross our fingers it affects school tomorrow. :)

Sister!

Claire is here! Less than 48 hours for us to pack in all the fun possible in Baltimore.

So far: late night

early morning laying in bed

REI Attic Sale (both of us made successful purchases)

Pancakes and Chocolate Waffles

More to come....

Real Baltimore

Andrew and I had a real Baltimore experience tonight.

A gun-toting police chaplain gave us a tour of his house. We were on a walk downtown, and stopped to talk to him. He then asked us if we had any ailments that he could pray over us for, because he has a gift for healing people.

Too bad we are both really healthy. It would have completed the night.