At long last, we received some real snow in Virginia! In fact, we received about 30 inches! I kept hearing that we were going to get a lot of snow, but I didn't dare believe it. I didn't want to get my hopes up. :) I was so happy that it really came!
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| The first day as it was starting to come down. |
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| Day 2--Still snowing |
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The kids tried to play in it, but it was so windy, and the snow powdery and
hard to slog through that it wasn't great for playing. |
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| After two days, it stopped snowing and everyone began the process of digging out. |
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| Jason and Hunter shoveled for hours. |
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| Archer and Daddy. Two of my cute boys! |
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| Um...not sure how the mail will get delivered. |
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| My little snow angel. |
We were home bound for a few days while the snow was coming down. I discovered that there really are a lot of hours in a day when you don't go anywhere! I had time to do laundry, clean, watch movies with the family, play games, and stamp to my heart's content! I think I need more homebound days! :) It was great! I'll admit I was feeling a little cabin fever after a few days and the noise of three boys in the house was starting to wear on me. Once the roads were cleared, Jason sent Kayla and I out on a very important trip to get some necessities--ice cream at Cold Stone! A must when the snow is piled high everywhere and you can hardly find a place to park! :)
What a sweet hubby! He watched wresting with Hunter at home and everyone was happy. :)
The snow started on a Friday and finished sometime Saturday evening. Church was cancelled on Sunday because most people could not get out of their driveways. We had church at home and it was really sweet...at least we had some sweet moments. :)
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| Kayla led the music |
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| I told her to smile and not look so serious so she gave me a cheezy grin. |
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| Archer was very cute trying to follow along in the hymnbook. |
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| Hunter gave a talk. |
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We were a bit more casual than we are at church. :)
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I spent many hours in my stamp room making cards and planning classes and card kits. It was heavenly.
One of my goals for 2016 is to go to the temple every month. Jason and I were planning to go the day the big snowstorm came, but we obviously didn't make it. I was finally able to go with my dear friend, Jessica, on the last Saturday of the month. I was so excited to talk with her when I went to pick her up, that I wasn't paying great attention while backing out of her long driveway and I got stuck on a snow bank! Ooops! We tried to dig and push ourselves out, but eventually we gave up and called Jason to come and rescue us. It's a good thing we did. Even my big strong man had to work hard to get us out!
At last, we were out and on our way. I forgot to take any pictures at the temple as I was just having such a great time talking non-stop on the way there and back! LOL! I was happy to go to the temple and happy to have time with my wonderful friend.
January was a really wonderful month because Jason was on break from school. It was so nice to have time together in the evenings instead of him having to study right after dinner and all weekend. I was also feeling really relaxed all month because I was released from my calling as stake primary president in December. I was sad to say goodbye to stake primary as there were so many things I loved about it, but I did feel a huge load lifted when the release came. I am now an Activity Days leader with the girls ages 8 to 11 at church. I'm very excited about it!
Goodbye January. You were a very happy month!
