SNOW DAY!!!!!!

Shannon and Drake

Kellie

Kaitlyn

Kellie, Kaitlyn and Shannon

Our backyard in the middle of the storm.

I always love a good snow day! Who doesn't need a day off from everything just before Christmas? As everyone may have heard, the east coast was slammed with a HUGE snow storm. I think we got 24 inches by the time everything was done. This is VERY ususal for MD. We had my cousin's husband staying with us from Phoenix, and he was freezing and couldn't believe all of the snow! The girls had a great time sledding down the "big hill" in our backyard and drinking hot chocolate before I put them to work. They had to clean their rooms (which were a disaster!) and clean the bathrooms ect.

Jason shoveled snow for about 6 hours today. He helped clear out our driveway and our street. Our street still hasn't been plowed. Hopefully by tomorrow. The kids are happy that they have already cancelled school for tomorrow!

Arlington Echo Trip

Kaitlyn's 2nd grade class decided to go to an outdoor camp overnight trip in December. I, being the good mom that I am, couldn't let her stay overnight by herself, so I was roped in to going.
Those of you who know me well, know that I am an "indoor" girl. I don't like to be cold, or outside too long unless I am sitting by the pool. That being said, I some how also got volunteered to teach a class at this event. The class I was assigned to teach, was called "Discovery Walk". By the title of the activity you can tell 2 things right off the bat. 1. It is outside and 2. that it involves teaching the kids about being outside in the woods. I know many of you are lauging right now...
The activity actually involved me teaching the 2nd graders about how to use a compass and then we had to use our compass to find our next point of interest. Let me say that I have NEVER used a compass in my life and have NO business teaching others how to use one. This is what I married Jason, the boyscout. He is the expert on all things outdoors, therefore I don't need to learn them. Well, I am a trooper and went to the training and learned how to use a compass and how to teach the kids this skill.

So, I thought I would only have to teach one class. Well, I had to teach eight, 45 minute classes over the 2 day period that we were there. Outside, in December....

Well, I do know thatI am blessed and that Heavenly Father loves me, because the 2 days that I was at "camp" the weather was 50 degress during the day and only dipped to about 35-40 degrees that night. The weather could have been a lot worse, and I am grateful for that. I did end up having a good time and spent some quality time with Kaitlyn.

I will however remeber this event and bring it up to her when she is a teenager and says that I have never done anything for her. I have photographic proof that I was there.