Thursday - A Winter Weather Event!

Ken was up at his usual time to read and I appeared at 7, just in time to watch the Morning News.  He left at 7:30 to meet Gary for breakfast and I completed my morning "stuff" till he returned around 10:30.  He had run some errands and stopped by Wilbur to run the generator and just to make sure everything was okay!

Bria had an exciting day - she got her braces today!  Last week she had spacers put in, but now she has a complete set of braces.  She had them put on before school, so hopefully she will be "distracted" enough that the pain will be minimal.  

Looking Good!

By 10:45 it had really started to snow and it did look beautiful.  Before that we had some sleet and freezing rain, but it didn't "stick" to the roads.  It continued snowing until 4:30 and we had about 6 or 7 inches, about 4 inches more than predicted.  

A photo of the view from our deck!

We had at least 6 inches and it was beautiful!

Lanie called when parked at the bus stop waiting for the girls because of an early dismissal.  She had been there about an hour and got an e-mail from the principal that the bus had still not left the school.  Roads were very bad and it was taking the busses a long time to get to the school.  About 20 minutes later she left us a message that they were home safe and sound - hallelujah!

I spent the afternoon making some cards with new stamps and die cuts I had ordered and received a few days ago.  It was a lot of fun being creative and using some new products.  I am making more dimensional cards and I really like that they look more "professional"!

Ken went outside for about an hour and helped Johnathan, the young man who is in charge of our apartment building, get all the cars in our parking lot moved while a truck with a plow was here to clear the area.  They also brushed the snow off all the cars.  It was sleeting/raining while they we shoveling, so Ken came in cold and very wet!

We had salads for dinner and I spent the evening crafting and Ken did some reading, etc.  We were in bed by 9:30 after a rather relaxing day enjoying the snowfall.  We are very thankful that we weren't planning on leaving this Friday for Florida.  It would not have happened.  Hopefully the weather will be a lot more cooperative next Friday when we will be heading south!  I am excited that I got to witness a snowstorm before leaving.  It rarely happens that we have a measurable snow before Thanksgiving!