Snow Day Equals Sledding

What a surprise!  It was 6:08 am when the phone rang - the Oldham County Board of Education has canceled school for the day.  It's FRIDAY and it's a FREE DAY!!!  YIPEE!

We all went back to bed.  Robert slept until 10:00, Marissa until 10:30 (I think).  I went out and got donuts for us.  We all enjoyed hot chocolate and chocolate donuts while we watched the rain, sleet and snow fall.  Soon there was a inch of white fluffy snow on the ground, then two... by the time Mark got home there were 5 inches of snow.

It was the perfect time for decorating the Christmas Tree.  Robert and Marissa helped mom get out all the decoration, haul them upstairs and start the festivivites.  FUN, FUN, FUN.  It was sad not having Jessica and Devon to help.  We usually do it all together.  I never realized how much Marissa loves tradition, but without them here, she was really sad that we didn't follow tradition.  We have several traditions for Christmas.  Probably more than most.

So it was pretty late before the kids were able to go sledding, but they trodded over to the small, long hill behind Kelly's house.  They had a great time - they came back about an hour later and tried to de-ice Marissa's car, but it was completely iced over - sealed shut.  Oh my goodness.

The front of the house - still snowing

Marissa also spent much of the day reading the end of her book "Allegiant."  I finished "Insurgent."  They are a series.  Now that she is finished I can read the 3rd book.  Yeah!

Robert and Marissa also realized they needed to start the Christmas chain.  They were really missing Devon and especially Jessica for this activity.  Jessica is so artistic - they usually let her do the majority, but each contributing.  This year they copied many of the previous year's designs - and did a fantastic job. 

The more we get into Christmas the more we realize Jessica won't be here.  We are really looking forward to Devon's return.

Betsy shoveled the drive way so Mark could come home without a mess.  It took him twice as long as it normally takes...traffic....snow.  I was glad I went out in the morning before the roads got bad.

Saturday brought great fun - the family went sledding down the big hill.  We took Alex Green with us and ran into Ben, Molly and Sam O'Brien there and Max and Dominique Miller.  We had races and all sorts of contests going down the hill.  Robert brought his snow board and we had several sleds - lots of laughs, lots of wipe outs, lots of fun.

We warmed up with mugs of steaming hot chocolate.  YUM!!!

Sunday - well, it rained sleet and ice over the night leaving the roads a sheet of ice.  Church was canceled for safety reasons.  WOW!  Betsy and Mark made bacon and eggs for breakfast.  She also made brownies for dinner's dessert.  We watched "Miracle on 34th Street" as a family.