Snow Snow and More Snow

Why is it that I can't find the time, or motivation to post this time of year! Here's a quick recap of the last week at our house.

Wednesday December 17-School got cancelled because it might snow. It didn't! It was bone dry all day long!

Thursday December 18-It snowed! It freakin' snowed all day long. School was cancelled again, work was cancelled, McDonalds was closed, the whole city pretty much shut down. We spent the day hookie-bobbin' with some ward friends. I think we ended up with about 8" of snow.

Friday December 19- School cancelled again because of the snow. Redmond never gets this kind of snow and is not equipped to handle it! Ran a few last minute errands, and got things ready for Landon's dad to come for Christmas.

Saturday December 20-Colton went first thing this morning on a scout outing. I took Whitley to the Stake center for a song practice. Her and Colton are singing in the Stake devotional Sunday night. Landon took Kennedy to the airport to pick up Bumpa (Landon's dad). What should have taken him an hour to an hour and a half, took him almost 4 hours because of the snow. Later that afternoon, we start to hear from our neighbors that we're going to have a wind storm that night. About 5 o'clock the wind starts to blow. It is snowing, and the wind is blowing so hard that the snow is blowing completely sideways! We start to get calls from our home teachers to see that we're okay, and from the elders quorum to let us know that we're only having Sacrament meeting tomorrow. But the bishop says to do what is safest for our family. The way it looks outside, we're not going anywhere!

Sunday December 21-Not going to church. Pretty much just hunkered down, played cards, visited with Bumpa, and watched it snow!

Monday December 22- We decided to venture out today. Once we got out of our neighborhood, the roads weren't too bad. The kids played outside for hours, having snowball fights, etc with all their friends. The kids have been "saving" the snow is our backyard for a snowman. No one has stepped foot out there since it started snowing. There is at least 18" back there! Also, Bumpa has been teaching me how to sprout my wheat! We also cooked it in the crock pot and made wheat berries. Can't wait to taste it tomorrow.

(Our backyard)

Tuesday December 23-We ate the wheat berries for breakfast this morning. We put honey on them, and they weren't that bad. If it comes down to it, we could survive on that stuff. Still working on the sprouts. There is snow and rain in the forecast for the next few days. With the temps in the 20's everything is frozen! The roads are like an ice skating rink. We're headed out this morning to make that snowman in the back yard!

We have been told that this is the most snow that Seattle has seen in over a decade. Lucky us!