SNOW DAY!

So a few weeks ago, we heard on the news that there was a snow storm headed our way. They even dubbed it a "Winter Blast"! Boy were we ever excited to wake up and see mounds of snow on our lawn. But sadly, that was not the case. What we saw outside was green grass with a few specks here and there of something that looked kind of, maybe, possibly like snow. But that was it! It was merely a light dusting of snow. But the silliest part was that school was canceled! Because the school district we are in covers the entire county {it's big}, and some of that county had a few inches of snow, it was a done deal. So the boys enjoyed a day off of school, and I pulled my hair out.

Fast forward to last night...


I get a text message from a friend in my neighborhood asking if school would be canceled tomorrow. I was confused... I asked her why it would even be canceled. She then mentioned that it was SNOWING outside! {Mind you it was 10pm and the blinds were all closed.} I opened the back door, and sure enough there was snow softly falling from the dark sky. It looked heavenly. I wanted to bundle up in a snow suit {don't have one}, get a cup of Stephen's hot chocolate {from the Cocomotion, of course}, and sit on the deck. But instead, I got my jammies on and watched it from inside my warm, heated home. Kurt and the boys were asleep, so it was just me...enjoying the quiet {and the snow}! I went to bed with high hopes of seeing snow covering the outside of our property in the morning.


When my alarm went off at 5:30 this morning, I quickly turned on the TV and first thing I see is "School Canceled". Again?! It was for real, once again. I jumped out of bed and ran to the window only to find white...no green! I was so excited that I jumped back into my warm bed and slept for another 30 minutes. When Gavin woke up {always at 6am on. the. dot...with no alarm clock...crazy kid}, he came in my room to tell me he was awake {does this every morning}. I told him to go get dressed for school. Then I remembered...no school! I yelled down for him to go look out the window. I wish I could have gotten his response on tape. It was too cute. He cheered and cheered for the white stuff. This boy has wanted snow for so long. And now he has it. I asked him if he wanted to go and play in the snow; his response, "well, maybe after breakfast...and since there's no school today, I can play flight simulator all day!! So I'll play in the snow later." Yeah, I don't think so, buddy. This is where the fun part comes in for me. The boys sure love each other, but they really love each other more after they've been apart all day at school.





Uh oh, the sun is starting to really shing. We better get out and make a snowman before it all melts.

A Give-Away!!

Who doesn't love something free?! I mean, come on! Go to www.campbellcreations.blogspot.com and check out my friend, Alison's blog. She's the craft, creative gal that I put her etsy site (www.alisonscrafts.etsy.com) on my blog a while back. Remember? Yes? No? Well, go check out the give-away. You'll be glad you did!

Thanks!

Ryan is "A Promise"

Hey y'all...yes, it's me...and yes, I'm waaaaay behind on this 'lil bloggy blog. I'll get to it sooner or later. But in the meantime, enjoy this cute video of the dudes; including Ryan singing some new songs he's leaned in preschool. I love the school he attends; it's a Methodist church preschool and he loves it! Mainly he just loves having something to do without his brother nearby. But he really does love school; especially his teacher, Miss Shae!

Enjoy the cuteness that is Ryan...and Gavin in the background making music!

Let's Rock-- it's Christmastime!!

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Thanksgiving Fun

In honor of this great holiday that is upon us, I give you my favorite FRIENDS episode...Enjoy!

NKOTB

*Edit* I have no idea why blogger won't let me insert all these sweet pics! I'll figure out a way - oh yes I will!*

Fun. Pure fun. Pure childish fun. Pure 'I can't believe I'm acting like a 10-year old' fun. Walking down (or dancing down) memory lane. Remembering their concert 18 years ago. Wow. So Fun. Oh yes, and we were 10th row on the floor. Incredible. Amazing. Thanks to a ticket broker who got weak when i begged him to lower the price; not once, but 7 times. We scored the seats for $50 each...the girls next to us paid 5 times that amount per ticket. Lucky fun for us.

(Oh yeah, click to see larger pics. because you know your inner past-NKOTB-obsessed self wants to see them too!)

 

 

 

 

And thankfully I didn't act like a 10 year old by myself. Thanks for sharing the fun with me, Alison.

 

Sweden...in captions.

Sweden...It really was an awesome experience to be able to go with just Kurt, for our 9th anniversary. We were so blessed to be able to spend so much time with Kurt's grandparents (Mormor and Morfar- swedish for the mother's mother and mother's father). We miss them tremendously and love them immensely.

And on to the photos...with a few captions. (click on pic to blow up and read)