One of the best weeks EVER

Winter W0nderland Extravaganza... That’s exactly what I will call it. School was cancelled for 4 days in a row Tues-Fri for a pretty good snow storm. You see, here in Texas we are not equipped for weather like this (we are talking like up to 4 inches of snow, that's all), so 60 borrowed snow plows just isn't enough to cover Dallas and the surrounding areas, or so Texas for that matter. So, the snow will just pack down until its turned into a huge ice skating rink and we just have to wait until it melts. Darn.

Pretty interesting though because people here kindof freak out when stuff like this happens. MOST businesses, and I mean most businesses close down completely for days until its safe to drive. Most fast food and restaurants were closed and all the grocery stores were out of Milk, Bread, and Eggs at one point. Crazy... Makes you really re-think your food storage and stuff. Pretty much the entire state had rolling black outs, which is interesting. But what I do find even more interesting is that everyone had to particpate in the rolling black outs, including hospitals, except for the Cowboys Stadium! Can you believe that?! How does that happen?

So anyway...Although most mothers are pulling their hair out by day 3 of kids being home, I was absolutely loving it. Did I say loving it already? Loved it!! Ok so for 1), I didn't have to get up early to get the kids ready and out the door by a certain time, and 2), I was just in my pjs eating and playing with some pretty sweet people, all week long. So, we ended up having 4 days off in a row, then a 3 day weekend because Pierce didn’t have school on Monday. It was seriously the BEST week we’ve ever had!

So let me tell you about these fun people we know... (The Underlys) have 4 kids ages 16, 15, 10, 7 and my kids absolutely love them, and we love them! Talk about fun, laid back people that just go with it.

So here's the breakdown...It all began on Tuesday when we found out school had been cancelled. We invited the Underlys over to play games for a little bit but it soon turned into a 14 hr, yes 14 hr day filled of games and fun. We ordered pizza and played games like SCUM (which is a blast), Settlers of Catan, and Ticket to Ride. After such a fun day we spent and figured out that school was cancelled AGAIN, we decided to get together for a big breakfast the next morning. We made French Toast, Bacon, and Hash browns and played all day once again until 2:30am. Day 3 came along and we decided to go sledding. The kids were FREAKING out excited and seriously loved every single second of it. Loved it. Loved it. Loved it. They were so cute too. Pierce would help Cecily and carry her sled up the hill when she was tired, he would help push her if she got stuck, it was seriously the funnest day for them and for me to see such cute moments like that. Jake brought his snowboard and thought he was super cool doing that. He also took Charlotte for a ride, she loved it.



Anyway, we spent the day sledding, eating, and playing games till 1am. Saturday we got together that night to play games, again. Tiring isn’t it? We were tired but it was seriously one of the funnest weeks I’ve had! We love this family!!!

Some of the staple items this week where… Slushy Dr. Peppers- Nothing better than a cold slushy one, these sausage Wonton thingys that Cheryl makes that are to die for, popcorn, and one of my favorite things, gummy bears, (Red ones). In order of color... Red, Orange, Green, Yellow, White.

An amazing week, sad to get back in the hang of things...






























The snow ball fight...