Summer is right around the corner ...

Another "snow day" ... I admit, I sure like the sleeping in, but then I really wouldn't mind if the kids only had a two hour delay instead of the whole day at home! Following is a quick re-cap of my loooonnnggg day.

I headed into town to make a few quick stops: a gift for Kevin to take to a birthday party tonight, some hamster medicine for Abbi's hamster, a return to Elder Beerman, a salad to go from Panera, and then McDonald's to go for the kids. Let me just say, that everyone else that was out and about today, shouldn't have been! How anyone can actually drive 20 mph on a wet road is beyond me! The roads really were fine after 11:00am, just let me drive. I was a woman on a mission.

When I got home I convinced the kids to play outside with dear old Mom. I must have impressed at least Abbi, because when Dave came home from work I was taking Kevin to his party, and Abbi told Dad that Mom went sledding!

I also made a real cool "Fox & Geese" game in the back yard, but no one wanted to play. Gee, I wish my first cousins would all come over, and we could re-live some awesome childhood memories!

Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow

Oh what fun it is to sled ... yesterday after school, I loaded up my two youngest, my oldest, and three college guys and headed to Wilbur & Sarah's for an evening of sledding. We started on a punky little hill that didn't give us much pizazz, then moved on to a OMG hill that sent up careening down a narrow and steep trail in the middle of a woods. Smart, huh? I spent most of the time standing in front of a large tree close to the bottom, to protect all my "kids".

Here's Kevin giving it a try, and letting his long golden locks of hair blow in the wind.

Kevin's giving it his all, and jumping right over Lucho. Lucho is a college student who has found his way into our family's hearts. He stayed with the boys while we were in Cancun, and they all survived, so I guess he's a "keeper".

Lucho is from Paraguay, so this snow activity is a ton of fun for him!

The Triple Threat stacked on top of each other and gave it a try.
Hmmm .... not too successful!

Here's my comatose Abbi taking a break!

We buried her in saucers!

Guess Who???

It's the dazzling duo of Kyle & Alli!

And most importantly, at the end of the day, we're all still smiling

and no one is hurt! Hooray!

In front is Abbi. Back row is Alli, Kyle, Kevin, Lucho, and Darin (a high school friend of Alli & Kyle)

So there you have it ... my first post with pictures! Congratulations to me!!! If someone could tell me why I can't change to font of a few of the captions, that'd be great! I've been trying for the last 1/2 hour, but I give up and so now you have a post with pics AND a variety of fonts ... how lucky can we all be???

See you all from Down Under, on Friday we'll leave this Winter and be on our way to summer ... g'day mate!