The Snow of 2009

Gabby inside their igloo.

The simple life got even simpler this weekend as we lost electricity for four days. The Snow of 2009 as it will inevitably be known as, was absolutely beautiful. The 14 inches we got was too much for a lot of trees to hold. Limbs and trees were brought down all over the county, knocking out electrical lines and blowing transformers.

Staying warm was not a problem with our Kerosun heater and cooking on our Coleman cook stove and turkey fryer made cooking not a problem. Our wonderful neighbor brought us a basket full of home-canned goodies including applesauce, blackberries, blackberry jelly, and Pink-eyed Shellies; and red potatoes and deer meat. We have been feasting!

It was great having Dad home for 5 days. Dad helped Blane, Jr. build an igloo, pushed Gabby on the sled, cooked outside, melted lots of snow for flushing and kept the Kerosun filled and burning.

Blane, Jr. took lots of pictures with his new camera. We hope you enjoy them!

The scene from our front window.

The swing was grounded!

Kiki liked the snow but not for very long.

This is the side of our shed.

Our car.

A Winter Wonderland

Being a Mom

Today I had a child phsycologist tell me that if I am ever without children at home, which would be a very long time from now, that she could use me in her office. Once before a Child Developmental Coordinator said she wished she could hire me to teach parenting. It makes me feel good that even though I don't have a degree, being a Mom for over twenty years has been a good school master and there is great value in what I do. It was interesting that she picked up on the fact that I am a teacher, which many would say that I am not qualified to do either, but I have been homeschooling for 17 years. Some things I have learned through research, other things by networking with other moms and many things by trial and error, but all things by the Holy Spirit.

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