Oh the joy!

So yesterday our electricity went out, oh the joy of snow right? So I packed up the kids and Mike took us over to Mandy's! We had a really really fun day. Tiana's lights were out to so they came over w/baby (yeah). I wasn't able to take very many pics cause I had my phone which went dead right after the pic w/Anna in the snow... but I'll get the other pics from Mandy and Tiana later.

This was Anna's first time in the snow and she LOVED it. She got to wear Rykers snow suit and coat and she was so flippin cute in it I really can't explain it. Of course Jared had fun, he always does... and like I said I'll post more pics once I get them.

Anyway yesterday consisted of a lot of eating and a lot of laughs and good times. I really really gotta eat and then clean my house, so I'll post more once I have a moment or two.

Winter Storm 2008

Can you see in these two pictures how much freaking snow we've gotten. You can hardly see our neighbors truck parked outside our house... and the van in the front, where are the wheels?

I really do...

Love Christmas... but mother nature is really making it hard for me this year. When is it that we stop "loving" the snow and start "hating" it? I remember when I was a kid I would play and play and play all day long and never even think twice about it. I haven't been outside to play in the snow once this year, I've only gone out to go to my car and that is it. I have tried to "love" it for my kids, because it's not very fair of me to hate it so much that they don't get to go out and play... but really it's taking the fun out of life for me right now, and I'm having a hard time finding the joy in it all.

I have sooooo much still that I have to do before Christmas... I really really want to go up north to see my family for Christmas. Mikes truck wouldn't start this morning so he took my truck leaving me stranded once again. I'm supposed to go to Mandy's today to make Christmas cookies and now I'm stuck, once again. Oh and did I mention that on Friday Mandy and I made the trek to Walmart to get some shopping done and we were stuck in the darn parking lot for over an hour. It seems as if everyone and their mother was TRYING to leave (most spun out and got stuck themselves making it harder for us to get out)... Oh the joys of a snowy Christmas. My house is a mess, I don't feel like cleaning. I still have to finish getting Mikes present and Anna's presents. My vacuum cleaner broke, my shoulder hurts so bad... AHH BAH HUMBUG! I need to get out of my funk and take a good look at what Christmas is REALLY about and be thankful for what I have right?

Ok so I feel a little better and I'm done being a scrooge!!! (it could be SO much worse than what I'm bitching about so I really should shut up)

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!!!

OH MY GOSH! It's been snowing all day, couldn't tell you how deep it is (I won't go outside). But it's deep and it's cold and Jared is loving it.

School was closed and will probably be all week!

Whelp back to chillin on the couch watching tv! :)