March Madness Snow

My husband thinks I have been slacking because this blog hasn't seen much action.  First, I have been pretty busy with the church blog http://discoverstmark.blogspot.com/ .  Although I haven't written all of this during Lent I have typed and edited all of it. And then there was this blog http://longmorgan.blogspot.com/ which I have also been working on.

"Plus," I said, "not much has happened."  I should have bitten my words.  Saturday, we went to church---temperature in the 50's, but we did not believe the forecast of 3-8" of snow for Palm Sunday.  We were right and wrong.  It was officially 12.5" unofficially about 10" at our house.  And, we didn't even get the "thunder snow" some areas got.  Mind you, it started snowing while in the 40's and barely got below freezing so this is a h-e-a-v-y snow great for building snowmen, forts!  The picture of my front door decorations and daffodils (before I rescued them) were from Sunday.  The rest of these photos are from Monday after about 12 hours of snow.

 My strategy of putting the van in the driveway to keep one part of the driveway clear was working until I noticed the pine tree was drooped so far over from the weight that it was resting on the van---even in the middle of the driveway.  Here is the tree below on Monday.

But, it did make a great tent that I would have loved playing under as a kid. (I often made "houses" under mature hydrangea  and spirea shrubs when we lived in the city)

Baby Shower

This shower was in a beautiful new space adjoining the Hearthroom.  We had a wonderful luncheon and, as usual, these ladies did a wonderful job planning and decorating.  We had one game which was guessing what male was morphed with the Mom's photo and  to determine which photo was her husband's.  This was a nice mix of Moms, grade school, high school and college friends.

Snow and Skiing

I used to love snow---we often played outside with the kids, we skied---cross country and down hill. Looking through some of our old photos, I was reminded of how much I used to love it.  I learned to ski when I lived in Germany. (Click here)

Seeing the snow the East Coast got, last week reminded me of our Pittsburgh snow of 1978--with the toddler (Rachel) in front of the door.  Then, I found this photo of Leah riding her big wheel in the snow.  

And, Kansas City

Two out of three kids had basketball games---one was a spectator.  The official above was one of the best---he would kneel down, talk to the girls, remind them each time what direction they needed to go in.  For someone who obviously loved the game, he did a great job with this Kindergarten team.

Visiting Friends and Family in Texas

 After our cruise, we went to Leah's where we had lunch with my sister, her husband, niece and her husband.  The kids always enjoy getting together with them since my sister always brings treats and crafts and the others help entertain the kids.