Words I Thought I Would NEVER Say

Today is May 2nd. On Monday we had a beautiful day in the 70's. I took Charles to the park Monday afternoon. Tuesday I wore a sundress because the temperature was 82 degrees with rain, hail, and thunderstorms in the late afternoon. Yesterday we experienced weather in the 30's and early 40's with wind and rain. Last night from roughly 8pm or so we started getting ice mixed in with the rain. After we went to bed it must have snowed. My guess is that we got around 5 inches of snow and ice. We were called at 5:45am with a two hour delay for school and by 7:30 school was cancelled. So here are the words I never thought I would say in May: snow day in May and no school because a snow day. As you can see we have experienced it all this week. I'm praying we don't get any more ice or snow. Patrick's last day of regular school was supposed to be May 23rd now it is moved to the 24th. I am so ready for SUMMER!!!

Pictures of the snow:

We Hope This Is NOT TRUE

According to weather predictions we are looking at anywhere from 6-10 inches starting this Wednesday night into Thursday. We are also looking at winds at 23-35 mph winds during the day Thursday and 13-25 mph on Thursday night. This is not what we want! We really hope this passes and does not hit us. We have a really cool band Prism Concert at CHS that we really want to take place. Plus we are just ready for SPRING!

A Fun Day at Home

Our first snow of the year. It looks so pretty outside. It has been a fun day to spend just the three of us.

We had Red Beans and Rice- Very Yummy! If you want the recipe: http://www.patrickandbrookebox.blogspot.com/2011/02/our-valentines-day.html

Charles had rice cereal for the first time tonight. Ignore the wrapping paper we have been wrapping presents.

The next picture is a little blurry: We did get some in his tummy I promise. He figured out how to eat cereal pretty well for his first time, but as you can see he doesn't go hungry;) We went to the doctor yesterday for his 4 month checkup. He weighs 17 pounds 9 ounces (95th percentile) and is 26 inches long (90th percentile).

Hanging out under the tree looking at the lights.

Patrick teaching Charles to do the fist bump:

Another big accomplishment: I finished my cards and got them in the mail yesterday.

Beyond the Score

Last Friday night Patrick was playing in the pit for the show The Music Man, and I looked out the door and saw this around 9pm.

Then on last Saturday, we took the band to the symphony in Des Moines. The symphony is called Beyond the Score: New World Symphony. The conductor, Joseph Giunta, talked with us and answered some questions before the symphony started. We all enjoyed our time! Go to You Tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_FrPV4uNic to hear some of the lovely music from Dvorak's Symphony Number 9 in E minor "The New World" Op. 95 (1/5).

This is the dress Patrick surprised me with to wear to the symphony. I didn't get a picture of myself so this will have to do.

I did not have the correct shoes, so darn it, I had to go shopping. I had to look high and low for the right shoes. Here is what I found and they were half off so I did not feel guilty.

Random

Fun Facts:
1. Big Brown (this is the blanket a couple of posts ago see December 2009) has been weighed and he is the weight of an infant. He is weighing in at 9.5 lbs.
2. Carroll averages about 33 inches of snow in a winter and we will reach that amount by tomorrow. The National Weather people were very wrong about it being a dry and warm winter! ha! The Farmer's Almanac was correct in their prediction though!
3. We finally decided what to put on our mantle after many hours of debate and searching. This did not become a problem until we took all of the Christmas decoration down. Once we frame a picture from our honeymoon (almost 4 years ago) this area will be complete.

Here is the mantle with all of its glory! We are about to have a fire and enjoy some warmth watching one of our favorite t.v. shows "Bones." We highly recommend Bones if you enjoy NCIS type shows. The following are random pictures of the all the snow we have gotten, and just imagine we will be getting at least 4 to 8 more inches. Enjoy the snow scene from the warmth of your home!

There are mounds of snow throughout the town that look like this from the streets and parking lots being plowed.

Here is a shot of Patrick trying to compete with Mother Nature! The snow is up to his knees in our driveway.

The Snow Storm

What a pretty sight!The front of our house covered in snow.
The street in front of the house.
Another side shot of the house.

The back yard.

A cool shot of the tree in the front yard.

Bushes with thick snow.

Me thinking WOW snow in DECEMBER!

Who wants to play?

And the snow is still coming down!

Did I mention school was canceled for the day? I get to spend the day with Patrick! Yippee!!

A New Experience

Wow! We received about 2 inches of snow last night, and this morning when we left the house before seven am I had my first experience seeing snow plows. The southern girl in me kept thinking snow day snow day no school for us! I could not believe that school had not be delayed or canceled. Yet again we have snow plows here so off to work we go. I can't believe we have more coming! For all my friends in Georgia and in South Kakalaki I will keep you updated with pictures of the snow we hardly ever see in the South.

Winter Wonderland

Snow is falling and it is lightly dusting the ground. It is supposed to snow throughout the night, and www.weather.com is forecasting snow through Wednesday!

THE 1ST SNOW

We woke up to a brush of snow this morning, but as soon as the sun came out it melted it all away. I was a little shocked to see it because it has mostly been in the 40's-60's during the days here. Here are a few pictures for you all to enjoy: