Again?

So it snowed again. We are certainly experiencing some crazy weather here in sunny, tropical South Carolina. Our winters are normally so mild and so lacking in snow. For us to get snow two weeks in a row is somewhat of a miracle!!

I had planned to eat supper with my parents on Friday (the 12th, not this past Friday). I had just put the kids down for their naps and had sat down at the computer when I looked to see the tiniest flakes falling outside. Amazingly they were already sticking but I figured it wouldn't snow too long. When it was almost time to leave for my parents house, my mom called & was worried about us driving over. People in SC just do NOT know how to drive when it snows. As I mentioned, it's so rare that we all tend to freak out when it starts covering everything. We went anyway and I reasoned that as long as we headed home before nightfall we'd be fine.

My Dad literally rushed us through supper because he was so excited to take the kids outside. It was amazing to watch my Dad running up and down their driveway pulling the kids on a sled. After watching him barely being able to move his leg all of last year it was such a blessing to see him running this year!! The kids loved it!! Finally we had to make them come inside to warm up and drink some hot chocolate. After that it was time to leave and you could tell my Dad was disappointed that we had to leave.

Mind you, we left well before nightfall but the roads were already a nightmare. They were so covered in snow that you couldn't even tell where the lines were. I slid several times, not because it was icy but because I was driving on pure snow and my tires couldn't get enough traction. We made it home though but by that time I was starting to worry about Bobby making it home. I kept him updated and finally he left around 8pm to come home (his manager was kind enough to come in to work so he could leave early.) It was nice having him home so early, the kids were super excited to see him before they went to bed.

So it snowed for almost 9 hours or so. The next day it quickly melted as usual. But at least the kids got to sled a bit and throw a few snowballs :-)

Friday Evening at My Parents House:

* This is my favorite picture of Hannah & Samuel.

Saturday Morning at Our House:

*Oscar is licking the snow off the ground.

*I had visions of Samuel shoving snow down the back of Hannah's pants.