Where's Vern?

Instead of Waldo we are going to look for Vern.
Good Luck!

 

Merry Christmas 2012!

Merry Christmas from our home to yours! May you have a wonderful holiday and a fantastic 2013.

Vern is burying his sister in the snow!!! Yep, he is hoping we do not find her until spring thaw :-) 

Snow days wearing thin...

So winter break was supposed to be over Tuesday. Mother nature had other plans for the kids. She thought they needed more time off. OH WAIT, the school administrators decided the kids needed more time off because parents can't be parents and make their kids dress weather appropriately and send them to school. When did school staff have to be more of a parent than the parents????

Ok, I'm sorry I was on my soap box about how parents somehow are unable to be parents and make their kids do basic things. (I have a 15 year old so I know how tough teenagers can be. So if he doesn't have the hat and gloves on at least they are in his pocket for an accident.)  Geeze I can't seem to get off my soap box tonight.  Maybe I am ready for the kids to get back to school as it is wearing on me also.

So the kids have used up all their snow days and will now be going longer in the spring.  The weather has been horrible and I do agree they should call off school when the wind temp is -30 but some of their weather days I do not agree with.

The kids have been doing really well considering they have been stuck at home for days. I decided to take them for pizza tonight. Fiasco...FIGHTING about where to eat, FIGHTING about where to sit in car, FIGHTING about what to order...Some days I wonder why I even try.

They have one more day tomorrow. Let's hope they finish out the week on a good note.

Christmas 2009 Blizzard

Since Vern is on hiatus (aka at his dad's) I thought I would share some photos of the wild blizzard we had. I really don't remember this much snow at one time since I was a teenager! THAT was a long time ago. LOL

Enjoy...

Our back deck

Out our other back door - notice the indentations from the door in the snow. It actually was higher by the time the storm was over.

Me sick of shoveling.

Buried Christmas decorations.

My pond is somewhere under this 4 feet of snow!

Snow Days!!!!

Boy Vern is sure liking the Blizzard like conditions we are having here in the Midwest. He is enjoying every moment not attending school, or doing school work but instead playing Wii, watching cartoons, eating Doritos, and fighting with his brother and sister!


He told me, “Mom, I want all week off!” I told him he would just have to make it up in the summer when it’s warm outside. He cocks his head to the side like a dog. “What???”

I could tell it didn’t register. It’s all about the snow, sledding, snow forts, red cheeks and hot cocoa. Well if I think about it that is how it SHOULD be when you are 9!

Enjoy your time off Vern – mommy has to work…

Football well you decide...

Today was Saturday and football day for Vern and crew. Let me show you what we were greeted with when we woke up.

As you can see there was no football in THIS weather. Broke all sorts of records on amount of snow and cold. Vern was able to go play in the snow with his proper snow gear I delivered to his dad's house so all was not lost.

Maybe next week we can back to football.