Winter Weather

Winter has been upon us bitterly this year. Since the new year began, we have had more 2 hour delays then I care to think about. We have had 3 days off due to bitter, bitter cold; not snow. Right now, it is freezing outside and the snow that we got yesterday is drifting into the roads. School is closed. I expect tomorrow will be the same. We are expecting wind chills below -30. I feel horrible for Mark because he has to walk to work from his car. That breaks my heart. It is nearly a mile. I can't imagine that I would EVER be tough enough to do that. He amazes me. Sam is stranded at camp right now. He went to volunteer over the weekend. They are in a level 2 emergency. He had to call of co-op because of it. I don't see it getting any better for him. That bothers me. I hate him having to call off and I hate him having to drive in this. Seriously, if someone had car trouble, they would be in serious danger because of the cold temps. Erin is a nanny right now to a school teacher in another district. Four out the five days last week, we had 2 hour delays due to the bitter cold. She didn't have one delay. Today, we are off, she had to go in at normal time. I hate the kids driving on the roads so early in the morning! I am thankful that Jake did not have to go to school! Emily says it is just as bitter cold in Chicago as it is here. She had to head off to work as well. I haven't taken pictures for a very long time. I got out of the swing of it. Actually, I just have no desire to take pictures any more. Maybe because I am so busy. But my goal is to blog and record our life once again. Yesterday, we had lots and lots of snow. Here are a few pictures from it.

Check out the amount of snow we got! It was crazy. Erin has been amazing with the kids. She and Emily are a real blessing. They constantly want to play with them. Erin is very much into treasure hunting. So she got Elizabeth all dressed up and they went treasuring hunting under their fort (the trampoline).