March 2, 2009
Walking in a Winter Wonderland
Saturday was warm, around 70 degrees. I wore short sleeves and flip flops.
Sunday morning (yesterday), we woke up to this . . .
Snow in these parts is RARE. We got a small amount of snow 7 years ago when we first moved to Georgia, then we had a few flurries last year one morning, so this was really exciting.
The weatherman forcasted possible snow, but usually no one pays attention because it never happens. My mom told Olivia that it might snow, and she said she wanted to make a Frosty. Not wanting to get her hopes up, I told her I didn't know if it would really snow, and if it did, we might not have enough to make a Frosty. Well, I was wrong. We made lots of Frostys!!! This was one we made at my parents' house in the morning.
It was snowing fairly hard when we went to my parents' in the morning. We were bad and skipped church because it never snows here and we wanted time to play in case it stopped before we would've gotten home from church. While we were at my parent's, it started snowing much, much harder and sticking to the roads a little, so we decided to head home. My mom came with us and we planned for my dad to get her later in his 4 wheel drive. My sister was at my parents' too so I rode with her back to my house.
Well, James is smart and took the highway home to our house, but my sister and I took country roads and almost didn't make it home. The roads were so snowy and hilly and people were stopped along the way-- some stuck on ditches, others too scared to drive more and skidding. We went up one hill and we were just praying and willing the car to keep going. It was scary!!! I hadn't been driving long (only a few yers) when we moved here and I never really drove in the snow in Maryland.
Olivia had so much fun! Liam didn't fuss at all out in the cold. I think he mostly was interested in watching his sister. :-)
My parents' had a less snow even though they only live 12 minutes away.
I haven't forgotten the book give-away, and I have pics of the chocolate mousse cheesecake I made, too. Stay tuned!