Jake didn't realize when he surprised us that he was bringing the snow with him. We knew the snow storm was coming and how severe it would be, but we didn't' realize it would bring jake right along with it. I am glad he was here though. He was wonderful at shoveling off the driveway. Poor guy had to do it two days in a row.

The boys love playing in the snow. Christopher and Kyle were out almost all day long yesterday.

Caden venturing out in his new snow boots. He really doesn't last long outside in the snow. But he had fun for a few moments.

Will the snow ever stop?

Well the boys got to stay home on Friday from school, it was going to start snowing soon..... It started snowing at about 7am and didn't stop until Saturday at about 2pm. We recorded 10.4 inches. I sure am glad that Jake was here to shovel the driveway. He was really proud of the way the boys helped him. Of course he doesn't realize that they do it for purely selfish reasons. They want the snow in a huge pile so they can play in it. But jake still is proud of how hard they worked both days. Saturda morning they came and plowed the road and 30 minutes later you could hardly tell that they had come. It was crazy. The sun is now finally shining and it should warm up quite nicely starting tomorrow. Of course now the weather reports warn about flooding. I have some great pictures from this weekend. Hopefully i can figure out how to put them all on the blog. Wish me luck.

Surprise!!!!

Well I had a nice surprise last night. Actually it scared me to death..... My doorbell rang at midnight last night. No cars outside, it just started ringing. Finally I just went down and looked out the front window, because I would not just open the door at that hour without knowing who it was. Well, it was Jake!!! He came for a visit because he missed us. We have wonderful friends who helped him out with a buddy pass so he could fly. It was a good surprise. This morning the boys nearly hit the ceiling jumping out of bed when they heard daddy's voice. Well to make matters interesting we have another snow day today. We had a snow storm come through and it has been snowing all day. So they are pretty happy that they get to spend the day with daddy. Jake came this weekend so he could see Christopher's pinewood derby, but they have now cancelled that. Jake is upset that he won't get to see it now, but there isn't much he can do about it.
So we get to spend a wonderful weekend with daddy and I get to have some help. Jake is pretty good at these surprises, I should be used to them by now.

Folding socks

Today Katy helped me match the socks. She loved sitting in the laundry basket and playing with the socks. Hopefully that can be her job one day soon. I always look forward to the summer and flip flops because then I don't have to wash and match a ton of socks.

We have been cleaning and getting things ready for another showing of our house tomorrow night. We are praying that this is the one. More are coming out on the market and we need to sell it quick before all the great deals from bank foreclosures come on the market. We will be praying a lot the next day or so and until we finally sellt his house. I have to keep reminding myself that I knew it would take a long time. It is humbling.

Katy

I just have to share this picture of Katy. It is my favorite. She is growing up so fast, 8 months already. She sits up on her own and rolls and scoots on her back all around the room. She loves to eat and loves fruit and cereal. Although I haven't really found anything she won't eat. I hope that when she gets older she can remember how much her brothers adored her. They dote on her and love to play with her and hold her and get her attention. I know it won't last too long, but it is nice while it lasts. She really completes our family quite nicely. We were sitting around the family room one night watching a movie together and she was sitting on the floor right in the middle of it all. She just loves watching everything going on. I sat there looking at the 4 of them knowing that our family was complete. What a beautiful gift to give after all of those energetic boys, a nice, calm sweetheart.