Happy Birthday Maddy!

We celebrated Maddy's 10th Birthday in San Marcos with the cousins. (Yikes, double digits!!!) Her only request for a gift was a digital camera, which grandma and grandad were kind enough to honor, and a cake that looks like a pink camera. Apparently my cake rendition wasn't so good because Regan just saw the picture and said, "I didn't know that the cake was supposed to be a camera!"

The noise level here with all the kids together is monumental! Perhaps I should ask Santa for some noise cancelling head phones! Mom and dad are out shopping all day today. I think historically they are actually a day ahead of schedule! I keep trying to get out of the house for a awhile, but various siblings kids keeping coming and going and somehow I have ended up as the babysitter of the day. I did have the pleasure of spending an hour or so hollering for our 2 dogs, Daisy and Bear, to come home. The kids let them both out together and in a flash they were gone. Brought back memories of our old dogs moose and sam and how they would disappear together, sometimes for days. After an hour or so they came running back from the neighborhood across the road. Luckily no cars were crossing at the time. They were filthy dirty, apparently they stopped by the tank for a dip during their excursion. It seems they went to invite a few friends over for a party because 2 other dogs just appeared in the yard. Too bad for Daisy and Bear, they're grounded for the rest of the day!

More Snow!

Apparently it kept snowing all last evening. After I put the kids to bed I let the dogs out and was surprised to find everything still coated with snow! Of course I immediately woke the kids up and had them come look. It was gone by this morning though. Everything east of us is still coated with snow and ice and traffic is at a complete standstill. The news is showing lots and lots of accidents. Areas around us got up to 3 inches!

Snow? In Houston?

Ok, so it may not look like much to some folks, but this was cause for lots of giddiness after school today. It was sleeting when the kids got off the bus, and by the time we got got to the house, we actually saw a few flakes. A few minutes later, a few more flakes. We eventually had a pretty nice little snow shower! You could hear the shouts of excitement from all the neighborhood kids outside. Phones were ringing off the wall, "have you looked outside? Its SNOWING!!!!!" It's still coming down, 40 minutes later, but it's more of a heavy flurry now. The kids are already asking, "do we have school tomorrow? Will there be enough to build a snowman? They tried scraping the snow off the chair to gather enough for one little snowball. Maybe one about the size of a large marble. Enjoy it now kids, cause it's gonna be near 60 tomorrow!