SNOWMAGEDDON 2014

We were very blessed on this crazy day when the entire city seemed to just shut down!  About 10:00 I looked outside another teacher's window and realized that the snow was going to stick!  A few minutes later, I was in the office and overheard the administrators say we were releasing school at 10:30.  I immediately called Will who was clueless about how nasty is was getting outside.  I told him that I wasn't sure when I would be able to leave school but that he should go ahead and get the girls.  We both left work within the next few minutes.  Already, the entire city was in complete chaos.  There were cars wrecking all around.  Last year I was temporarily stuck heading up the hill to Grace Ann's school, so I knew better this time.  My goal was just to find a safe place to park at the bottom of the mountain!  It took about 2 hours for me to get there and park at a doc-in-the-box.  Most of my teacher friends realized they couldn't go farther and headed back to school where they spent the night.  I started walking the 2.7 miles up the mountain to GA's school.  Exactly 4 hours after I had called Will, we both arrived at Grace Ann's school.  It took him that long to get there from work with his 4 wheel drive truck.  We were so thankful to all be together and to have sweet Emi since her parents were stuck too.  Will had picked up the father of GA's friend Austin along the way.  Austin went home with us so that his daddy could walk the many miles to get his siblings. Once we were home, the kids had fun playing and we just cooked and were so thankful to be safe and warm!  That night I started reading the crazy stories on Facebook and realized that we were one of very few families who all made it home.  Almost all our other friends slept at work or at their child's school.  I am so very thankful that my work is within a few miles of GA's school and our house!  And we will always own a four wheel drive vehicle in this family! 

 

Here are a few pictures of the kids during their "Royal Sleepover" as they called it!

 

Emi was such a trooper - so sweet and well behaved even though she really didn't understand why her mommy and daddy were stuck!  Having a friend over was great for us, because it kept the girls from getting bored while they were snowed in!

 

This snow storm was definitely an experience I will NEVER forget!