Ice Storm 2011

There is something about Zach and I that seems to bring about ice storms each January/February of the new year. Last year, we had Ice Storm 2010 in Lawton. That one, I have to admit, was worse on the trees and the house, but was not too terribly bad on the roads. This one was pretty bad on the roads.


What all started out as a pretty snow storm.....

Aidan was already asleep by the time the snow hit.

But we did take him out to play in the snow/ice for a few minutes the next day. He was not so sure about it....

Again, is a little uneasy about this white stuff....

Dad shows him how to eat it... followed by a face of a child who just ate a lemon.

Looking like a pudge in his snowsuit.

Daddy and Aidan

Mommy and Aidan

The whole family.

Even Uncle Aaron was there to play.

Well, school was cancelled for a total of FIVE days straight, and we are out today for MLK day. So Tuesday is going to be miserable!!! We have been in school for three days this semester and that was almost two weeks ago. I barely remember what I taught so I FOR SURE know that the students remember NOTHING so re-teach time.

In the beginning of the week we were pretty much stuck inside and couldn't drive anywhere- so needless to say we had LOTS of beloved quality time. It was great to be home another week with Aidan and Zach. We did try to venture out a few days towards the end of the week. I decided to go to the mall to exchange a few things (exchange= successful ; traffic on way home = NIGHTMARE). It was starting to get dark on the way home, which means people start FREAKING out and decided to leave their brains at home. The highway was a nightmare so I decided to go back roads. Bad decision, about an hour down the road (approximately 4 miles) there was a street shut down, so I had to turn around anyway and get on the highway. It took me about three hours to get home.

We bought some new furniture from Rooms to Go so we had to get rid of the old couch that we had. On Friday we took it to Adam's house (Zach's brother) to keep in his basement until Aaron (other brother) wants it. Both Adam and Tiffany were at work (haha) and we tried to get the truck up the icy driveway- bad idea- it started sliding backwards so we had to carry the couch up the driveway (my arms still hurt- I'm not used to this heavy lifting anymore).

Now that the ice storm is over- I am probably losing my nice long break in February to replace the snow days. Not exactly sure of it, but I am willing to put some money on it. Yuck.

Freak Snow and Mentors

Friday afternoon Zach and I crossed the Arkansas/Oklahoma line and were greeted with 70 degree weather- awesome! Then we were listening to the radio say that we were supposed to get 2-3 inches of snow tomorrow... ummm, what?? Zach had to drive straight down to Dallas to work a PrimeTime basketball tournament for the weekend so I was in Lawton all by my lonesome. Sure enough, Saturday morning snow was here.

I love this rental car!

The weather was a little ridiculous. It was snowing but the wind made the snow travel horizontally. The wind was probably going 100 mph (ok exaggeration, but it was really bad)

Our house

I am convinced that MJ will single-handedly kill this tree. This is the ONLY place he pees in our yard.

But today it is back to the low 70s. Oklahoma is so weird....

As for the mentor.... now I know where my dog learned to get on the furniture. I woke up one morning at my mom's house over break to Rocky being utterly disturbed that I wanted him to move. I'm still not even sure how he gets his fat butt up there considering he has two torn ACLs in his back legs.

Ice Storm 2010!

Well, last Thursday we got a huge ice storm here in Lawton, and then Friday it started to snow (not too much, but enough to stick and help keep the ice frozen in place!).

As of now, everything is starting to melt and hopefully we can start getting some of the debris out of our yard when it warms up- but it's too cold right now to go work outside!

This is our new house covered in all the ice.
As you can see, our cars are trapped in the driveway.

The view of the tree that kept us home-bound for a few days

It was really pretty though

Covering the driveway

Zach clearing a path so that I can go to work at the fitness center for 12 hours!

Still working....

What do you get in an ice storm?

Apparently, you get fed for the first time in our marriage!

With all the down time, and with us being home together at the SAME time, we actually had some meals together- crazy talk! Usually, I work or have class 'till 9 or 9:30 and usually on my day off, he always has a game that doesn't get over until 10- so eating together has become a rare occasion in our house.

So, I made buffalo pizza from SCRATCH- that's right, dough and everything. I had nothing better to do people!

It was actually really good- and I didn't kill the yeast (surprise, surprise!)

Well, as of now I am back in school and have been since Monday- but lucky Zach is still out of school today. This will be the completion of an entire week off of school. He had to take last Wednesday as a sick day and then he has been out ever since.