SNOW!

Yes, snow. Lots of it!! I will post pictures tomorrow or as soon as I can find the camera, but we're getting truly hammered with snow these last few days. There is about 8-10 inches of snow all over the place and it's still coming down like crazy!

Santa came to our neighborhood Saturday morning and passed out presents to all the children. It was snowy and very cold, the road was icy, and Isaac pulled John down the street (standing) like he was skiing! The city of Fife is still small enough (about 60,000) that both the Fire Department and the Police Department get together to collect presents and pass them out in every neighborhood of the city. It kind of scared us at first when 2 police cars came down our street with lights blazing and sirens blasting, yelling for all the kids to get dressed and get outside since Santa was coming. They came through again, and were closely followed by a fire truck and aid car playing Christmas music and Santa walking along with them with presents. It was very cute and a nice surprise that snowy Saturday morning. John had no clue what was going on or who in the world Santa was, since we haven't told him about Santa and won't be celebrating Christmas with Santa involved, but he was excited to get a present and be outside during the commotion!

After that we took the kids to a MEGA (brand) sale at their warehouse across the street from our subdivision to finish up our shopping for John. We were able to get all this stuff (about $100 worth of toys) for $36! They had lots of different types of toys, including stuff for girls, so I can't wait to do some more Christmas and/or birthday shopping for both John and Jeaning there next year for cheap!

As for today, we were stuck at home again because of the snow and ice. I'm feeling really cooped up by now since we've pretty much been home all week, but we didn't want to risk the drive to church this morning with the children in the car. Isaac is a pretty confident driver in inclement weather like this, but we're more worried about other drivers who could easily hit us with the kids in the car. Isaac is supposed to be at work early tomorrow morning, so in order to ensure he'd be there and not get in trouble for being late, he left tonight at 8pm to get there, study, and sleep on the floor of the firehouse. It's going to be a long night and an even longer week for our family with him having to drive in the weather, but at least we have chains! I guess every store that carries chains in the area is sold out, so everyone else is out of luck. Please pray for him as he drives back and forth to work this week, and for everyone in our area to be safe through Christmas week as the rain and snow continue. Thanks everyone, I'll post again soon!