What We've Been Up To

So, I think I left off with "Snowstorm 2011" as the news called it. No catchy name for this one. Anyhow, the sun finally came out last Wednesday and started melting the snow and ice. We were still getting pretty cold at night, so all week long it was a lot of melting and refreezing. The roads were still kind of scary (for me at least) on Wednesday, but Greg needed to get in to work, and daycare was open, so we took the girls in around 10:30 and then went to work. There were still patches of ice and chunks of snow/ice between worn down tire tracks through Monday when we got lots of rain. More rain yesterday took care of most anything that was left. Seriously, though, it was a good week of dodgy roads. Schools were closed all week. What gets me, too - on Thursday morning, I finally saw sand on the roads that wasn't there on Wednesday. Yup, Thursday. As in, 4 days after the snow.

We went out to dinner on Friday for pizza, and it was a scream fest. We haven't had a meal that bad in a long time. I worked a little later than usual, so we were running late. Plus, the pizza place changed to table service (from order at the counter), and it took forever. And the girls get SO upset when they bring the food out to the table and they can't eat it right away.

Grandma and Grandpa G got here on Saturday morning, and the girls were so excited to see them, after their initial shock. They're used to seeing them on tv, and it took maybe 5 minutes for them to figure out what was going on. Since then, they've been in heaven with "gamma" and "papa" wrapped around their fingers.

On Sunday, it was warm enough to go to the zoo.
Becca and Grandma



Grandpa was showing Julie how to make snow balls.


Julie was yelling "I love you wack wack!" at the ducks.


Julie still won't get anywhere near the bear.


Becca with hands in pockets. She's looking so old lately.


Emma and her friend the cat.


More soon. Need some sleep.