Snow Weekend?!?

For the first time in the 4 winters we've spent here in Nashville, we had a true blue snow storm this past weekend. And it was CRAZY folks. Take that however you'd like (IT was crazy, the folks are crazy...it's all true). Beginning around Monday all of the news stations started talking about preparing for "The Storm of 2010." By Wednesday most schools had already cancelled for Friday. The snow started falling late Friday morning, and by 1:00 Dan's office decided to close (yes, a medical office). After a drive that took MUCH too long, he finally made it home and up our very steep hill...and we didn't leave the house again until Monday. Even church was cancelled (though the snow stopped by Friday evening). It was a glorious weekend indeed :-)

Having grown up in the Midwest, I have to remind myself that this is mind-blowing for Southerners. There really is no such thing as snow removal here - they just sort of push the snow around and use some sort of salt-to-snow ratio that ensures there is something white on the ground at all times (and it's usually NOT snow). They certainly have never learned how to drive in any sort of weather (i.e. do NOT slam on your brakes on slick roads). And the poor children of the south get about one day every few years to break out their fancy sleds (or air mattresses as we witnessed Friday evening). It's really quite amusing.

On Saturday night Dan & I watched our neighbor's two sweet little girls while they went out for an annual work banquet. With two under the age of two, they aren't able to get out much and were bound and determined that a little snow wasn't going to stop them (plus they are from hardy Midwestern stock). Here they are all dressed up with their tennis shoes on, ready to hike down our hill in the blizzard to meet their ride. Because there was really no driving up or down our hill this weekend.

Dan & I had a good time with the 3 girls (ages 2 months, 4 months & almost 2 years), although we realized the blessing of only having one at a time (God bless you, Kate Gosselin)! We were pretty proud of ourselves when we had them all in bed by 9:30 - whew!

I can't wait until these girls are old enough to really enjoy playing together. Future BFF's for sure :-)

Then on Sunday, Dan & Jason just had to get out and do a little shoveling/competitive snow-ball throwing. You can tell by their attire just how brutal the weather really was.

Ahhh....Tennessee winters. How I love thee.

And just so you know...schools are closed yet again tomorrow. It's only been in the mid-40's for a couple of days now. And you know how treacherous the snow can be when it's 40 degrees.