Snow, Ice, Rain

What a week this has been! We have had several snow storms so far this winter (being snowed in 3 different times. We could not get out of our driveway, much less down the gravel road). This week brought an ice storm! Our trees have suffered something terrible. Our yard is completely littered with tree branches. Faith & I have seen several large branches come crashing to the ground. I must admit, going out under those trees to do the chicken chores was a nerve racking event. I got out from underneath them as soon as possible. Spring is going to bring some major yard work! Wednesday night our electricity went out. It came back on Thursday afternoon for about 2 hours, and it went back off. Friday afternoon it was on again for about an hour. We had made plans to go visit Mom & Dad on Saturday as Faith & I were wanting a break from a chilly, dark house. The Lord was gracious and our power came back on Friday night and has stayed on. We are so thankful for all those out in the elements getting power back on to those of us who've been without for a few days.

Despite the snow, ice, rain (yes that came too) and no electricity this week, we are really excited at our house. Last night we received an email with an update on our adoption. We don't have alot of details yet, and no invitation to travel (thus no travel date). That being said there has been progress. Apperantly a group of coordinators working with our agency is traveling to KZ to see if they can have several families' paperwork expidited. Our paperwork is in that group. From what we understand they are going over to see if the invitations can be issued. We are expecting to hear how their trip went around the 1st of February. Please pray for their safety as well as a very successful trip. They would have left for KZ sooner, but we understand that the weather was not condusive to travels so they had to wait. We have also learned where we will be traveling. There was alittle bit of a hope that we would return to the same city as last time. However that is not going to be the case. We are going further north. I'm thinking long underwear, boots, you get the picture! Brrrr....We looked at the temp earlier today and at the time the current temp was around -9* F. That's cold! We are hopeful that it will not be that cold when we travel.

I guess that is really all our news for now. Check back in about a week as I will post if we get any more news. Please pray for us when you think of it. Thank-you in advance!

Until next time...........

Snow, snow, snow....We have had alot of that white stuff. It's about knee deep all across our yard which makes doing chores a chore! It's so cold that Faith can't even go out and enjoy sledding right now. She has been sledding though.... We live on top of a hill. It's about 1/4 of a mile to the neighbors at the bottom of our hill. Bob got out the runner sled the other day and the 2 of them "flew"down the hill to the neighbors. I guess it was alot of fun going down, but coming back up wasn't enjoyable - atleast for Bob. 8-) I was going to try it out for myself, but it's been to cold. The road's drifted shut so we wouldn't get any traffic...maybe when it gets alittle warmer.

No adoption news. We are just waiting for the call.... Might not be for a month or two, but it could also be tomorrow.

Bob couldn't make it home tonight as our gravel roads where drifted shut. He tried several different roads, but it was no use. So, Faith & I curled up on the couch and had a "girl's movie night". We watched Cinderella. It was enjoyable to get to curl up on the couch with her and enjoy a movie. (Bob doesn't necessarily like "princess" movies)

I just heard on the news our area got about 7inches of snow yesterday. That was on top of the foot of snow we already had. Today it has been blowing around and drifting roads closed.

I guess I don't really have any news. I should be getting to bed. Faith decided since Daddy wasn't going to be home she could sleep with me. She got a flashlight for Christmas and it has become her "must have" to go to sleep with. No, you don't really get much sleep when you are laying in your bed shining the flashlight on the wall. 8-) Thankfully she usually goes to sleep pretty quickly even if she does play around for a few minutes. It's pretty cute to walk by her bedroom and see her sound alseep with the flashlight laying beside her still on.

Hope you have a great day, and stay warm; if it's as cold at your house as it is at ours. (Wind chills around -35 tonight!)

Until next time............