A Snowy Home

Yes, we are home and it is wonderful.  We got home about 4:30 yesterday (Saturday) evening.  What a delight to come home to a newly painted living room all decorated for Christmas complete with Christmas tree and all.  THANK YOU SO MUCH to Grandpa from bringing the tree and for Mike and Tara Shannon for decorating.  They told us it was “a little thing” but there are no words that can express how much delight in these “little things”.  Mommy was just about in tears as she thought we were not going to be able to have a Christmas tree or even find time to decorate.  (Daddy wasn’t too surprised as he kind of had to be in on it.)

Rebekah and Sarah both had rough nights.  Between the two of them I think we were up every couple of hours.  At least today went a lot better than last night.  Grandma M came out and stayed most of the day helping with the girls while mommy and daddy got the rest of the furniture put into the living room.  With the new paint and different furniture in different places its like a new house – but it is still our house which makes it nice to be home.  In fact we actually found our kitchen table.  That may not sound like much but it has been more than 6 months at least since we have been able to see the table.  With all the coming and going, in and out, the kitchen table has accumulated all of our “junk” that we don’t know what to do with and it has sure piled high.  Tonight Karen, Dave and Ian brought dinner and we were all able to sit down together – like a family.  It’s strange to say, but that is really nice and we have really missed it.  

As if things weren’t already a fairy tale day for us, about 2pm the snow started.  The weather guessers have been saying freezing rain tonight/tomorrow morning but nearly all of them have barely (if even at all) mentioned any possibility for snow.  We have had about a 2” coating of beautiful white stuff.  Looking out the living room window through the Christmas tree and its lights and seeing the snow has been relaxing.  The wood stove has been going and creating an nice warmth and our hearts have been warmed by the visits/help today and getting things put back together in the house.  

Pray for a good week as the weather is supposed to turn real bad with freezing rain/ice and we don’t want to have to try heading to the hospital the next couple of days if we can at all avoid it.