Winter is also here! DJ was supposed to go back to school today, but, you guessed it, a snow day! And, they'll probably have one tomorrow and Friday because of the snow, blowing snow and FRIGID temperatures. Can you say high of zero followed by a high of -4? Brrr! So far we've had about 34" of snow in Omaha -- WAY more than average, considering the SEASON average is only 28". It's been extraordinary to say the least. We can no longer see the fire pit in our back yard. (And this was taken two weeks ago).
Thinking we could handle a few inches at a time, we went to Walmart and bought a shovel. Ha! Mother Nature is having a good laugh at that one, and Dan trying to shovel the first 4-6" we got.
We knew early on we have GREAT neighbors, but once our neighbor Mark offered to let us use his snow blower -- we jumped with joy! (And so did Dan's back, which he threw out the first time shoveling). We've had 2 blizzards since -- one time we snow blowed -- and the other time our neighbors did it for us while we were gone in AZ. How AWESOME is that? We are so lucky!
Speaking of AZ, we had a great trip! The four of us, DJ, Becca, me and Dan all flew out a day ahead of schedule for our Christmas vacation. The weather was forecast to turn VERY nasty, so our boss told us if we could catch and earlier flight to do it! So, we did. We made it with only minor delays and met up with my folks and brother shortly after 8 p.m. AZ time. It was nice to be home! The following day Alex flew in from Vegas, so the whole clan was together for Christmas eve, Christmas day and the following day. Here's a picture of all 3 kids, well 2 kids and 1 adult, Alex just turned the big 1-8!
More pictures and details to come...
The Arthurs
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