Spring Break?? or better Winter Break??

All of our carefully planned Spring Break was put on HOLD permanently! We had a rough start to begin with...homework took LONGER than expected! We didn't get ALL of our homework done until late Tuesday night.

Jessica took advantage of the delay and went on a triple date. They played the "grocery game". Each couple was a team...they went to Walmart and they each had 15 minutes to get 15 items. Then they swap carts and try to see who can put the stuff away first. The only catch is...you must put the item away where it belongs! Jessica & her date came in 2nd place! Then they went out for ice cream!

We were going to go to the Denver Museum of Natural History & Science, but we had snow in the morning. So, that nixed our trip to Denver. We talked about hitting a late afternoon movie however, at the lat minute, Jessica & Ryan said they had a dance practice at 5:00. Well, they really didn't have a dance practice, so we all had a movie night!

Today, Thursday, we were under a blizzard warning...so we really couldn't plan to do anything. Late morning, the girls and I went shopping...we decided we had better go home when they were going to close the mall. Driving home was a little scary, but we kept to the back streets and took our time!! By 5:00pm, we had only received about 5 inches. However, the wind has been HORRIBLE! We have measured wind gusts of 49mph. The boys couldn't stand being in the house any longer, so they bundled up...extra well (the temp with wind chill is -11). After playing for a little bit, I braved the elements to take a few quick pictures.

Here is Chris sitting on his "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang".

Notice how the wind has made it so there was really no snow where he is at...just behind him, Ryan is in a snow drift that is about 2 feet deep.
Here is Ryan with his "snow mobile". The boys have been waiting since their birthday in October to be able to use it!

Since the snow is not supposed to end until sometime tomorrow, we really don't have any exciting plans. We are going to watch more movies. We will have lots of munchies. Jessica has even promised to make Wayne's favorite Peanut Butter Cookies!

So, you can say that for "Spring Break", we all gained weight!