Snowpocalypse 2014

Well, we finally got a real snow storm here in Virginia!  We got about 8 inches overnight, which is a lot for us!  It shut the city down for 2 days, so we had lots of fun sledding and being outside!

 

 

 

We kept meaning to put our patio furniture away...oops...

 

Attempting to shovel out the driveway...

 

Cara trying to navigate the front yard

 

Olivia, Juliet and Diana building a snowman

 

Cara had enough!

 

Diana and Mara Jade in the beginnings of the fort her daddy made...he had the brilliant idea to fill a Rubbermaid tote with snow and use it for bricks for the fort!  Something to remember for next time!

 

Friday was Valentine's Day!  We had heart pancakes for breakfast and the girls got flowers and cards!

 

Mommy and Daddy went shopping separately, yet bought identical cards for Diana!

 

The plow finally came through late Thursday, so Friday morning was spent digging out.  Unfortunately, we had a bunch of freezing mist prior to that, so we had a snow bank full of snow boulders.  Here is Scott training for World's Strongest Man!

 

Posing with another one

 

 

Isabelle sledding down the hill in our backyard...the temps got up to the 50s on Friday, so jackets were optional...

 

Cara near our snowman!

 

Juliet and Gavin

 

Zion

 

Diana and Isabelle, post-run

 

Silly girls!

 

 

Diana and Zoe

 

Zion

 

Diana and Olivia...bailing out!

 

Silly girl!

 

Mr. Scott catching Zion and Zoe

 

We are so blessed with a wonderful neighborhood this year, full of kids that love to have fun outside!  We will surely miss it when we move this summer!  :(

 



Bingo!

 

Our big girl! She was a little distracted by the camera, and her mother had a few issues filming (hence the Cinderella castle effect), but you get the idea!

 

 

 

 

Daddy/Daughter Date Night!

On Friday the 7th, Quantico hosted a Daddy/Daughter dance and Diana went with her daddy! 

 

Her date rang the doorbell, had a corsage for his date and even brought her mother flowers!

 

Coming down the stairs to meet her date

 

All dressed for the dance!

 

Checking out her corsage

 

I love it!

 

See?

 

Diana and her handsome date

 

The only person allowed to touch the medals...  :)

 

Another big smile!

 

Cara wanted to join in the fun too!  Maybe next year!

 

The two of them had the best time at the dance.  Daddy said that Diana didn't stop smiling the whole time!  Hopefully this can become a yearly event for them!



Virginia's version of "It's too cold to go to school..."

 

Current temp = 9.  It's only going to get to 22 today, not 47 however. 

Snow Day

It snowed 2 1/2 inches in Stafford, Virginia, so (insert laugh here if you live in the upper Midwest or Northeast) we got a snow day.  Our transplanted northern family was very excited to get out and enjoy the snow.  Below are a lot of the pictures with just a few captions where necessary.  Enjoy.  (Someday soon we'll get around to updating the blog for all the time between Reformation Day and New Year's.)

 Diana is in the purple jacket with pink pants.  Cara is in the pink jacket with black pants.

Cara had a little bit of trouble getting up the steep hill at times.

She had no problems getting down, however.

Daddy finally got a chance to try out the new sled.  Works pretty well.  Wish we had a little bit more snow, though.

Clearly no one is having any fun.

 Uh oh, someone got tired of just taking pictures.

 Hang on, rookie, you're going the wrong way.

Thank goodness we missed those trees.  Hopefully we won't hit that soccer goal.

Whew.  Made it.

 So if you look closely right behind Becky's head in the picture below, you will see the cause of her wonderful facial expression.  Apparently the path on the right has a significant bump near the bottom.  Fun for kids, not so much fun for Mommies.

 Daddy's turn.

 He seemed to like it a little bit more than Becky...or he knew the camera was watching.

 The second round gave him a bit more excitement...

 Hang on, Scottie B...hang on...

 Alright, enough fun for one morning.  Time to go warm up a bit.

 Thanks for the new boots, Grandma and Bobo.  Perfect fit and toasty warm.

 Happy Snow Day 2014!!