Icemageddon 2013

December 6-9 we were iced in. I didn't leave the house at ALL! Derek did left twice. Once to get toilet paper (for our freshly potty trained girl and her mama) and later in the day on the 6th to pick up a friend of Grant's and her parents. It was actually perfect because I think without some time with friends, I would have gone stir crazy.

On the 6th, Derek and I worked from home. It worked out well - Disney babysat the kids and we tag teamed when the other needed to get on a call. One person working from home with 2 toddlers - no way. But 2 adults? Worked like a champ!

On the 7th, we played outside some with our neighbors. Grant played some, but he got cold and wanted to play inside pretty quickly. Maybe this had something to do with that choice:

Playing with the neighbors and snowy Abby pics:

And my favorite shot of the day:

We didn't stock up before the ice storm, but we did have some wild hog and venison in our freezer. I made biscuits with sausage gravy and venison chili (using the last beer in the house instead of water). So good.

What else do you do when you're iced in? Finish up Christmas decorating and shop online to finish off your list! Oh - and cuddle up for a movie or 6.

Ice, Ice Baby

At the Gaylord Texan, there is a holiday exhibit called "ICE". This year the theme was Charlie Brown. Because we live so close, Derek has been bugging me to go. He says every time we pass it "I've never been to Ice. You won't take me." So on Friday, I took him. Our manny watched Grant and Derek and I endured the 9 degrees and enjoyed the exhibit. Derek tried to pout like Charlie Brown and Linus. I thought it was a bar and tried to order a drink.

I must say that going in the morning was the best. There was almost no line, and we got to take lots of pictures! And we went down the slide twice. I beat Derek both times.

All the kids were posing in front of the Snoopy dog house. We had to get on our knees and teach a 70 year old man how to use an iPhone, but we got our pic in the dog house too! Here we are at the end of the exhibit. ICE was very pretty, but we won't be going back until Grant is old enough to enjoy it with us!