more snow and other random stuff

do you believe it...more snow.  how is that even possible? but yes we managed to get another 15 inches overnight on thursday.













 also this week right before the storm we found out that aislinn doesnt have plantar fasciitis, her growth plate in her heel is pulling away from the bone and that is what is causing all the pain in her left foot.  they wanted
to put her in a boot to immobilize her foot but the youth xs was almost 3 inches to big so enter the newest member of our family, aisy's cast.







on a lighter note, my friend that was so ill with her pregnancy appears to be on the mend and doing so much better and our puppy, harley, is turning into the best dog even without any attempts at leash training, which is virtually impossible right now with 5 ft of snow on the ground.

a little crazy

first my monitor went out, my 9 year old was diagnosed with plantar fasciitis (she's the dancer, so this is serious), one of my best friends has been having serious issues during her pregnancy and she ended up in the hospital, her 5 children (yes that is five) ended up at my house for a 4 day stay AND we had a major weather event.  now you might ask if i felt the need to turn to alcohol, drugs or some other form of artificial sanity and the answer is no.  jay picked up a monitor on sale for me, aislinn has been resting her foot and should be able to go back to dance in a week or so, j and the baby are just fine and were released from the hospital on saturday, the 8 children (my 3 and her 5, ages 3 to 13) were on their best behavior minus a few skirmishes with the 3 year old over not being able to play the wii (no power makes spencer a little cranky) and the major weather event that dropped 4 ft + of snow in 48 hours has ended.  so as i said, things have been a little crazy!

first nights snowfall

2nd nights snowfall

now on a lighter note, i live in one of the best places on the planet, now this is not because its beautiful (which it is) or because we have no traffic (which we dont) or we have amazing schools (which we do) or within 20 mins in any given direction there is a lake or a stream or a hiking trail or a place to camp (which there is) but genuinely it is because of the people that we have been privileged to surround ourselves with.  neighbors who clear your driveway with their big snow blower, friends who call to make sure that you have enough to eat, or firewood for heat, others who volunteer their washers and dryers when the power is out (which it was for about 24 hours) this is the real reason why i live here...i cant imagine what my life would be like without all these amazing people.

Gillian's 7th Birthday

Ok so i have girls....but we don't often get to do really girly stuff, so when Gilli said we could do a tea party birthday i thought what a blast!  Then i had to start planning it all and discovered the reason that my girls don't do girly stuff....i am horrible at it.  But i managed to persevere and we had a great time.  The girls did a fashion show with their baby dolls, we had little crustless sandwiches, spritz cookies that my mother made and tea.  My older girls and my niece were the servers, and they did an amazing job. The girls made tissue paper flowers for their craft and my husband (the candy man) made little cameo chocolates for Gillian's thank you's.  All had a great time and surprise, surprise, we all survived our very girly day.

i am sorry there are no pics....they will post later but currently the uploader is uncooperative and i have been trying to post since yesterday.