Making lemonade out of lemons

As much as I would like to title this post "The Last Hurrah", the girls had yet ANOTHER snow day today and school is cancelled AGAIN tomorrow. The snowfall has finally ceased however immediately following came the rain and warmer temperatures (36-40 degrees) with threats of flooding as the mounds of snow begin to melt. With that, many of the older flat roofed buildings in the area have had leaking issues and over 40 collapses have occurred in the Spokane area. As a precaution, most of the area school districts are choosing to remain closed at the advise of structural engineers until roofs can be cleared of snow that has become quite dense with the rainfall. There have not been any clues at to when the schools will resume but I can certify that my kids are ready to go back. They have been out of school since December 17th and have had their fill of sister together time.

Here is a video taken from our back deck of the girls sledding down the hill just behind our house. If you really listen you can hear Ashley screaming "I don't wanna" but Brooke persisted until the inevitable wipeout. They both got up with big smiles on their faces and marched right back up the hill for more fun.

Zeus joined in the fun as he chased Brooke down the hill for this run.

Finally, this video is of one of the neighbors helping us clear the driveway from the most recent snow storm. You'll notice that in some places the piles are taller than bobcat itself. We are very thankful for the help we received from many of our neighbors in the past few weeks as we dug our way out of the snow. Let's hope that this is it for a little while otherwise I will have to begin homeschooling the girls. Yikes!