Snow!

It’s February! I hope everyone had a wonderful January! We survived the snow storm well and things seem to be getting back to normal. Unfortunately, we lost our dear Brook on Monday, January 18th. She had been sick and not eating for about a week. She was very thin and weak, and she did not look well. We had blood work done and some imaging and her results came back with a grim prognosis. It was very hard to say good-bye, but we know that it was what was best for her. We miss her dearly and so does Owen. We are so thankful for the time we had with Brook but we feel like she was taken too soon. She was only 9 and we thought we had more time. I guess there’s never a good time to say good-bye. It’s been an interesting past few weeks as we all grieve her loss in our separate ways. We are blessed with love and support from our family and friends. We are also keeping our loss in perspective, we are very blessed to have a loving marriage and two healthy boys who are growing up to be good little disciples.
That’s enough sad stuff! The boys LOVED the snow storm, especially Owen. He had such a good time sledding, making snowballs, building snow structures and a snowman. Jase played a little in the snow but it was a little too cold for him so he didn’t last too long. The total snowfall in our area was about 31-33”. I tried to put a measuring stick in the yard but the wind was blowing so much that the measurement wasn’t accurate. It snowed from Friday at 2pm until Saturday at 9pm. Our local schools were closed the entire following week! Thankfully, Greg's classes were canceled. Baltimore city was a mess; the side streets were not plowed until the Thursday or Friday following the snow and public transportation was down for a while. It was a record snowfall for Baltimore, they got close to 30” as well.
We went duck bowling as a family last weekend and the kids enjoyed it so much! Duck bowling has smaller balls, about the size of a grapefruit, and smaller pins. It is perfect for the little ones. Jase got in on the action too! We had a special visitor with us, Greg's first cousin, which made it all the more fun!
There isn’t much on our agenda for February or March. We will be trying to survive the rest of the winter and we are looking forward to spring!

Brook 

8/19/06-1/18/16

Trying to keep the kids busy inside!

The snow was up to our mailbox...with the help of the plow truck!