Winter wonderland

So, yesterday morning the weather forcasters predicted we'd get 1-3" yesterday and possibly another 1-3" overnight last night for a maximum of 6". By the 6:00 news they were quickly changing their stories and we have a winter storm warning in effect until noon today. When we went to bed last night there was probably 4" of so on the ground. Here's what we woke up to this a.m. (about 9"). Brad is out snowblowing and the kids are just playing in the deep snow. Schools have been cancelled, everyone from my work is working from home (which is good for me since I'm still sick) and Brad is planning to head into work about 10:00. We plan to enjoy a day of staying home, staying warm and I plan to start a pot of beef stew in the crockpot for dinner. Hope everyone stays warm!

Back home again in Indiana

So we are back home. The trip to Florida was great. The weather was beautiful. When we left Indy on Friday, the wind chill outside was -27 degrees and when we landed in Florida it was in the upper 50's. All weekend the mornings were a little cool but quickly warmed up to the 70's each day. We had no rain to deal with just sunny skies. It was great. Both teams did a great job. The guys unfortunately were placed in the most difficult pool and ended up not make the final round (2 teams in their pool took 1st and 2nd in the entire tournament) but played extremely well. Our women's team got off to a slow, rocky start but finished strong winning our final game 4-1.

It was a great time. We had 12 of us in a condo and had a blast. We went out a couple of times and spent Monday evening at a karaoke bar at CityWalk over at Universal Studios. It was so much fun.

We were happy to be home to see the kids, but I could do without the cold weather for sure.

Out of the meatlocker and into the frying pan???

Well, not actually. But with the drastic change in temperature that I'm going to experience tomorrow, I think that's what it will feel like. Today's high is a balmy 3 degrees with wind chills at -20. Tomorrow will be a balmier 9 degrees. Since I'm leaving for Florida tomorrow, I will leave meatlocker temps of 9 degrees and arrive in 50-60 degree weather (not quite a frying pan, but major difference). If I had to choose, I'd prefer to be well baked instead of frozen.

Anyways, tomorrow 12 of us leave for Florida to participate in our 3v3 soccer tournament at the Disney Wide World of Sports Complex. This is our 6th year doing this and it is always a great time. The facility is beautiful and Ben loves the scenery (i.e. the NCAA cheerleading championships are at the same complex during the same time) :) Our teams will play Saturday-Monday and then we come back to the meatlocker on Tuesday. A nice break to thaw out...I can't wait.

National day of mourning

Today is a national day of mourning. Gators were released in Florida and killed the Sooner. Please move your flags to half staff and wear black in honor of the marvelous, fantastic, amazing, incredible and still love Sooners!

BCS National Championship

In honor of tonight's game, I think we should all listen to some inspirational music.

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Go Sooners!!!

Family pictures

We had pictures taken this Christmas with Brad's sister and her family and then again with my family. Here are some of the pics.

Happy New Year!

I hope everyone survived the holidays and enjoyed a wonderful time with family and friends. I know we sure did. Now that 2009 has arrived, it's back to reality. Back to work, school, cleaning, shopping, kids' activities, etc. Did anyone make new year's resolutions? I don't usually make resolutions. There are goals that I am trying to achieve (i.e. training for a half marathon) but no true "resolutions" cause I ALWAYS break those.

I hope everyone has a great beginning to 2009.