A very snowy Sunday

Deer sleeping in the yard. This time there were about 4 of them. This time of year though it's not uncommon to see whole groups, sometimes a dozen at a time.

James: notice the railing for our deck, it's disappearing .
Mark and James sitting in the fluffy snow. It's very dry , too dry to make a snow man.


Rick had to be in Kalispell for a work meeting by 9 am this morning. He knew the roads were going to be bad so at 6:30 he was ready to leave. Michael called and said they should just skip it, "there is too much snow". Well it's still dark at 6:30 so we couldn't really see how much there is.
But the snow was above the bottom of his car door. I didn't think he should try it. But he said it was an important meeting. So he made it to town, picked up Michael, but only made it barely out of town where the roads hadn't been plowed yet.
It's still coming down heavy. This winter is starting to remind me of 1996. It just keeps snowing, snowing, snowing.
So the children and I were planning to go to church this morning at the Church of God again. But I suppose we are "snowed in". So I didn't go back to sleep, but just read in bed, and I didn't get dressed till 11, made a nice egg omelet, with green chilies, onions, cheese and bacon. Sausage and Ezekiel bread toast.
After breakfast Rick finished reading the children the story he wrote. "the story of Reality" It's really a good story. About how when we live for our flesh we are causing problems for our children. Then the children are bitter against their parents at the same time as causing problems for their own children. The chain continues to go on down the generations until someone breaks the chain by giving their life to Christ.
Good story and makes me think when we are just wanting to relax and watch a movie are we just making a contract that our children won't like to read for instance? You would have to read the book I guess to understand.
So our house was a mess and I have this little homey dream. In my dream "It's snowing outside, the house is cozy, the children are playing nicely together, were eating cookies and hot chocolate etc." In my little day dream, the house is always spotlessly clean though. So I told everyone lets take 20 minutes to clean. No bathrooms or drinks, just everyone clean for 20 minutes and get the main floor clean as possible. After 20 min we will stop. It's amazing how clean everything got in 20 minutes. The kitchen was terrible, the living room a horrible mess, and in 20 minutes everything was vacuumed, dishes washed and floors swept. With my "new" kitchen and living room the house is much easier to clean. Still have a few clutter spots on this floor, but most of them are gone now. Upstairs and downstairs is another story. One step at a time.