The Weekend

As many of you have heard, central US received interesting weather this past weekend, consisting of snow...and ice. On Thursday we traveled down to St. Louis to repair Grace's borrowed violin, along with spending much money at Bass Pro Shop and some Penzy shopping as well...then on the way home--usually this kind of trip takes around 2 hours, however this time it took 4 and a half hours. :-P For weather reasons.

The trip:

1-2 inches of ice on the front of our van after arriving home
many cars seen off the road on the way
7 miles taking 2 1/2 hours to drive
work traffic @ 4-5:30


So, time of interesting had we.

That night around 10--the power went out. And stayed off until the next morning......then went out again after breakfast for most of Friday. Thankfully we have a gas-powered cooktop. :-)

Following day (being Saturday), hunting commenced at 6:30, after driving there in a truck full of bricks. For weather reasons. After arriving at the hunting grounds, we (being myself, Dad, and brother) all found that our blinds were frozen shut. For weather reasons, once again. ;-) Throughout the day, only three deer were seen, and at 120 yards, to boot. So needless to say, no dead deer at the end of the day. *sigh*

And yesterday........

church at Providence. :-D The baptism of the Lansberry's newest child, Margary Rose, was the big sha-bang occurring, followed by an very-well-prepared baptismal feast--main course consisting of lasagna and ceasar salad. (must include what we ate, no? ;-) ) Then in the afternoon...

Slide show of pics from the sledding day. ;-) Some examples...

And today...

We were out of power again for 4 hours this morning.

You don't realize how essential something is until you lose it. :-P In this case....

Power. Or electricity. Whichever word suits your fancy...

But God is sovereign over all. :-) And that thought can bring much reassurance, lemme tell ya. ;-)