Thanksgiving and Birthdays

We had a fairly quiet Thanksgiving. Ryan took the kids out shooting in the morning, so it was nice and quiet around here. The turkey wasn't the best I ever made, but oh well. It was nice to be together.

I should mention, however, a remarkable incident that happened Thanksgiving week. Sunday night the temperature rose to about 35 degrees. Normally, that's probably a good thing, except that it rained. It rained for about 2 1/2 days. You have to realize that the ground was still frozen. We had about a foot of snow. Put these together and what do you get? ICE! I didn't go anywhere all week. After trying to run the buses on Monday morning and having trouble on the roads, the schools closed and ended up staying closed all week. Ryan even had most of the week at work cancelled. And so it was that we learned what it takes to cancel school up here. 30 below? No. 45 below (which we have seen this year a couple of days)? No. 35 above? YES!!! So, it takes warmth, not cold to cancel school here. It will be nice when Spring comes and the ice all melts. It has definitely made driving more interesting. Fortunately, we have all managed to stay safe.



Ryan's birthday was the day after Thanksgiving. We had a good time celebrating with him. We are sure lucky to have him as a husband and father. He is a wonderful man who we ALL love and look up to.