Monday, Feb 9th

A needy family came by today and we were able to provide food for them!

The Hope in Transit group came by today, they completed classes quickly and left in a hurry. The mountains near AICM were forecast to get anywhere from 6-20 inches of snow that day! All day we watched the snow go around us. We could watch it get within a few miles and then the storm would split and we could see snow to the North and South of us, then to the East of us. At one point, we got a sprinkling of rain, but that was all during the daylight hours.

The snow flurries started about 9PM. They were the biggest flakes I have ever seen in my entire life! I had always thought those giant snowflakes at the beginning of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" movie were exaggerated, but these flakes were very large, I would say two or three inches in diameter. Then, about ten o clock the wind started and we had a blizzard outside. We had snow blowing in through our closed front door! Fortunately, the wind didn't last too long and soon it was just snowing again.


Tuesday,

A snow storm blew in after dark last night and today school was canceled! Jerry is not very excited about it, because he is anxious to keep his lesson plans on schedule, but I enjoyed it. I came into the office for a while and worked. Jerry took the girls outside to play in the snow. When I got back, they had already had the required hot chocolate and proudly showed me their snow man they had made outside.

Thursday

Art class went very well again! We used pencils and drawing paper to practice identifying light sources and shading objects in a picture accordingly. There are some really talented kids in my class! I really enjoy it. And Kelcy did really well with the shading practice too.

Friday

Valentine's Party!

Kelcy went to Miss Springer's class for the first time today! Miss Springer had offered to teach her one day a week and she started today. Miss Springer said she did very well. The whole class was making mail boxes to receive their Valentine's in later that day. After lunch, we all went down to party! There was cupcakes and brownies and hot Cheetos and juice! The whole school watched "Space Buddies" and ate snacks and exchanged Valentine's. It was a very nice day! Thank you Miss Springer for the Valentine's party!

Saturday

The Diehl's went to town today! We drove into Winslow and went to the Post Office and then to the Library. The girl's picked out books to borrow and so did Jerry and I. Next, we all went out to lunch and ate at Denny's to celebrate the holiday. It was yummy! Then, (as if that wasn't enough) we drove to the local playground and let the girls play for an hour or so outside. They had a great time with the bumpy slide and twirly slide!