The Weekend

Thursday night we had a big ice storm. These things really are a new experience if you have never seen them. It is raining but so cold that anything the rain lands on it just freezes to. Although, it looks really quite amazing on the trees it also makes for very treacherous roads and cars that are quite hard to get into. I personally spent half an hour trying to get all the ice and snow off my window the next day (OK so it didn't help I couldn't find my scraper and was using a credit card to help break up the ice). School was canceled for the day and warnings to only go out if necessary. Here are some pictures taken of some iced over trees.

Sunday proved to be unfavorable weather too. Winds at 40mph and temps hoovering around 0 degrees (the combination making it feel like it was -23 degrees). Burr, it was cold!

We spent the day down in Findly with family. Ken's cousin Elise got married in Columbus on Saturday (we couldn't go cause of Ken's work, etc) so Ken's grandma and grandpa and Aunt Susan and Aunt Bev were in town. We met up with everyone at church, where we were greeted by extremely chilly weather and a building without electricity. With no electricity they decided to only have sacrament meeting. Jordan was quite sad that she didn't get to nursery cause last time she was there she got to have "animal crackers with frosting, and they were really good." Although, Jordan was disappointed it turned out nice for us cause it meant more time we got to spend with Ken's family. As you can tell the kids love their great grandma and great grandpa.

Aunt Susan recently had surgery and was using crutches to get around. The kids had fun playing with them.
Here is Kailyn.

Jordan trying to use the crutches.

Playing 'Ants in the Pants.' Caden was sitting on my lap. He was ecstatic when he actually got one in (with a little help from dad).
Pictured left to right: Aunt Sandy, Great Grandpa, Kailyn, Me (the back of my head), Aunt Bev, Aunt Susan

Great Grandpa taking a nap.

Jordan pretending to take a nap with Aunt Sandy (if you look closely you can see a smirk on Jordan's face as she tries not to smile)

A few minutes later, Jordan decided she was tired of pretending to sleep.

Kailyn talking with Great Grandpa.

Jordan having fun with Great Grandpa.

Jordan reading a book with Great Grandma.

Caden getting a horsey ride from Great Grandma.

All of the kids getting a ride from Great Grandma. I get tired just trying to give one kid a ride...this woman is amazing.

Looks like the horsey ride got a little crazy. (this picture looks crazy but no one got hurt, they were all laughing the whole time)