Memory Monday — Plus Some Weather

I missed last week. Just thought I'd confess. Guilty conscience.

From memory:

Deuteronomy 6:4-5
"Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind strength."

I do that every time! I don't know when I will ever learn.

Next week I will add at least verse 6 and maybe more, eventually going through verse 9. I will type out the entire passage I have memorized each time until it's done. Hey, maybe it will be next week!

On another note, if you've been watching the NCAA tournament, and you happen to watch tonight, they might mention our weather here in the Detroit area. Here is a little glimpse from outside my van window before I went to the grocery store this morning.

We only got three inches, which was less than some areas. It was probably the heaviest, wettest snow I've ever experienced. And with it barely hovering above freezing all day, the only thing clear is the road right now.

The In-Laws Have Come For Christmas

And look what happened the day they flew in to town!

Hubby's parents flew in to town last Friday, the 19th. Who would have ever imagined when tickets were purchased this would be when the first really big snowstorm would hit. They drove up to St. Louis the night before to icy conditions and were delayed leaving early Friday morning. They had to change planes at Chicago Midway and their flight to Detroit was delayed there as well.

Fortunately they were able to make it in without any flight cancellations. We do live about an hour from the airport, mostly north, and we got more than six inches of snow. It was treacherous out there, but it wasn't like Hubby couldn't go pick them up and then come back home. We are certainly thankful that we have a four-wheel-drive vehicle.

This is what the kids did the next day:

Cute, isn't it?

The blustery wind a few days later that made wind chills -12. Hat's gone. Not to be found.

And the snow yesterday, and the day before for that matter, the snowman is getting buried and his face is getting covered up. We have more than 12 total inches out there, and depending on what weather report you listen to we are supposed to get more.

My kids' first white Christmas since 2000 in Illinois. Tickled pink is an understatement!