The Shrum Family Adventures: Snowed In!

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Snowed In!

We ended up with about 7 inches of snow yesterday. Let me just say we made the most out of it! We had a ton of fun! I ran the kids up the road about a mile to sled and snow board. It is really tough and tiring to run in 7 inches of snow!!! Then, after we played for a while we headed back home.... Karlton had driven Lilee to meet us because we knew she would not make it that far and would be too cold before we even got there. But everyone except Josiah and I rode back with Karlton. I ran home.... To warm up I made soup and hot chocolate for lunch and then we made now cream for dessert. After baths to warm the kids up we put them to bed for a nap. Well....the little kids anyway. While they rested I got to enjoy my Christmas present. I snuggled up in front of my new fire place to read!!!! Ahhhh...it was so nice and warm! The kids were already out of school for teachers workday yesterday, but today we got our first snow day of the year. Karlton is trying to go to work today, I am praying the roads are safe enough!

Here is how we spent our 2nd Snow day this year..........................

This is me trying to snow board.......

When I was finally getting the hang of it..... Joel came down on his sled and took me out!

But, I finally made it to the bottom.......

5 comments:

Jenny said...: Looks like you all know how to enjoy a snow day! Fun!!!!

Oh and the fireplace looks like the perfect spot to curl up sip that hot coco you made!!!; January 11, 2011 at 11:46 AM
Mom (Nana) said...: Wow! That's a lotta snow and a
lotta fun! You'd laugh at the snow
that we got.
Love ya'll,
Mom; January 11, 2011 at 3:43 PM
Melanie said...: What a fantastic couple of snow days!! Your new fireplace looks so nice & cozy! Great pictures!; January 11, 2011 at 6:57 PM
Mary Ann said...: Thanks everyone! I am truely getting a lot of use out of my new fireplace! I LOVE IT!; January 12, 2011 at 7:49 AM
Ivy Shaffer said...: Oh gosh, the children look so big!!! I know I've not been blogging lately but had to stop by and say hello since you were so kind to stop by mine.

Yes it's pretty snowy around here and cold, but loving it:))

Take care and stay warm.

Ivy; January 13, 2011 at 2:54 PM

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Verses that really spoke to me and helped me get through our adoptions.

(John 14:18) " I will not leave you as orphans, I will come to you."

(Isaiah 43:5-6) "Do not be afraid, for I am with you,
I will bring your children from the west. Bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the ends of the earth."

(Proverbs 25:25) "As cold water is to a thirsty soul : so is good
news from a far country."

(Matthew 6:25-34) The do not worry chapter.
This is the chapter that told me we would adopt again and the
baby girl woud be named Lily (Lilee). "The lilies of the field".
This is a great reminder of why we should not worry, God will take care of his people!

(Psalms 82: 3-4) "Defend the cause of the weak and the fatherless; maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed. Resue the weak and neady; deliver them from the hand of the wicked."

(Psalms 68: 5) "A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling."

(Deuteronomy 10:18) " He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow and loves the alien, giving them food and clothing."

(Philippians 4:13) "I can do all things through him who gives me strength."

(Philippians 4:6-7) " Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present
your request to God. And the peace of God,which transcends all understanding will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus."

(Romans 8:28) " And we know that all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose."

(James 1:27) "Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after the orphans and widows in their destress, and to keep oneself from being polluted from by the world."