Snowpocalypse 2014

At least this time they closed the schools instead of just sending us home early! We Delks have been homebound for 3 days. The snow started on Tuesday and ended last last night/ this morning.

Pictures from Tuesday's snow:

Not a lot of snow, just enough to freak everyone out and close school. Then we get this:

This is a picture of Joe's garden beds in the backyard. Completely covered.

I took the kids outside in the front yard in the hopes of getting them to build a snowman, but instead Abby decides to take a face-plant right off.

I didn't bring out a ruler or anything, but the snow was up to their knees. It reminded me of when I was the twins' age and lived in Japan. I know Japan got more snow than this, but I remember trying to walk through it and face-planting quite often.

We had a lot of fun! It is supposed to get up to 40 degrees, so we will wait and see about going to school tomorrow. Just in time for Valentines Day parties and a full moon. Oh joy.

The "Blizzard" of 2014

Yeah, calling it a blizzard might be overstating, but the kids enjoyed it. School dismissed early yesterday and traffic was horrible, but I managed to get the kids and make it home in just under 3 hours. No school today and tomorrow means we have plenty of time to play in the snow. Here are some pics from today.

 Heading out

 Abby's snow angel

 Andy's snow angel

Best. Snow day. Ever.

And in payment for all the fun, I got a clean living room and clean kids' rooms. It was a win-win!

The beauty of the Nutcracker...

The convenience of my living room!

The channel Ovation has been running different versions of the Nutcracker. I love watching different versions! Some are crazy, while some are more traditional. I watch it and think, "Dang, I wish I had talent."

Abby and Andy watched it with me and they thought, "What a fun dance party!"

Here are some videos I took of Abby being a ballerina, and Andy being her break-dancing prince.

And to make this post super-cute, I'm including the twins' fall pictures. :)

Let me entertain you!

Let me make you smile!
Now, not to name names, but I have in my house a little diva that just loves to entertain everyone.  She always has something to say, a look to share, or a song to sing.

In this case, she has a song... just for you! They must sing it at church. It's very cute! (notice how she doesn't like to share the limelight. Very diva-ish!)

God took care of me!

Not to be out done, Andy had to share too!

12 months are in a year!

Fun in the Sun

NOT! It it too dang hot!

So, what are we to do inside? Pillow obstacle course! Take those cushions off the couch and jump, baby!

You know you're jealous.

Then, after cushions got boring, we built a tent. (not in the same day. That would have been overkill.)

Painting fun

Basically, we've been going stir crazy. We do try to go outside for a little each day, while staying hydrated. And they all love going outside with Daddy when he gets home.

This week they have all been learning how to shuck, boil, blanche, and freeze corn. We also have a bumper crop of okra and the tomatoes are rolling in!

Unfortunately, Joe's worm farm died out due to the high temps. (and the fact that I forgot to bring them inside) Never fear! Joe bought new ones. They were delivered today. I can barely contain myself.

School Pictures

I'm late in getting them on here, but here are the pictures from the daycare's picture day! I don't know what they do to make the kids behave and smile, but they do great work!

Next year Ike won't be in the pictures! :(
but they sure are cute!

Thank you, Uncle JD!

Uncle JD went to UPLIFT at Harding University this past week. He supported the teens from Collegeside Church of Christ. I've never experienced UPLIFT, but I remember attending IMPACT at Lipscomb University when I was a teen. If one is anything like the other, than I know JD had a great time.

Uncle JD always thinks about his niece and nephews, so of course he got them presents!

Abby had to practice her poses before she settled on her infamous hands-on-hips pose. Check out her inner-monologue.

 What's my focus?

 Should I go for innocent? Nah, no one would believe it.

 This is harder than I thought...

What the heck. I'll just be me!

Isaac, caught in the middle of an interesting story.

 

I still have no idea what he was telling me. 

Andy- got it on the first try!

Thank you, Uncle JD for always thinking of us!

God's real name...

We've all heard that joke...
What's God's real name?
Andy! It's in the song.... Andy walks with me, Andy talks with me, Andy tells me I am his own!

Well, that is Andy's song obviously! We sing it every night before we go to bed. Of course, the others are jealous that God and Andy share a song, so we have to sing verses for them as well.

Here's Andy singing his song for everyone!

Of course Isaac had to share his song as well...

And Abby couldn't be left out...

And then, there's the real one...

Uncle JD, I thought you'd appreciate this post! :)

Easter

It's about time, right?

I was a good Mommy and remembered to take pictures before they ruined their outfits. I was a bad Mommy because I got them as we were trying to get in the car for church. We might have been a little rushed.

 Isaac picked out the hat himself! I made sure they matched. :)

Abby's pretty Princess dress. We could only find one bow, but that was good enough for her! One of these days we'll figure out the hair thing.

Happy (belated) Easter!

Don't feed the animals!

But party-goers don't count.
A few weekends ago I got to take the twins to a birthday party for one of their Sunday school friends. The party was held at the Chattanooga Zoo.



Here's Abby, walking with another mom from church. Ms. Jennifer also poses as an Aunt Kitty fill-in as needed. :) Ms. Jennifer has a son named Luke who was at the party as well and her daughter was in the first grade class that Joe and I taught this past winter quarter. Abby loves Ms. Jennifer!



Abby and Andy talking to the chimps.



Large, ugly rodent. The kids were impressed.



Coyote



Monkey relative



Parrots



Not sure what we were looking at here



That hair is going to drive me batty before she's 10 years old.



peacocks



Waiting for cake. I need to point out that when everyone else had eaten what they wanted of their cake and had gone to look around, Abby stayed with her cake and ice cream until the very end. That's my girl!



Andy looking around

Everyone had a great time and Peyton made out like a bandit. Happy Birthday, Peyton!