The snow is thick and heavy this morning. It deadens every sound and makes the world so pretty.

Our day yesterday:
6:12 am--I wake up and head into the living room with my Bible, another book called Making Peace, and a coffee.
6:46 am--I hear the kids' alarm go off. No further sound from up there.
about 7:30 am--Simon gets up.
8 am--I stop reading and get a shower, breakfast, etc.
8:47 am--I decide if the kids are going to make it to church with us they better get up. Go upstairs and find that they did get up at 6:46 and even got dressed; are playing super quietly in their cardboard, tape and blankets fort. Surprise!
9:30 am--we're all ready for church 15 minutes early. Big shock!
12:28 pm--We return home following church, annual meeting, pizza lunch to get ready for toboganning.
1:31 pm--Walk over to the hill where we meet friends and have a fun hour and a half. Lots of spills! Lots of fun.
3:12 pm--hot chocolate.
4:18 pm--"Let's find out where so-and-so is meeting for church and join them tonight. We haven't seen them in ages."
5:49 pm--Grab the crockpot of chili and head out into the wind and painful ice-snow to join the potluck and service just a block away (actually two blocks--the church we thought was the right one wasn't).
6:02 pm--"Surprise!" An enjoyable evening of catching up with friends and hearing a refresher of God's story to the world.
9:22 pm--Back in the house, kids run up to get 'jammas on while we get them a quick snack before tucking them in, then check email and review the evening.
10:01 pm--The thermostat drops down to its nighttime setting and we take the cue and go to bed.

Today the late to beds have been late to rise and I'm enjoying an extra hour of quiet. Doesn't do much for the "start school on time" agenda of late, but it'll make for happier kids who are more willing to tackle the schoolwork. Six of one....

An early morning phone call with an interesting idea for future work....hmmm....will have to wait and see if anything develops.