It's a Christmas Miracle...

Not sure what is going on...but believe it or not...Houston had a SNOW DAY! The weatherman had been predicting it all week - chance of Flurries on Friday. Of course, we didn't believe any of them. The weather had been perfect all week - 50s and 60s - wear a sweater and all was good. But this morning, we woke up to some pretty cold rain and as I drove to work, the raindrops hit the windshield just a little more "solidly". By 9:00, that rain resembled flurries and by 10:30, those flurries were full-fledged flakes - and big ones at that. Early dismissal from school was announced and we were able to leave once all the students were safely home. I went to my car and actually had to scrape the inch thick snow off my van. As I drove home, the wipers were on almost full speed to keep the snow off and it built up around the edges of my windows. Enjoy the photos from our afternoon. It snowed continuously until 5:00 pm. The snow is slowly melting as the temperature dropped all day. It's supposed to be in the twenties all night long and the roads should be iced over in the morning. By the afternoon, it will be in the 50s again and all we'll have are the pictures. It was truly a really fun day!

No School Today!

This has been the craziest year - weather wise - for us in Texas. Last fall, we started school and about 3 weeks later, a hurricane hit. We were without power in our home for 16 days. School was out for over a week. There hasn't been a hurricane like that for 22 years. Then, this winter, it actually snowed. Big, giant snowflakes. Our spring has been unusually cool - like super chilly! We've spent more baseball games with blankets wrapped around us then not. Now...here it is a TAKS testing day and the storms came through so bad last night that the streets are flooded and school is cancelled. We didn't get this much rain when the hurricane came through. Oh well...I'll get caught up at home and put the boys to work. Have a great day and stay dry!