What's up with the snow?!

Everyone is getting a little testy around here. I think it has something to do with the close to 18 inches of snow we had here.

They were forecasting two to four inches. We get over a foot.

What's up with that?

It would be one thing in February but here it is April! And the end of April, at that!!!

On Friday, I was helping Nancy with Breiden and Kian when JP and Julie stopped for a visit. The snow was really flying by then. When I left Wayne's and Nancy's house, it seemed like I had to shovel off more from the car than I've had to shovel snow all season! I had a soccer meeting to attend and by the time I got done with the meeting (only four parents were there out of around 20) I had to remove snow AGAIN!!! I went home and Jose had two friends visiting. One of the moms came to get her son and the other couldn't because of car problems so I drove him home before it got too bad out. On our way home, Jose's friend said that's just the way Mother Nature is. I told him Mother Nature needs to get a reality check!

Doug had a coach trip to South Dakota to pick up a group and ended up staying the night because the roads were so bad. When they took off on Saturday morning, they had to stay in Brookings until around noon because I-29 was closed.

Meanwhile, the snowplow went by our house, burying the cars, and we went out to shovel so I could get some groceries. It was a very very heavy, wet snow. Heart attack snow, they call it. I didn't have a heart attack and Jose, Andy and I struggled to shovel. But I did fall on my butt. I laughed- at first - until I felt the wet snow seeping into my jeans! As I called to the guys to pick me up, they were suddenly weak because they were laughing at me and Andy put down his shovel to give me some applause. Shesh, thanks guys!

Everyone got home later and was great to have everyone home safe and sound.

Today, the snow is still there but it's starting to melt.

Jose had his project on display for the science fair tonight. What a fun evening. Jose's project, one where he makes static electricity and is able to give shocks similar to those you get when walking on carpet and then getting a shock when touching a door knob. Yep. Big hit with the guys!