Thursday, March 07, 2013

the ingredients for a perfect day

Just add one snow storm...

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Icy roads that trigger schools and office buildings to remain closed ...

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Dozens of muffins baked for our elderly house-bound neighbors ...

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Clearing out the fridge and simmering various ingredients in to a spaghetti sauce for six hours ...

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Fresh baked bread ...

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Hours of board games played while sitting in front of a roaring fire ...

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Sipping homemade hot chocolate while gazing at the beauty of winter ...

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Topped off with early bedtimes for all. We could probably unplug in this exact same way on any given weekend - but there's something extraordinarily special about being forced to unplug in the middle of what was supposed to be a very busy week.  What an awesome gift this storm was for our spirits!

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Yesterday was everything that a snow day should be.  Except the 8+ inches of snow we received was more of a slush that soaked our children to the core, but I'm not complaining because they weren't complaining. Which was remarkable to me because they were honestly drenched...

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And yet still loving every minute of it.

5 comments:

  1. Look At Henry's Picture carefully---he looks exactly like Michael Kebadjian!!! What fun they are having---Lucky kids.

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    1. Okay this is WEIRD...I didn't know who Michael Kebadjian was, so I did a google image search for comparison and on the google image page there are also images of the Amazing Trips and family!! See for yourself here: https://www.google.com/search?q=Michael+Kebadjian&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=VIv&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=fflb&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=_ow-UZakDYmRrQGY5YHoAg&ved=0CAoQ_AUoAQ&biw=1366&bih=638

      Amy F.

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  2. What awesome memories. Glad you all got your snow day and a break from the busyness of life!

    Amy F.

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  3. My goodness is that grown up looking person gazing out the window Carollne? She looks beautiful and... well grown up!

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