Snow Day in San Antonio

Cold Cold Cold and Snow Day
This week started very cold. I’m sure not as cold as some places have been and definitely not as long, but dang it I forgot just how cold 15 degrees is. Throw in a little wind and the fact that I don’t own a “heavy” non hunting jacket and it gets cold in a hurry. The week ended with a snow day, That’s right, a snow day in San Antonio! Thursday night the temperature was in the 20’s a light rain started around 8:30. The rain quickly turned into a blanket of ice and covered with a layer of snow. The city and the Texas Department of transportation closed every major road in and around the city. School and work were closed. Businesses shut down, mail and UPS stopped running, and the kids occupied the community streets “sledding” with cardboard, plastic bags, cookie sheets, garbage can lids, skateboards with no wheels, and slick shoes.

The community next to us has a really cool water park, but unfortunately they forgot to turn the water off prior to the cold coming in.

By the end of the day the kids were in the backyard, no shoes jumping on the trampoline. Today it is 75 degrees.

AnnaLynn tried to scoop together as much snow as she could to make a snowman. Once she was finished she came and got us, but by the time we got over to see it the neighborhood problem child smashed it. We all came back somewhat disappointed. Nathan asked if he could go back out and play. A little while later he came back and said the snowman was back. This time we hurried out to see it. He had “resurrected” the snowman!





Words Can’t Describe Her.
Taylor is…..well she’s… no I guess you might say shes’s….I think you might call her… no that’s not right either…I just can’t think of the right word to describe her sometimes. Words like sneaky, manipulating, crafty, all come to mind but those sound so wrong. For those that had not heard the story from last summer, we went to get ice cream with another family who has 5 kids. So we had a line of 13 getting cones. One server had helped the first two or three kids when a second, more generous, server started helping. Taylor who had not been helped was watching everything take place when my friend cut in front of her to place his order. He quickly turned around and poked Taylor and jumped back out of line. Taylor replied, “No you can go ahead of me.” Nathan, thinking that she was polite and sweet declined the offer. She insisted. He refused. Again she insisted, but before he could refuse again the first server asked Taylor what she wanted. She begrudgingly placed her order, got her cone and went and sat down. Nathan turned to me and commented how sweet she was. I had a stunned look on my face and replied, “What?” He told me the story, not knowing I was watching the whole thing. I smiled and said, “Oh you didn’t notice the scoop difference between the servers. Taylor wanted the other server to get a bigger cone.” Nathan almost started to feel bad for her because he would have taken the smaller cone for himself so she could’ve gotten the “bigger” cone.

The reason I bring this up is because she did it again. This time the 2nd grade was having a little performance. Her class had been chosen to play a variety of xylophones. Taylor leading the class to the stage started to slow down at a loud pair that uses two sticks with rather large balls on the ends to play the instrument. The teacher motioned her to lead the group to the next and last section to play a very small xylophone. Taylor, still leading the
group took the middle position and motioned for a fellow student to her right and one to her left. I was a little frustrated because I wanted her on the end so I could get a better picture, but whatever what does the position really matter. Oh it matters! With Taylor it always matters! They sang the song without instruments, and then played the song with the instrument in front of them. The song finished and clapping ensued. The teacher quieted the crowd, looked at the kids and said, “Rotate”. This is where my lack of vocabulary comes into play; do you think they rotated 1 spot? Nope. They rotated two spots. This put Taylor on the one instrument she wanted to play. I don’t know if the word is sneaky, crafty, calculating, manipulating, maybe it’s just logical and smart. We love her though. If you think of the word let me know.










Basketball Update
We won again. Not that my outstanding defense, dead eye shooting, and near the rim rebounding was the key, but it felt good to contribute. Luckily, we have several guys that can play and we distribute the ball well. It’s fun to be out there playing again.

Activity Days
The girls had a great time watching church movies in their pajamas. They had a mock “sleepover” and had a great time watching movies, feeling the spirit, and eating popcorn.



THE NEW TOY
Linda’s Christmas gift is getting more and more fun for her, and me. It is fun to see how creative you can get and all the things that you can do. Linda’s project of the week was a sign for teacher appreciation day. It reads, “Parents send boys and girls to school, Teachers send Champions home” The school our kids go to is called Cibolo Green Elementary and their mascot is The Champions. It’s done on a 24 inch by 6 inch street sign.



We worked together on a large tile. I worked on the layout and she cut out the vinyl and applied it to the tile. I have always liked the scripture and thought it would be a fun tile.


The last was one I worked on using a couple different programs. I did it for a friend whose daughter is a huge volleyball player. Not that she is a big girl; just that she really really likes it. It is intended to be window decal for a car. It’s only 4 inches or so wide.

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