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Church Cancelled?

Sunday, February 03, 2008

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Yep, amazingly enough, the Stake President cancelled all church activities due to the snow storm Saturday night that is expected to dump even more of the white stuff Sunday. (90% Chance... I've never seen such a high percentage!)

We had blizzard-like conditions Saturday night, I was so relieved and happy to have Devin home and safe before things got too bad. Sometime early this morning the winds died down and it is still snowing.

I've discovered how bad the line of communication is within our ward. Something that needs to be fixed. Heaven forbid it was an actual emergency we were trying to contact people for. Anyway, my cell phone has melded into my ear and I've discovered that everybody has been notifyed at least four times each.

Having church cancelled couldn't have come at a better time... my kids are all tossing their cookies. (Overnight development... always at night!) I'm hoping that my carpet can recover, I'll be calling the Rug Doctor very soon!

My guess is that school will be cancelled Monday too, only the third (all this year) snow day in fifteen years! The snow has halfway buried my trees in the back and you wouldn't know there was a pond surrounded by large lava rocks either.

(Notice the drifts? The left is a lot deeper than the right.)

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Klondike or Bust!

Sunday, February 03, 2008

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(Six person snow cave.)

Klondike this year was up a Camp Morrison near Lake Payette and McCall Idaho. Because of recent snow storms in the area, it was iffy whether or not the Scouting activity would be cancelled. Dave, Devin, and another Scout Leader, Rob, left Friday morning to set up camp. The roads were good, no problems. The rest of the boys were being brought up afterschool, however, nobody bothered to show up or at least call to let us know they had decided not to go after all. How rude!!!



(Above: Dave, Rob, Devin playing Yatzee in the Sheephearder's Tent

Below: Devin at the roofline.)

Some friends of ours, once they found out the Klondike had been a bust, took their entire family up (staying in a hotel) to see the McCall Ice Festival. They asked if Devin could join them and he enthusticastically accepted. The hotel had a pool and they brought him swimming trunks!

As you can see, there's lots and lots of snow. It was lightly snowing when they arrived and snowing when they left. Dave came home with all the gear around 1:30 in the afternoon, unpacked, showered and took a much needed nap. Devin slid in around 7:30 after spending the day sledding, touring McCall, and checking out all the 'cool' snow sculptures.

McCall Winter Carnival Photos from 2007 http://mccallwintercarnival.com/photo-gallery.php


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