In like a Lion - March 1, 2015

You  know the phrase for March - In like a Lamb, Out like a Lion or vice versa. This March 1 was a very strong and boisterous lion; one last winter slam before Spring would fight to break through. Indianapolis was supposed to get around 8 inches of snow. It started somewhere during the night and didn't stop until around noon.

Graigry making a snow angel in our backyard

Church was ultimately cancelled (however, by one, roads would have been fine for driving and arriving at the chapel) and so Eric called the Hardy's to see if we could borrow their snow blower in order to dig out members of the ward. We packed in the van, grabbed two sets of missionaries and headed out into the snowy landscape. Here are some pictures from our five hours of shoveling and snow blowing a dozen or so yards.

Nate buried in the driveway snow.

Eric finishing a members sidewalk.

Nate standing under
the snowblower's rainbow - just for fun.

Missionaries passing out mini cupcakes to the kiddos,
a gift from a thankful person.

For Eric, this was the best way to spend a Sunday - serving others as a family. It's amazing how quickly you can get a driveway cleared when you have one snow blower and  six shovels. Karen and Scotty brought some hot chocolate after the first few houses, which was welcomed by frozen fingers. By two o'clock, we decided we were thoroughly soaked and cold, had shoveled sufficiently and headed back to the house.

Karen and Miles made dinner for my family and one set of the elders and the food was deliciously welcomed as well. When dinner was done, Eric, Karen, Ro and the boys stayed to play Carcassonne. Neta wanted to play the game too, but the older ones didn't want the littlest one, not fully aware of how to play the game, to participate. So, Neta, Xela and I went home and played our own version of the game.

The game begins!

We started playing by the general rules, but then decided it would be more fun to, together, see how big of a city we could build. See the picture below; I think we succeeded. :)

The greatest Carcassonne city ever built!

Xela also wanted a picture,
so yes, I let them stand on the table.

Each house had there own source of fun. We had ice cream as part of our fun and then kept our city out to show the rest of the family upon their return. They were also fairly impressed. It was an all around good day for all.