Snow!

I have been a terrible blogger this year. Actually I don't think I can recieve that title as a "blogger" because to be a "blogger" you actually have to blog : )

I have been loving my life as a new teacher at the Joshua Academy and learning how to best structure my classroom. I have a unique situation where I am teaching three grade levels and all subjects (very one-room-school-house-esque). What a joy and blessing it is to have students who hunger and desire to know God. They are all incredible; so talented, smart and creative. I am continually asking the Lord to show me how I can become a better teacher and take the greatest advantage of the resources given to me. The possibilities are endless....

Today is a snow day however; which almost seems like an oxymoron for Wilmington....so no school! There are a couple of inches outside, and the world is so quiet and peaceful right now.

Snow is extremely dear to me because it reminds me of my childhood in Colorado. Living in Aurora though was interesting because it would snow in the morning and we would get so excited about snow, but by time school was out it would all be melted and 70 degrees. Here, school is cancelled at the even mention of the possibility of snow. Bizarre.

As I am thinking about my childhood a flood of memories are rushing into my mind.

Snow makes me think about several interesting occasions:

1. The time Shane and I were sledding down the slide on our swingset and he fell off and broke his arm!
2. Falling into a river because I was looking at the ice (on New Years Eve) and walking about a mile home in soaking wet clothes!
3. Getting a concussion snowboarding : ( not fun
4. Having to walk to the grocery store with a wagon because we were snowed in with 3 feet of snow!
5. Building igloos and snowcaves in the front yard
6. Sledding in the mountains and going sooo fast on a saucer that I flew over the embankment, fell about 6 feet into a parking lot! Haha and I almost had a heartattack
7. Walking to school in the snow
8. Camping in the snow (brrrrrr) and snowshoeing!
9. Epic snowball fights
10. Selling slushies to neighbors that were made out of snow and hershey's syrup (when I was 5)


Thank you Lord for allowing the snow to bring me back to my childhood. These are just a few of the plethora of crazy memories I have involving snow. It's been such a fun life