Winter Comes But Once a Year...

...and almost always stays past it's welcome! It's finally February, and February has many 'good' things in store! First, it marks that we are offically past the 'half way' point of the deployment. We are FINALLY on the 'downhill' run! :) Second, February is a SHORT month, meaning we'll be down to 5 months before we know it! And third, it's the LAST full month of winter!

We had a good dose of winter this week. We were hit with the 'storm of the year' including a blizzard producing -30 degree windchills and snow amounts ranging from 7-16 inches of snow across the state. Thankfully we only had 8.5 here, but it still made things a little crazy, especially with two little dogs!

I had to shuffle a path through the snow with my boots so that my dogs had a place to go where they wouldn't sink down in until they could no longer be seen in the drifts.


School was even cancelled for the day. Normally this would give me great reason for excitement...if only I had classes on Wednesdays! But at least the day ended on a beautiful note. God sure has His ways of showing His extraordinary power, and then reminding us of His beauty.