The case of the elusive Mother...

My Mom has been visiting from Montana since Valentines Day. She is staying at my Grandparents house in Spokane. Right after she babysat for our Valentines date, we all got sick and my Mom stayed away, waiting for us to feel better. Then yesterday, after over a week hiatus, she came out to visit. We had just settled in, started a marathon of "Big Love" we had planned for the afternoon, and the snow started flying. We waited for a bit, but it was getting worse. My Mom made the executive decision to leave and head back for her parents house. Ohhhhhh Man!! 

My Mom is on a very low sodium diet, and I made her a "salt free" quiche for lunch. I am sorry she missed out, but it was good that she left when she did because the roads got worse and worse. When Tony headed home from work the freeway was backed up, and cars where off the road everywhere. 

I took this picture 2 hours after my Mom left...

Visibility was low, and the "winter storm" warning was then upgraded to a "blizzard" warning. 

Inside the Shaffer home you wouldn't know a blizzard raged outside. We played and watched movies and stayed nice and cozy. We ate dinner and got ready for bed.

And then it was morning. 7 am to be exact. Tony got up to get ready for work, and I got up to dig the car out of the 10+ inches we got overnight. 

Of course I got to trek through the backyard to retrieve the shovel I thought I wouldn't need anymore. 

Oh yeah, and it is STILL SNOWING. 

But don't worry about us! Kaden has the whole day planned out.

Some early morning Dora the Explorer...

Followed by a healthy breakfast...

Then it's play time!!!

Followed by deep thinking, where we contemplate those things worthy of contemplation. 

After that, it's nap time!!!

And when we wake up we will plan the rest.. :o)