What up?

No pictures this week for the blog, folks. Hmmm, no really big news to share either. I could tell you the latest "stuck in the snow" story--The mail truck! Right in front of our mailbox! The last snow storm Ted was sick of it, and snow blowed (blew?) the plow junk back into the street. That, plus the fact we live on a hill and didn't clear far enough PAST the mailbox caused the truck to be stuck. Couldn't go backwards up the ice, couldn't go down through the 10 ft mound of snow. Just stuck. Finally freed with me, the mail lady, and the nice neighbor all pushing our brains out. Won't be delivering mail anymore until it's cleared. Which will be summer. When the kids are making up their snow days.

In other news....Anna had the worst bout of stomach flu the McMillans have ever had. Puked 15 times (I kept a tally sheet) between 10:30 pm and 3:30 am. That's once every 20 minutes, people. I guess I'm lucky that was the first time I was EVER up ALL night with a sick child. I didn't even pull all-nighters in college. Thankfully, we both slept most of the next day. Let's hope it was food poisoning, so we don't have another puke marathon?

Will this winter EVER end??

Another snow day this week. Blah blah blah. It was from the ICE that came before the snow. Our roads have been terrible. The kids have to start making these up now, at the end of the year. When it's sunny and warm. If that ever happens!
At least I have a sweet snow angel!! (Anna--she looks long)

Here was yet our THIRD attempt at clearing our sidewalk. It's ANOTHER neighbor's fourwheeler, with a plow attachment. It got stuck too. Ok, we have been defeated and will be walking in the road to the bus stop, until June. When we have snow days to make up. The snow SHOULD be gone by then...Alas, there is good news! TED'S CAR WASN'T TOTALED. He has really enjoyed his loaner Grand Prix, with no traction control, or anti-lock breaks.

Someone wake me when it's summer.........

Visit with Klugs, and other stuff....

Heather, Peter and Tyler are back in the States for a short visit so Peter could interview for jobs in Milwaukee (!! Yipee!). We've only been able to see them once due to weather and illness, but we made the most of that visit...

Breakfast at Fiddlesticks, where my kids favorite trick of Tyler's was "muscles!"

Hanging out back at "The Reg-li-ar Ya's"

The guys have early release once a month, and instead of just watching TV those afternoons, I've been trying to do some sort of activity. Will's concussion is better, so we did ice skating today!

We had the WHOLE rink to ourselves. It was 16 degrees, and that felt warm.

Other weather-related developments: We have now passed the all-time record for total snowfall. We've had 77 inches, and it's still coming! Our snowblower broke (again) last night as Ted worked on trying to clear the sidewalk to the bus stop. It's full of all the the ice snow that the plow shoots up. A neighbor with a John Deere tractor with snowblower attachment came by this morning and kindly offered to clear it. He got stuck. I had an opportunity to drive my first John Deere as he and another neighbor tried to push it backwards up the hill to get it un-stuck. After several attempts, we got it out. He got back on and said, "I'm taking my John Deere and going home. Good luck with your sidewalk"

And, perhaps the saddest weather-related news, Ted's beloved Passat is probably totaled. It was parked in his work lot early yesterday morning, and the contracted plowing company backed straight into it at full speed. I'm calling his boss and asking for car/workers comp since it happened on work grounds. What? You've never heard of car/workers comp??

ANOTHER Snow Day

So today was our THIRD snow day of the year. That's in addition to the two late starts, and one early dismissal we've had. Ted even stayed home! I think this is only the second time in his career that he has stayed home due to weather. The unofficial count as of this hour is about 13 inches, but just south of us, it's 20 inches. Today was FULL of adventure!!

Here are Ted and Steve, of the Munson Family, our great new neighbors! They decided to WALK to the local pharmacy this morning, which is about six blocks away. TWO hours later they return, and had visited many of the local hot spots in the snow storm. Ya know, the American Family agency, whose agent is another neighbor, the GROCERY STORE, which is waaaay farther than six blocks.

Our snow hikers after they returned

Then, Ted got busy cooking in the kitchen for our lunch. He made omlets for us--cute chick on the left is Steve's wife, Melissa. She is a high school math teacher, and I may become her aide because I'm so good at math.

Baxtie had a really stressful day too. Hey, since when do I allow him on the furniture??!!

Although this wasn't a picture of today, this is what Baxter likes to do in the snow. He'd stay out for hours if I let him.

Oh yeah, the kids were home too! It was a jammie/High-School-Musical-2/game-playing type of day!!

The Big Cheese!

Kaleb was "The Big Cheese" of the week in his class. So he got to do all sorts of cool stuff this week, in addition to the picture boards he brought in (see behind him). He totally scored at lunchtimes-- Grammy brought in Subway on Monday, Tuesday there was no school because it was too cold, Thursday Dad brought his fav, Taco Bell, and today Anna and I brought in McDonalds. Cheese, anyone?

Will's ER visit

We had a exciting day yesterday. Will was invited to a sledding party with a bunch of 4th grade boys, many who he didn't know yet, so he (and Mom!) were pumped. Well, it was fun until we had to go to the ER because of a head on collision, when he knew who he was, but not much else. The freakiest part was the 1/2 hour ride to the hospital, when about every 60 seconds he'd ask, "Where are we going?" His memory is back, but he's still pretty dizzy and tired. It should at least make for an exciting story when he heads back to school. Thanks for the prayers, those of you who got a panicked call!

The morning after....you can't really tell from this picture, but his left cheek is HUGE, where some of the impact was.

We had been planning as a family to do some ice skating since we had so much fun in CA doing it. This outdoor rink is really close to our house, so Kaleb and I decided to test it out for when Will can join us!

The posed picture....

The action shot....Kaleb is still getting used to balancing on skates!

Anna decided to stay home with Will and be his company....but she's practicing with her roller skates. Once again, doesn't she have such unique fashion sense? Please also notice the Shrek tatoo on her chest. Simply beautiful.

We STILL love our Packers

Packer fans, including me, are still in mourning over the NFC Championship loss. Seriously. To get soooo close......oh well. It's a young team, and next season should be great!! We haven't been doing much because it's so darn cold and snowy!!

Anna and Will playing Go Fish. Please note Anna's fashion. She's always "STYLIN''!! And there might be someone in the background catching a few zzzz's......

Grammy using our treadmill, with her fan club standing by, encouraging her! Please keep in mind it's in the single digits, without wind chill, and at some point during every day, Anna slips on this number....