Snow Day, For Real This Time

So since my last snow blog….it actually snowed a ton on Wednesday and today.  Super cold outside….but I really wanted to take some real snow pictures.  Didn’t get far except around our block because my camera kept getting wet, but found pretty little leaves and plants that were covered in snow.  Today was starting to ice over, so that was interesting.  All I can say is that I’m done with this snow and am ready for it all to melt away so that I can get back to real life.  Being trapped is not fun.

Snow Day

Today there wasn’t much snow left, so it was just a little wet with ice, but I really wanted to go outside and take photos.  This doesn’t compare to last year’s snow, but it was fun!  Stephy actually walked all the way to Fremont from Greenlake to come play with us in the snow!  We walked around even though it was so windy/freezing and took some silly photos in front of houses we liked hhahaa.  Thank you, Autumn‘s hair for being so red and Stephy’s for being so blonde.  :)

P.S.  I will hopefully be making more leisure photo blog posts in the future as I forget sometimes how fun they are….and now I am able to!

A Snowy Drive to Portland, OR

Yesterday, we took a very short road trip down to Portland to cover the launch of Mars Hill Portland.  We left Seattle at 6 a.m. and I drove the first way there.  I must say…as magical as these winter wonderland roads may look…..I almost had a heart attack behind the wheel.  Growing up in Texas, I have absolutely no knowledge of driving in the snow, but luckily I had Holls to guide the sleigh back with me.  What a crazy adventure that I never want to do ever again (the driving in snow part).  But when we finally made it to the church and got to hear so many of God’s stories from the people in Portland…it was indescribable.  Jesus was filling the hearts of Portland with desires to serve and love Him, the church and the people in the city–it was absolutely amazing to witness.  The Lord has some really cool things planned for this city–I can just feel it.  4 hours of sleep, 6 hours driving, 5 hours not driving, and 11 hours gone from home just to make it back in time to serve our loving God in our own city of Seattle.