Finally an update

My Dad, Corinne, Dominic , Keith, and my Grandma at Dad's 60th Birthday Party

It has been crazy around here for the last two weeks so I have had no time to blog. February 1st my Dad turned sixty and we had a big family party for him. This was also after our big snow storm so Corinne got to go sled riding on the same hills that I use to sled ride on. Last week was a very uneventful week with our first full week of work in a while it was a very long one.

Dad with his big 60th Birthday sign that was in the front yard

Corinne sledding in the fairgrounds in Lancaster

Corinne and Dominic trying to sled together

We took a little weekend trip last week and just had some time to hang out. We went to see an train exhibit that Daddy really liked and that Corinne was at least some what interested in (as much as a 14 month old can be). Of course silly Mommy forgot her camera at the house and then my cell phone died so we only have a couple of images.

This week was uneventful until last night when we had a huge storm that knocked out our power. We were having some really nice 50 and 60 degree days for a couple of days. Yesterday, I was at my friend Natalie's house after school because she had just had her baby and need someone to let her dog out so Corinne and I were happy to do it. Just when we were getting ready to leave her house there was a wall cloud and Corinne and I dashed to the car. When we got in the car Daddy was calling us to see where we were because the storm was so bad. At that point the hail was hitting the van and the van was shaking so I asked Jeremy what I should do and he said go back inside. So I through my coat over Corinne and ran inside but we were both soaked. The storm finally passed but Daddy said don't hurry home because our power is out. Long story short our power was only out for two hours but we ended up with about an inch of water in parts of our basement because the power to the sump pump was off and our battery back up failed. We spend the rest of the evening trying to dry that up and learned the hard way that we are getting raked on our insurance. Basically we have coverage on our basement that does us no good unless we put a bunch of expensive stuff down there. It seems like we are going to be able to dry it out with no damage done and we will be finding new insurance.

Today I had my class Valentine's party at school and that was about it. We are looking forward to a relaxing weekend together after a long week!