Blizzard 2013

The Blizzard of 2013 came to Massachusetts on Friday and Saturday and dumped between 2 and 3 feet of snow on us in less than 24 hours.  They expected us to lose power, but, we were lucky and that didn't happen.

Kristen, on the other hand, was subject to some frustration as she was stuck at work for 24 hours as other nurses were unable to get into work.

 Due to the 60 mph winds, snow drifted up against the house and made drifts that were over 6 ft high.  It drifted up against the house, trees and our garage doors.  It even piled up on the doorknob as you could see here when I opened the door in the morning.

 Here was one view of the pile in front of the garage door.  The perspective is lacking, but it at least gives a hint of the snow up against the house.

The front of the house is a winter wonderland.  Certianly not conducive to soccer despite the net still being out.

This was the parking lot at Kristen's work when we picked her up.  It gives you an idea of what she would have been dealing with if we hadn't dropped her off and picked her up.

Jacob's Birthday Party

It was Super-Bowl Sunday yesterday, but for the Moffitt household, 3 of Jacob's friends and some other family friends, it was Jacob's 8th birthday party at Coco-Keys, an indoor water park about 45 minutes from our house.



 

I think that all the boys had a great time, though the drive was long and Jacob really enjoyed hanging out with all three of his friends.  They prettty much all stayed together the whole time.

We were lucky to have Jamie's parents, John and Sara, come with us and spend some time hanging out with us in between chasing after children.  It made for an even more memorable event for all of us that we could have a couple more friends to hang out with for the special occasion.

We even got to make it home, after dropping off the kids, in time for the fun part of the SuperBowl...as San Francisco rallied to make it a game.  Overall, it was a really fun and enjoyable day and hopefully a memorable birthday party for Jacob.

As far as Jacob now being 8, we are really looking forward to this year and hoping that he ultimately is able to bridge the gap from his more baby-ish ways to being more mature.  We know it is a difficult balancing act for him...being between Jaden and Jude is not an easy place to be....but we hope that he just tries to be himself and get attention for good things rather than acting more like Jude to get attention.