All week, while we were in Indiana, we had heard that the midwest was in for a winter storm that could dump up to 8 inches of snow in the northern part of the state as well as Chicago. Thankfully, it wasn't quite as bad as predicted, but there was definitely more snow in that area than they had had all winter. Cal sent us pictures on his way to work in the morning just so we knew what we were missing. He and Meg did both make it into work, but didn't do much else during the evening.
There was a little more snow on Saturday and in some areas white out conditions. Cal and Jayce were still able to make it to Cameron Adams' for a weekend of football and Nick made it safely to Chicago from Bloomington. The poor weather conditions continued, however, changing from snow to freezing cold. The negative temperatures even reached Cameron and Brett, so that all of our children had deal with twenty below zero wind chills. Almost all activities were cancelled which left several of them feeling cabin fever by the end of the weekend.
The cold temperatures are not predicted to end before Tuesday. I wished that it was different for them, but realized that it was part of living in the Midwest. I heard someone complain on the way into church today about how cold it was in Florida. I actually almost laughed out loud. I would definitely put up with a 50 degree morning every day in January to miss what Meg, Cameron, Cal and Brett were dealing with this week. Hopefully, the weather will change for them soon. At least I know that they are well prepared for it with all of our lectures about respecting the dangers of sub zero temperatures.
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