Snow Days

Well we have used our 5 snow days that we get each year all this month. Last week we used 3 of them. The snow just kept coming and coming. Of course the kids were thrilled that they didn't have school for 3 days. They got to go out and play in the snow and go sledding. Bailee, Maddie, and Sami went out and played and made snow cones. They loved it. Sami came in and her face was all red from eating the snow. Then the girls come in and get in the hot tub to get warm. They love it.

Brennan went sledding with his friends down one of the known sledding hills. And even Brittany went one day with her girl friends and went sledding. Too be a kid again.

Now I hear that it is possible we could be getting a huge storm Monday and Tuesday. Rumor has it that it could be as bad as the blizzard of 93. NO!!! More snow! More snow days. We are now going into our Spring break, which they only get 3 days, or going later into the summer. Great we have summer vacations already planned and schedule I don't want the kids to go longer in the summer. Oh well I guess we will have to wait until Monday or Tuesday to see if we really get this snow storm. The cool thing is I don't remember the blizzard of 93 so it would be neat to see that much snow. Guess I better get to the store so we have food in the house.

However, beautiful the snow is I am ready for warmer days, sunshine, and summertime.

Brittany and basketball

Brittany is a sophmore at Toronto High School and is playing basketball this year. Our neighbor is the coach and I was talking to another parent who said they only had 11 girls and Britt should play. I wanted her to get involved in something to make some friends and to feel part of something. She was not happy with me that I signed her up. I told her to go to practice and try it out and if she didn't like it then she didn't have to go back. She came home and said she hated it but she was the 12th girl and she was going to stick out. They practiced Monday-Saturday for 2 hours each day. Britt hurt in places she didn't even know she had. Then one day at practice they were fitted for their shoes and travel outfits and when she came home she was so excited and happy that she was part of a team. I was happy for her. She worked really hard at practice and even during gym class would get extra help with shooting and other basketball plays. She plays for the JV team and even though they have only won 3 games they are improving every game. Their 2nd win was againist the catholic high school Brittany almost went to so she knew alot of the kids at the game. The game was close and Brittany made her 1st basket. Her whole team was so excited for her. I was screaming in the stands with the other moms who knew this was her first basket. That night they won by 3 points. Brittany helped with that and I am very proud of her. Her coaches are always telling her and me that she is improving and she is doing so good. We are all so proud of her.

How Camp Robins Got Started

How we became the Camp Robins Clan. My best friend, Kristal, worked for Danny and kept telling me that I should go out with him. I kept telling her no I was already dating someone; but she wouldn't give up and finally I was single again. She called me to tell me that Danny got run over by his own car. Once she told me he was fine I was cracking up but I wanted to see if he really was fine so she gave me his email address and I sent him an email asking him about getting run over by his own car. What a story!!! He emailed me back to tell me he was really fine and we started emailing each other. Now just so you know that I wasn't a complete weirdo I had met Danny once before while I was dating the previous guy at the bar one night while out with Kristal. So he did know me when I emailed him, well sort of. During our emailing I asked him what kind of music he liked, see Kristal, her hubby, and I were going to see Brooks and Dunn and I had an extra ticket and was going to invite him. Well his response was "anything but country" well that was not good. This concert was 5 different country artists and lasted like 6 hours. When I told him why I was asking he said the only way he would go was if he could pay. Well hell yes. The date for the concert was July 6th. Then came Kristal July 4th party and Danny came, this was the first time I'd seen him since starting to email him. We talked at the party and a bunch of us made plans for the next night to go to dinner. Then came the day of the concert. I have to give him huge kudos for hating country he took like a pro. The next day we went to a Columbus Crew game and a Columbus Clippers game. Now all this was in July of 2001 and we have been together ever since.