Ohio....Then Michigan

Well, we arrived in Ohio on Thursday night after a surprisingly "not-to-horrific" 12 hour drive from Rabun Gap. The boys (for the most part) watched movies, played Leapster and slept for the trip, and we only had to stop twice for food, once for an emergency "I hafta poop now even though we were just at a rest stop 35 seconds ago" incident (A.J.), and 2 gas stops to top off the tank.
Ohio had a smattering of snow on the ground after the snow storm that had blown in about 4 days prior, so on Friday morning and Saturday afternoon the boys headed out to enjoy the wet cold stuff. AJ hasn't ever seen snow before, and Owen was a baby the last time he'd seen it. Grandpa Nowack had bought each of the boys a sled so they went sledding (in the snowbanks) for about an hour or so.....

We left Ohio this morning, about 5 hours earlier than we had planned because there was a winter storm blowing into Michigan from Chicago and we wanted to beat it. All the snow had melted in Ohio, but we were greeted with this, just as we were driving into GR:

It's been snowing all night and I'm excited to see how it looks tomorrow. After we dropped our stuff and Cooper at my brother's house, we drove to my parents house for dinner. We had to take it slow (about 35 mph) on the highway on the way home because visibility was limited to about 20 yards. Didn't have my camera with me for that one, but if you've ever been in a snowstorm at night, it's creepy, calming, thunderously silent, erie, and mesmerizingly beautiful all at the same time. It's hard to explain if you've never seen it (which I know some of my Georgia friends have never even SEEN snow), but my Northern friends know what I mean.

Here's a self-pic of STeve and I in the snow....it was cold, and you can't see the snow because I stink at those raist-the-camera-up-and-take-a-pic-of-yourself things, but I tried. You can see some snow in our hair and behind us.

Anyway, I'm tired and going to bed now....Hope you're all enjoying the last few days leading up to Christmas....more to come tomorrow (hopefully!)