Quick! Grab the Sleds! It's Snowing!

We woke up to snow this morning. Thick, wet, perfect for snowmen and snowballs, and sledding. Our hill is the most popular hill on the block so a bunch of kids spend part of the morning sledding and playing in the snow.

Since it's headed for 50 degrees this afternoon, they were smart to get out there this morning. Not much will be left by this evening.

I didn't get any sledding pics since I was out of batteries for my camera. But when we got home from the store and loaded up our camera, we got some great shots of their handiwork. Have you ever seen mini-snowmen with whole cloves for the features?

Look closely at the Warren and Marcia snow people. Mine has a flower on her hat (since I'm a big gardener, this makes sense). Warren's has a cheesehead hat (we did live in Wisconsin for a while once) and a straw mustache.

What fun!

Thanks for the Snow People, Kids!

Bathroom Update - Week Seven

THE WEEK NOTHING HAPPENS IN THE BATHROOM PROJECT

Yup! Nothing to report. Other things going on. We decided not to stress about it.

Warren was asked to be one of the judges for the Polar Bear Plunge down at the Lake of the Ozarks. Some years he's actually participated in the Plunge. Since the weather was so cold on Saturday, he was mighty glad he was just judging.

So he was down at the Lake on Saturday morning instead of working on the bathroom project.

The Polar Bear Plunge is where people volunteer to plunge in the Lake of the Ozarks--whatever the temperature--in the middle of February. Part of what Warren and the guys were doing on the Billboard was promoting the Polar Bear Plunge.

People get pledges from friends and family and then dress up in silly costumes for the Plunge.

Randy Warner, one of the Billboard Campers who shared that whole experience with Warren earlier this week actually participated in half of the SuperPlunger Event. The SuperPlungers went in once an hour for 24 hours. Not THAT is brutal when the air temperature is in the teens and 20s. Yikes!

Randy and Warren hanging out in the houseboat used to help keep Super Plungers warm during the 24-hour event.

Overall, Warren thinks they've probably raised well over $100,000 for Special Olympics. Pretty impressive, don't you think?! Lots of people with big hearts, I would say!