We must be crazy!

The temperature upon waking this morning was a whopping -7 degrees. with a wind chill of -30 degrees. And we got up got ready bundled the monsters and headed off to church. When we left church after the childrens part of second service our temperatures rose to a balmy -3 degrees with a windchill of -27 degrees. Yes we must be crazy. We arrived home to find our driveway and sidewalks all drifted shut, we had to trudge through thigh high drifts...no lie...waist high for a couple of the monsters! The wonderful smells of vegetable beef stew brewing in the handy crock pot filled the air. This would be a welcoming and comforting smell if we didn't have to pack up and head out again into this beautiful weather for a family Christmas party. So we are off and running into the belowe freezing unbelieveably frigid air to spend quality time with family we dont usually see. I really do love this time of year....would love it even better if it wasnt so blasted cold outdoors!