The Whelan's

Elizabeth was thrilled when she found out she was going to attend the Skillet concert in Ocean City yesterday. She drove down with her dad, secured an ocean front room in the hotel, relaxed in the hot tub and walked the boardwalk in anticipation of the big night ahead.

She texted me and Alex more times than I can count expressing her excitement. Her friend Makayla was not able to go so Elizabeth got her a t-shirt from the concert. I am sure she will be excited when she gets it. Apparently the seats I secured online were awesome; about 10 feet away from the stage. How come that never happens when I went to concert? Hmmm.

Now you may be thinking...Skillet? Never heard of them. Well, I hadn't either but all of a sudden all the kids (14-17) are raving about them. I thought they were just another rock band but no, they are a christian rock band and there is no cussing in the lyrics or by the band while on stage. Finally! Thank You! I hate all that trash mouth talk. This band has proven that you can still have a successful career and large follwing without all the sailor talk.

Well, Elizabeth just texted me again to let me know they will be back by noon. Better go throw something in the crockpot for lunch. I am sure she will filling me in on all the details the moment she walks through the door. :)

And here I thought we were gonna squeak by this winter with little to no snow. As much as that was my hope, it is still beautiful to see. Unfortunately for me and my emergency essencial classification; I had to spend 14 hours straight dealing with this beauty at the airport last night.

Now that the snow has nearly stopped falling I will probably have to go back in tonight and deal with icy roadways. So, in other words, as much as it is beautiful to see...it does make my work life a little miserable at times.

The kids are out sledding and snowboarding and I am hanging out in my sweat pants, drinking tea and otherwise doing nothing today...My kind of afternnoon.

By the way....suppose to be back in the 60's in the next couple days...now that's more like it.

Any volunteers for washing the salt of my car?

I wish I could add more than 5 pics per post but I haven't quite figured out how. Krista?

Anyway, here are a few more pics of our ski trip this past weeked.

Well it is not usually 60 plus degrees in the mid-atlantic area in early February and trying to plan a ski vacation seems to get harder each year. Our trip to Deep Creek Lake was awsome this year though as we opted for renting a log cabin instead of staying in a hotel. It was so absolutely wonderful with all the snow and the roaring fire. The cabin was quite chilly when we arrived; apparently the owners or rental company keeps the heat off when no one is in. We arrived when the temps were still in the 30's and it took a bit of time to get the chill out of the air. Then it got so hot inside we had to open the windows. The next day, our first ski day, the temps went from freezing to 60 degrees. I was a little concerned about the trail conditions but it was really okay. With a 5 ft base to begin with, a little sunshine didn't make much of a dent in the snow. It was actually quite pleasant. Attached are some of the photos of our adventure. By the way, this was the first year Elizabeth would actually ski and so she had her lesson and hit the lift all by herself. She says it was traumatic at first but she had a smile on her face. Since she never would ski before she did not own a ski suit and she had to wear my old one that was a couple sizes too big. I haven't been able to fit in it in years and in a couple years it will fit her perfectly. Alex has been skiing since he was 5 so he just takes off on his own. Unfortunately he left his ski pants at home and I had buy him another pair at the resort...for triple the price I would have paid elsewhere..growl growl growl.

It's 70 degrees today and if it decides to come back to winter again this year than we might opt for a day trip to Liberty or White Tail. Both places are small but within 2 hours of our house. We shall see.