Summing Up The Smiths: Snow Day!

I should be finishing Suzy’s birthday party blogs, but we had some exciting weather over the past few weeks. When I say “exciting”, I mean it! It snowed!!!

Friday night, Mimi came over to watch Suzy so Hubs and I could go to dinner. I asked Oakey and KK if they wanted to join us for a nice little date night. We scooped them up on our way out of town, and headed to a new restaurant in Hernando named AC’s. It was absolutely scrumptious. We all ordered something different; No one complained one second about their meals. Everything was divine. Oakey was introduced to fried corn on the cob and he loved it. He looked so much like a little redneck eating that corn. I really should have taken a photo to publish on this blog!

Sidenote: The fact that KK and Oakey are dating is awesome. She and I are best friends and our Scotts are best friends. It works out so nicely! Our Scotts grew up together. There were actually 3 Scotts in their “gang”. Scott McIver, Scott Oakley, and Scott Smith. Scott McIver was referred to as Big Scott. My Scott was referred to as Lil’ Scott, and pooooooor little Oakey…. He didn’t get a nickname! Scott Oakley was just plain ole Scott. Scott Oakley does have a nickname from us, now. We are very big on everyone in Suzy’s life having a pet name. Scott Oakley is now “Oakey” to us. She sounds absolutely adorable when she says his name! To this day, everyone still refers to my Scott as “Lil’ Scott”.

Any who, back to where I left off…. We got back to town, dropped KK and Oakey off, and headed home. We were surprised to find Suzy still awake after 9:00 PM. Mimi said she just wasn’t ready to go to bed yet. When I finally got her still in my lap we read, prayed, and sang….. She was out within minutes! Her just needed her Mama’s routine! J

Scott and I are lame and old these days, so we ended up in bed shortly after Suzy. I was out like a light until dawn, but Scott is a terrible sleeper. He said he woke up around 3:00 AM to find lots and lots of snow (for us)! When I woke up around 8:00 I was blown away at all the snow we had gotten. No, it wasn’t tons of snow, but it was a substantial amount for North Mississippi. We were so excited about what we got!

We made Suzy eat breakfast before we would let her go outside.

Suzy and Bella waiting patiently!

We were hoping that the temps would come up a little bit, too. We were finally cleared by Scott to go outside. We bundled up and headed outside. Bella and Lola were just as excited as we were about the snow. My poor Bella that is old and arthritic, but it didn’t slow her down one bit Saturday morning. Snow brings out the kid in everyone!

We played as long as we could. Suzy gave it her best, but when she was shivering we knew it was time to head inside to warm up. We had plenty of layers on her, but she just couldn’t handle too much of the cold. We didn’t know when we went inside to warm up that all the snow would soon melt. It was all gone by lunch L