Sneaux Day!

On February 12th, it snowed in East Texas! And, I'm not talking about the usual "snow" that we get. Usually, when they say it is going to snow here, they cancel all the schools and then it just has snow flurries and nothing sticks. So, this time, they decided to wait and see what the snow was going to do. I waited up late on Thursday night because it had already snowed quite a bit, but they never cancelled school. Rob worked early into the morning because this type of weather wreaks havoc on their satellites. So, the girls and I continued like any other school night. They made their lunches and went to bed on time. Well, at 5:33 am on Friday, the phone rings. Rob and I are both still in a daze trying to find a phone. It was the school board telling us that school had been cancelled. Well, since there was no way we were going to go back to sleep, we got up and much to our surprise, outside was a beautiful, white, frozen landscape. There was 6-8" everywhere. It was incredible. We sat around for awhile just looking at it and then we had to get ready for work.

Driving to work was another story. I know if you are from the north, you are thinking...Really? They cancelled school for 6-8"?? I know, but people here don't know how to drive in it. I left early and everyone was driving 10 mph. Only two of us made it in that morning, but we lived the closest. It was not really a productive day since most of the places we needed to get in contact with were also closed. We had lunch delivered to us and it was great. About 2:45 pm, I think the attorney's didn't want to be there as much as we didn't, so they let us go home. It was a nice treat!

Rob continued to work a lot that day. I think he said he closed 18 calls that day. A normal day is 3-4 calls. It was insane!!!

In the meantime, the girls had a blast hanging out with their friends houses that day. Here are just a few pics of the day:

Looking down our street Friday morning. Some people had already ventured out by this point.

A tree in our neighbor's yard. All the trees were beautiful. I wish I could have had some time to do some photography like I wanted to that day.

Daisy May (or Santa)...she didn't know what to think at first, but then she dove right in. She and Cricket had fun playing for a little while. It took some convincing to get Princess out and she stayed as close to the house as possible.

The girls with their snowman- the first one they have built in their lives!

Snowman Mullins

On a medical note, I'm doing great. I hit my 14th week, so I'm in the second trimester. I feel SO MUCH better! Not that I really had a bad 1st trimester, but I feel great. The migraines have picked back up, but other than that... My belly is GROWING! I went from wearing my clothes just fine on a Friday to not being able to button my pants on Monday. It was crazy. I still haven't gained any weight, and have lost 7 lbs total. My doctor is not concerned with this, so we aren't either. I still don't have the results back from the testing they did at my last appointment, so hopefully no news is good news.

Calling all Prayer Warriors...

I have had two prayer requests sent to me recently. Please remember them.

First, is from my friend Kim. Jason is her husband...here is what she sent to me:

I was wondering if you could add a friend of Jason's to your prayer list. His name is Michael Parker. He just found out that he has brain cancer. They are planning to do surgery on March 3 and say that things can go either way. His wife's name is Michelle and they have a 16 month old little boy. He was in our wedding and he and Jason were roommates at Texas A&M.

Please remember him.

Also, is my friend Elisabeth's cousin Tiffani. They found a tumor on her liver in June 2009. When they went in to remove it, they found out it was cancer and had spread. They ended up having to remove part of her spleen as well. It is called Cholangiocarcinoma and is one of the rarest and uncurable cancers. She is at the Baylor Hosp in Dallas, and they admitted her yesterday. She was taking Chemo, but had to stop because her cell count was so low. She hasn't been able to keep food down for 15 days. They have tried giving her blood, but she is throwing it up faster than they can give it to her. Please remember her. She needs the prayer NOW!!!

Tiffani

I hate cancer. In case you thought I might feel differently. We need a cure, and we need it now. Every time I turn around, it feels as if someone else is being diagnosed. Please continue your prayers. I know prayer works!

On a positive note, I mentioned a lady named Julie that was undergoing the same chemo that I did several months ago. I heard from her husband last week and she is in full remission!!! She has one more round to go, but she is in the clear. Praise the Lord!!!

With God, WE WILL BEAT THIS!!!