{"id":5910,"date":"2012-03-02T09:57:46","date_gmt":"2012-03-02T15:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/?p=5910"},"modified":"2012-03-02T09:57:46","modified_gmt":"2012-03-02T15:57:46","slug":"winter-whenever-it-comes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/?p=5910","title":{"rendered":"Winter..whenever it comes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve had an odd winter this year.  Not much snow in December or January, then we get pounded the end of Feb and beginning of March.  I had a white knuckle drive to Salt Lake on Wednesday night.  I was going about 10 miles per hour for quite a stretch on the freeway, just hoping I could stay in my lane and eventually get downtown for rehearsal.  Thursday night&#8217;s drive home from SLC was not bad until I hit Utah county, and then it was pretty blizzardy.<\/p>\n<p>After the wind all night, what snow we had is now in waves and drifts.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/006.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/006-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"006\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5911\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/006-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/006-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And when I look out at the chicken coop, I see this.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/002-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"002\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5912\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/002-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/002-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It looks cold out there.  I don&#8217;t want to go out and feed them, and I&#8217;m pretty sure they don&#8217;t want to be let into their run, since it&#8217;s all snowy and their little feet would be very cold.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/004.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/004-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"004\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5913\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/004-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/004-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Speaking of cold little feet, I told my kids that today was definitely a BOOTS day, with hats and gloves and COATS (not just hoodies like they usually wear).  Some of them found those articles, some did not.  But off to school they did go.  Through the snow.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/005.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/005-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"005\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5914\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/005-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/005-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I was quite enjoying our &#8220;California Winter&#8221;.  <\/p>\n<p>Just a reminder that you don&#8217;t want to miss Sunday&#8217;s Music and the Spoken Word Broadcast.  We will be playing three songs!  Two with the choir and one by ourselves, and it&#8217;s a majorly hard song, so I hope it works ok.<\/p>\n<p>Now, I&#8217;m off to go make Eagle cookies.<a href=\"http:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/053.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/053-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"053\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5917\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/053-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/053-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Because when I was at the scout store (again) I couldn&#8217;t resist this cute Eagle cookie cutter.  So, if any of you find yourself in need of an eagle cookie cutter, let me know, I could totally lend it to you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve had an odd winter this year. Not much snow in December or January, then we get pounded the end of Feb and beginning of March. I had a white knuckle drive to Salt Lake on Wednesday night. 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