winter weekend--now extended

breaking late news: no school in st. paul, minnesota tomorrow! only the 2nd or 3rd time since we've lived here. not a huge surprise at this point. biggest blizzard since we've been here fell on saturday (and bitter cold ever since). somewhere between 18 and 24 inches in our yard. (hard to tell with all the blowing). ben did much of the snow blowing with the rest of us stranded in baldwin wisconsin at emma's hockey tournament. it turned out to be kind of fun: emma's team made it to the championship and though they got second, they played a great, physical, fast-paced game that ended up 6-4. (emma knocked a few folks around and even had an assist). speaking of hockey, terri's team squeezed in a game late this afternoon and got their second win. even more exciting: terri had a hat trick! (that's 3 goals, for those of you new to hockey.) don't know what tomorrow will bring--besides school, emma supposed to have bball game, and ben driver's ed. but we're guessing it'll be a fun morning...and lots to look ahead to for the week anyway: mmsa band concert, more hockey, ben's test to get his learner's permit, ben's parent/teacher confs, etc. what a time of year to be dealing with several feet of snow.