Tea and Snow

This winter has been very up and down.  I think it has been one of the coldest on the books but snow wise although we have missed 11 days of school we really only had two bad storms.  One of those storms happened to be a on a day when Andrew and I had a double date scheduled and the babysitter all lined up.  Since the winter had been such a bust up until that point we decided that it would probably be a bust again and we were going to go on our date.  So our dear daycare mom Mrs. Beth came and picked up Elisha and they were off for a day of fun.  Jamie and Beth Bavis came to pick up Andrew and I so we could go to tea!  Yes, I said tea and not coffee.  I love going to a tea house and having tea, finger sandwiches, and scones!  I never realized that tea houses actually existed until I moved to Bel Air, I just thought they were an English thing or something from the movies.

Anyway, we were off to tea.  Much to our surprise as we left on our adventure it was actually snowing quite a bit but we were determined so we forged ahead.  We enjoyed a great lunch with delicious food and tea in the winter wonderland.  It was snowing way more than any other storm we had all year....

Here are the boys getting back to the car.

Here is the tea house when we left to go home.

Needless to say, what is normally a 20 minute ride home really took us an hour.  We didn't even go home because we were afraid that the Bavis' minivan would not be able to make it into our neighborhood.  Our son was also at Mrs. Beth's house, which is in the same neighborhood as the Bavis' house.  So we ventured over to the other side of Bel Air unsure of when we would get home.

Here are pictures of the traffic/snow on 24 (this is the main road through Be Air).

Once we arrived at the Bavis' house, the Merson's (Daycare Mom) came over and picked us up so we could be with Elisha.  They have two, 4 wheel drive vehicles so it was a lot easier for them to maneuver in the snow.  After a few hours hanging out with them the snow started to slow down some and Tim Merson was able to drive us home.  It was a crazy day that was full of all kinds of surprises.