Today, December 14th, we moved to our new Chapel - and then left because it snowed!

The long anticipated day has arrived. We moved into our new chapel. It is big and spacious and we almost fit into the chapel but in the end we had to open the over flow curtains. Relief Society was the same way. We almost fit. We had chairs in rows, chairs around the side walls and then a few more were squeezed in. I'm sure we had visitors and some who don't come out very often who came to see the new building so it may not be that full all the time but eventually they will have to divide our ward or divide Relief Society! We are having a weather event. As I've said before the building is beautiful and we are excited to be moved in. Sadly though, we left abruptly, part way into our last classes because it's snowing. Big deal for the northwest! Actually, I-5 is closed for ice somewhere south of us. We are told the airport is closed which is certainly no more than 25 miles away and we were told there was an accident in the northbound lane of I-5 at an undetermined location near us. So-o-o we canceled the rest of the block and headed home. Those of us who moved into the Bliss Rd building when it was new remember having to vacate that building the first day because someone (a child, we later discovered) pulled the fire alarm. We're laughing and wondering if having to evacuate new church buildings on the first day has become a new prescedent. LOL Well, I wish I had a picture of the building, it's quite impressive. However, I do have pictures of the snow right after we got home. You will really laugh when you see how much snow it takes to close things down. But while you're giggling remember we don't have the road equipment to handle snowy weather and if it is going to get icy there is little control for anyone on the roads. We actually slid a little coming home - as did the truck following too close behind us! We all remember the BIG ice storm we had in Jan 2004 when there was ice on ice 4" to 6" deep on the roads, sidewalks, our trees, and bushes. If something slid on the ice it just kept going until it hit something. That week, whenever we opened a door or went outside to look we could hear popping sounds. Day and night there were popping sounds continually. It was the limbs of trees breaking from the weight of the ice. The damage was extensive. We all pray we won't have another ice storm. Right now the weather predictions are for below freezing everyday for the next week. Truly we are having a weather event!