Floods, Taxes, Easter, and Snow?

The past few days have been kinda crazy.

First was the flooding. The area of Missouri near St. Louis that we live in got a TON of rain in the last few weeks which culminated in the flooding of several smaller rivers near where we live. Luckily we live up on a large hill above the river valley, but its not that far. For those of you who came to our wedding in '05 ... the river that sits less than a mile from the church where we got married crested somewhere near 40' above flood stage (close, if not breaking, the previous record). A new town levee saved most of the businesses but not all and other parts of town near here had major flooding that caused a lot of damage. Close to home, much of the interstate I-44 was closed or limited to one lane for a day or two and highway 141 was completely closed in some areas. Pretty crazy stuff.

Saturday we had a huge meal to celebrate Em's Dad's belated birthday and afterward I finished our taxes. Stupid investments in companies that were bought this past year and earnings in multiple states made the work a bit confusing, but I think its all straightened away now. We will be getting a moderately sized refund which will go into the "buy-a-house-fund". ;-) (Oh and we got our first TD's of the "spring" which was delicious!)

Today was Easter. :-) The day consisted of going to church in the morning, followed by a "brunch" with Em's family (and a much longer than normal drive b/c the flooding closed the only direct route between locals), more food at my aunts/uncles down south and back home to visit with Em's sister before she goes back to school. A good day.

Oh, and to top things off .... this morning we woke up to snow coming down. The weathercasters didn't really mention that we were going to get snow, but there it was. It snowed heavily in small spurts all day ... with sunshine in between. Man I am ready for spring!