Well, I still can't believe we just had the weekend we had. Watching the news and hearing the reports that could have some snow on Saturday afternoon excited me. A little snow on a weekend when we didn't have any plans works for me. Then as we got closer they kept moving the snow up. Ok... still no plans for the weekend, although I was hoping to run some errands since the weekends are really my only free time. Then Thursday everything started. Josh left work at 2:30 and got home at his usual 4 with his commute taking three times longer than usual. The roads weren't horrible yet, but there were a lot of people on the road all trying to get home and the few slick spots there were left some people totally unprepared in their rear wheel drive. I was excited to take the girls out to see the snow while we had it so we headed out in the backyard Thursday afternoon. Sam had fun and Audrey didn't know what was going on but seemed happy. Sam asked to build a snowman. Of course the snow was complete powder so the snowman didn't work out so well. We weren't out long as it was getting dark, but they got to experience snow. It kept snowing Thursday night and when we woke up Friday it started again. Of course the news said it would come later on Friday but it started here at noon... I think we ended Friday with 3 inches, after snowing for almost 12 hours.
Our mini snowman attempt Thursday
Friday it came down even heavier. Josh stayed home Friday avoiding the roads and drivers. Since it was pretty and not snowing early Friday we headed back to the backyard to play. Sam was so cute when she got up she went right to the backdoor to see the snow and asked to go outside. She played with her buckets and shovels from the beach. She had fun throwing the snow until she accidently threw it in her own face. Of course this is when I decided to record her playing, great timing! She was done after that. By Friday night after more snow we were up to almost 8 inches. It was pretty, but also showed no signs of going away.
Video of Sam playing, until she gets snow all over her face, which of course does not maker her happy.
Saturday morning we got even more. We ended up with about 11 inches. I still can't believe it. By Saturday afternoon the snow had stopped and the freezing rain came in. During a quick break between snow and rain Josh took Sam outside, she again had fun for a few minutes, but then it started to rain and she was done. She also didn't like how deep the snow was. I can't say I blame her, 11 inches is a lot on her! Josh stayed outside after Sam came in and finally was able to build the snowman we tried earlier, since the freezing rain was gave the snow the moisture it needed. I gathered supplies for the snowman as Josh built it, and we are both quite proud of the finished product. We of course took lots of photos in the snow. Anytime there's snow here we must document as proof that it even happened! It was fun, but we were definitely ready for it to be done.
We finally got to venture out to the store Sunday afternoon as we were running out of essentials since we didn't think we would be stuck like we were. I was thrilled to get out of the house, even just for an hour. Josh was able to head into work today, but took my car just in case he ran into any trouble. The roads around here were fine, just slush, it was really just the parking lot at his office that was slick, not surprising.
After the freezing rain came, Sunday morning created sheets of ice covering everything, probably 1/2 inch thick in most places. It still looks like a mess out there, but the cars are cleared off and the walkway. It will be interesting to see how long it takes for the rain to wash away the piles of snow we have in the yard.
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