snow. everywhere. the first storm came just after christmas and it was really pretty. we made it an event, watching it from the upstairs windows while the kids played games and we had movies on all day. in the background, we had to prepare like a hurricane was coming: batteries, flashlights, canned goods, bottled water, dug out all our blankets, tried to find our candles. that storm brought about 14 inches (maybe 17?). the next day, our vacation day turned into a snow day. bryan and i spent the morning shoveling a path for the car and to the entrances to the house (the kids were watching "beauty and the beast").
the second storm came while we were in chicago. we received notice of our cancelled flight and and snow days the day before the storm, we knew it was going to be bad. i had this icky feeling in my stomach that we should have let our neighbors know that we were going out of town, but i thought they may have noticed...anyway, we came back and a fresh thick blanket of snow was covering everything (the temps immediately warmed after the first storm, melting the snow!). our driveway was not as undrivable as it should have been so we gathered our great neighbors must have helped us. awesome. in the next few days, we noticed some of our trees had split and fallen as well, this was a doosey.
there have been other weather "events" that have warranted some effort. one night in particular, bryan had to shovel the driveway once we came home. the sun was setting rapidly and the snow was turning into rain. he was soaked to the bone. it was ridiculous. he bought a snowblower ("snowthrower" as they say in these parts) before the next storm.
the third storm was hefty but really pretty...10 inches of fluffy white stuff. it came down in a matter of hours. the range of snowfall within a region was crazytown: 4-20 inches, what? so bryan was able to use his new toy and we watched him from the 2nd floor bathroom window. pretty cool. he saw a neighbor use it and felt good about his purchase.
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