Snow!

Last Saturday we got a huge snowstorm. The tv news had talked about it for 3 days before the first flakes flew; clearly there was nothing else to talk about LOL. By Friday morning, activities were cancelled for the weekend. We ended up with about 27 inches when it finally stopped Saturday afternoon. A pretty good snow in anyone's books; but wow they made a big deal out of it! I am too used to the snow we got up in State College, I guess. I think for this area down here, it was a big deal. In any case, the boys were thrilled. They've been complaining for 5 years that we moved them "away from all the snow." Saturday was our second big snow for the season, and we weren't done! Last night another storm came through and left us with over 12 inches more. And so, of course, I must post pictures. :-)


There was lots of drifting, so some spots in the yard were almost bare, but in order for me to get to the spot in the driveway where I took this picture of Levi, I had to wade through thigh-high snow.


While you could see in the other picture that the cars were almost clear of snow in the back, here you can see it all drifted onto the Pontiac!


Here is Caleb, wading out to the barn.


Samuel and Noah tried to dig a tunnel, but the snow was too fresh and it ended up collapsing.


On Sunday the sun was out and the snow hardened up a bit. Out along the road the plow had piled up a nice big bank of snow, and the boys dug a new and better tunnel. It actually branched inside, and part of it went straight through, and the other branch came back around and out the same side further down the bank.


Micah


Caleb


Samuel, with Noah climbing on top


Noah

By Monday Chris had his car and the van dug out. We all had dentist appointments Monday morning, so we needed to be out. The sun was out again, and the driveway was clear down to the pavement. Well, except for the Pontiac. We didn't get to that. Here it is, just as the second snow started yesterday:

I'm thinking we won't be using it until Spring LOL

The snow was falling heavily this morning, and we had about 10 more inches by 9 am. It is still going strong, at 1 pm. The boys were eager to go out and see how much of their shovelling was undone LOL.


Levi on the side porch. The other boys were out sledding on the hill behind the garden.


Here is Micah coming back from the hill.

I just came back in after taking more pictures, and the wind has really picked up. The driveway is buried again, so the boys did all that work for nothing. Visibility is almost zero from all the blowing snow, and it's still snowing hard. Blizzard!


The snow blew up to the front door. I had to push it aside with the door to get out.


This fence is about 4 feet high, and borders the road.


Here's how the boys did shovelling. Just kidding, they had it down to the blacktop; it's all blown back over again. And just beyond the milk shed is the road. Trust me, it's there. Somewhere. The snow was really blowing like crazy; it was hard to take pictures.

And here's the Pontiac. The wind is from a different direction this time, so the front is blown partially clear. The boys ran their hands across the windows, so it looks a little like a mohawk ROFL.