The Blizzard

It has been snowing like crazy and last Friday and Saturday we were hit with a blizzard here in Maryland. We still had about 6 inches on the ground from the last snow and we were supposed to get 20 - 30 inches more. We decided to get snowed in at my mom's house for the weekend. My step dad was out of town so we wanted to be there to help my mom dig herself out when the snowstorm was over. We didn't know just how interesting our weekend would be.

Layla has never liked the snow but she was excited to put on her snow boots (she loves her shoes) and go outside. She never seems to get cold. She ran outside without her coat on. I had to run out and get her before she froze!

She would not touch the "white stuff" but she was definitely interested in it.

We made it to my mom's fine. I did not even know Eaan had unloaded the car! I could not see him with his camouflage on. :)

That night Eaan, my brother and I walked to the neighbor's house. When I left the snowstorm was going full force. Trees were already down and I had to pretty much wade home while fighting the wind. It was crazy but awesome at the same time. :) The next morning we woke up to A LOT of snow, wind and some downed trees. This one fell on our zip line.

Then a second tree fell on the zip line...we were afraid the zip line was going to snap.

This could be bad...Eaan can figure it out...when he wakes up.

The trees had almost hit the house.

Trees just kept falling.

One almost fell on Jeff's boat.

The wind made it hard to see.

The common driveway.

Trees down here too. No one can get out now.

Mom thought she might be able to move the tree on her own. She gave it a good effort.

The main road...

All this and it was only eleven in the morning. The rest of the day was even better. It involved stuck vehicles, chainsaws, lots of snow blowing, shoveling and more downed trees.

The Snowstorm Part II

I know I am behind but I do have good reason to be. I was without my computer for a week (again) and with this recent snowstorm we have been shoveling fools around here. So while I don't have pictures from this snowstorm downloaded and organized yet I do have the rest of the photos from the one in December. I know, I know...there have been three other snowstorms since then but what can I say. I am ridiculously behind. Anyway, we had seen Santa the night before on the fire truck and now it was time to play in all the snow that had fallen since then. This was Layla's first time out in the snow and lets just say it didn't go well. When we started getting ready to go outside she knew something was up.

When we finally got outside things did not get better.

She didn't know what to think. Poor baby.

Anna was having fun...

but Layla was not.

Jourdan was having fun...


but Layla was not.


The snow came up to Jourdan's knees so he was having a little trouble walking in it.


Soon enough a snowball fight began...


but I had taken Layla in for a nap so I was nice and warm inside. The next day we went to my mom's house to see what the snow looked like there. Turns out it was the same. :) Otis enjoyed playing out in the snow.


Eaan helped my mom out by snow blowing the driveway.


Jourdan kicked some snow.


And then got a picture with Tommy. We miss you Tommy!


Then he got his foot stuck. Oops.


That's one long driveway. I am glad Eaan is doing it.


Then Anna, Jourdan and I tried sledding.



I knew this wouldn't turn out good. Jourdan didn't want to go again.


So we kept walking. Jourdan climbed up a mountain of snow and showed me his snow covered gloves.


Then he wanted to show off his muscles.


Our day ended with a snowball fight.


I won. Ha!
I am working on getting the pictures from the past couple days. There are a lot of them. A lot of craziness occurred. I can't wait to post about it.

Peaceful

I love snow...for the first day, then I'm over it.

The Snowstorm

In December we had a pretty big snowstorm here in Maryland. Usually we don't get snow until late January and we don't always get a lot of snow. So for us this was a big deal! The night started out normal. We knew a snowstorm was coming so we had Anna spend the night. She wanted to get snowed in with us. We were playing around waiting for the snow to start when we heard sirens outside. We all ran out in our PJ's to see what was happening. Santa had come on a fire truck! The kids were so excited! As we waited outside for Santa it started to snow. Perfect timing!

Santa and Mrs. Clause

Layla wasn't too sure about all of this. She didn't know what was going on. This was also the first time she had seen snow. Turns out...she hates it. :)

My crazy monkeys, runny noses and all.

Jourdan loved the snow. He was having so much fun. And the snow had only just begun.