More Snow Pictures

I did actually let my kids out in the snow.  Not as much as they'd like, but we did have colds.

It turns out that Ephram loves snow... when he is looking at it.  Not so much when it is covering his entire leg.  I moved him out to the street where some cars had pressed it down a lot.  He still didn't love being in it.

So he decided that he would be the hat and glove guy.  Whenever Andy and Charlie went out into the snow, he would gather up all the hats and gloves into whatever box he could find and stand by the door/window ready to change out supplies.  It was a very fun game for him.

Meanwhile, Andy and Charlie had a lot of fun.  Unfortunately I do not have a lot of pictures because I was inside with Ephram!

And Ephram?  We found a good compromise.  He would step out onto the covered part of our patio and watch the fun.  He loved watching!

The Big Storm

This January we had the biggest snowstorm I have seen in the 13 years we've been in the Puget Sound area.  It started the day before my birthday and lasted for about a week.

We always measure snowfall on our patio table to see how much has accumulated.  On Day 2 we stuck this ruler in so that we could measure it.

By Day 4 we could not find the ruler anymore.

And it kept piling up from there.  This was the last picture that I took of it.  We're guessing there was somewhere around 18 inches on the ground at that point.

Another good indicator of the accumulation?  Boone.  Boone loves snow.  He typically begs to go outside and eat it all anytime he senses it is near.  Around Day 4-5, he started only going out because he needed to.  I don't think that he liked the feel of it on his stomach, and he was having more difficulty working through it.

It was very fun to watch him rebuild his paths day after day.

Day 1 - not too much snow, just the way he likes it.

Yeah... that's too much snow.

Our area is really not equipped to handle storms like this.  The main streets are plowed, but they don't plow into the neighborhoods.  When you have several inches of snow on the ground and a front wheel drive minivan, this means that you are stuck in your house.  From our house we watched several people try and fail to navigate our cul-de-sac, so we remained inside.  We also happened to have colds that week, so we probably should have been inside anyway.  We did venture out by foot a few times, and it was beautiful.  I love snow when I don't have to drive in it.

We were lucky and did not experience any power outages.  Many people in the area were without power for days.

Front yard view.

Street view.

The branches of this tree are usually nowhere close to the ground.

View of our house from the mailbox.

On Friday it finally warmed enough that it started to rain.  It took 5 days to rain that snow away.  Here is what the patio looked like after a day and a half of rain.

Saturday marked a full week of us being inside the house, and I was ready to be out.  Andy went and shoveled for an hour so that we could all go find something to do away from home.  We ended up at Red Robin.  It was the best Red Robin food I've ever had.

This was an interesting storm.  I am okay with it being a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

Snow Day

We had very few snow days this year, so when we saw snow start to fall we would hurry and run outside to enjoy it for however long it would last.  A couple of times it actually snowed enough to accumulate a little.  Ephram was unsure of the snow, but Charlie loved it!