We had our first snow storm of the Winter season and boy did it go all out! Over a period of several days we got 6+ inches of snow, an ice storm and a wind storm. All of this caused several days of Amish living (i.e. no power, Internet or cell service) and just plain roughing it. Let me tell you, it's much harder to do with kiddos! Though we were blessed to only have lost 2 full days of power, some were without for up to 7 days!
And, we had heat, unlike most, thanks to our trusty ol' wood burning stove. I was able to head and cook one dinner and one lunch and they were delicious.
During the first day, when we still had power, we took the boys over to Josh's parent's place to sled down their perfect-sledding-driveway. It was so fun, in fact, the most fun I've had in a long time. It was Lucas' first time sledding and he really loved it. I loved hearing his giggle all the way down the hill!
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| Parent's house |
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| By morning, the snow had turned to rain=( Doesn't Lucas look like the kid from Christmas Story in the bunny suit?;-) |
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| Josh sledding |
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| Mama & Lucas getting ready to go down the hill |
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| Don't be fooled by Lucas' expression. He loved every second of it. |
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| Even when he & Daddy crashed! |
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| Daddy & Channing in his adorable bear suit |
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| Mama & Channing |
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| I couldn't help but laugh at him. He didn't think it was so funny. |
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But at least he stopped crying long enough to snap this adorable picture.
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Despite the crazy weather and a week of work missed for Josh, it was fun to have some "off" time and just focus on the kids. I love the snow and hope for much more this year however I could live without the ice and wind. We had many trees come down, including one that hit Channing's window when I was putting him in his crib. It was one of the scariest moments of my life and I'm so thankful that no damage was done to us, our house or cars.
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| This is half of the tree that came down. The other half came down about 3 minutes before, falling into our neighbor's yard. It barely missed their house and cars. |
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| The ice got up to an inch thick on the trees and bushes. |
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| The view of our neighbor's fallen tree. |
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| These Blossoming Cherry Tree's were sagging when the ice was at it's thickest. The tree on the left had many branches break. We've kept it up for now but it's not very pretty so it may have to come down. These are my two favorite trees in our whole yard. |
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| One of the biggest problems, the snow never melted before the ice began stacking up on top of it. |
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| The view down our street. Our neighbors a few houses down lost a lot of branches in their yard. |
