Blog Hop: Snow Pics & Stories

Melissa | February 22, 2010

We were, in fact, one of the places that received that “once-every-hundred-years snow.”  You can read about it here, here, here, and here.  We are finally in our meltdown and back into the “swing of things.”  With 39 inches of snow on our roof, we had some spectacular icicles.  Hopefully, this post marks the end of [...]

Foto Friday

Melissa | February 12, 2010

More snow pictures.  I know…shocking! Actually the first two are videos of us sledding on Tuesday.  The hill we ended on was so packed down from hundred of people desperate to get out that you really didn’t even need a sled.  Just snow pants were enough. 
This is Mia sliding down the hill on her back.

This [...]

Snow Stats

Melissa | February 11, 2010

Number of days since our last trash pick up………………………8
Number of days until our next trash pick up……………2 (maybe 6)
Number of days of missed school…………………………………4 1/2
Number of inches of snow since Friday……………………………~39
Number of consecutive days not seeing the out-of-doors………2
I know this doesn’t seem like a lot but it felt like an eternity
Number of hours Patrick spent [...]

Holy Snow, Batman!

Melissa | February 10, 2010

Out front before it started snowing for the 3rd time in 2 weeks.

Out back affter it snowed all night, overnight, at a rate of 2 to 3 inches per hour.

So we got a little snow…

Melissa | February 6, 2010

23 inches (so far).

They say it should stop by midnight. Fabulous.

This is Mia realizing she can’t walk without losing her snow boot.

I have a feeling we’ll be doing a lot of this.

Foto Friday

Melissa | February 5, 2010

We’ve had a pretty…mmm…shall we say interesting week.  On top of starting a business, having car problems, crashing car with problem on a patch of black ice, and having sick kids, there was a tragic death in our church community that is taking its toll emotionally on us.  Let’s just suffice to say that Wednesday [...]

Foto Friday: Happy 2010

Melissa | January 1, 2010

 

Snow Day (and release of 2009 Christmas letter)

Melissa | December 19, 2009

********UPDATE*********
Official snowfall: 18 inches (courtesy of the National Weather Service)
********ORIGINAL POST FOLLOWS********

To some, the copious amounts of snow falling in our neck of the woods might be considered inconvenient or annoying.  For us, who had no plans and a lot of catching up to do around the house, it represents fun in the sun snow, [...]

Foto Friday

Melissa | December 11, 2009

And since we’ve no place to go…
Let it snow…
 Let it snow…
  Let it snow!
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Saturday was Ty’s first snow in America, but not first snow ever. This is him and his foster sister sometime last winter.