The Big Storm 2009

Okay, so I didn't post the pics from cookie decorating, but I thought I'd skip that and post some from the snow storm we just had. We got 15-18 inches, depending on what side of town you lived on! The governor declared a statewide emergency, all state government was shut down. The National Guard was put on notice that they would be mobilized if an emergency happened (like the huge back up on the interstate the last time we had a big snow storm).

The temperature was nice enough that we had the kids outside almost all day...if we weren't eating or sleeping.

The snowplow took out our fire hydrant. Now there's just a hole with a traffic cone over it.

Here are some pics.

Our Snow Dinosaur



By the next morning, our dinosaur was buried. You can see his head sticking out of the drift!



Let them play long enough with the front loader and shovels...and our driveway was taken care of. (okay, so the snow blower did most of it)






Brent and Caleb hiding in the "snow castle." It has three rooms and is deep enough for the kids to hide from the "snow monsters."