Can Anyone Say SNOW!!!!

Last week some time, we had quite a snow fall. After some trauma from the last snow fall, Lillie has grown quite a liking for the snow. We bundled her up and decided to start shoveling our MASSIVE driveway.

What can I say, Lillie has REALLY grown a liking for all things white, fluffy, cold...and tasty?!??!

After a small tasting, Lillie got down to work. And yes, Lillie is wearing a dress (with pants underneath). After Cinderella, Belle, Ariel, and Snow White, Lillie wishes she could wear a dress EVERY day!

After the snowfall, after the shoveling, after dusting off, I have to admit, the scenery from the WARMTH of our family room is quite beautiful!
It may be beautiful, but it's a beast to drive thru. So much so, that two hours of church was cancelled, with only sacrament meeting held for those who could get out.

Ok, so last week was THAT snowstorm. By Monday we were hearing signs of another BIGGER snowstorm ready to hit the DC area by the weekend. Tuesday came and meteorologists were not making any definite predictions except that we should be prepared for a heavy snowfall. Finally Wednesday came and words like "crippling" and "paralyzing" were being used to describe this monstrous storm ready to hit our area. Grocery stores started to get crowded, snow shovels were being sold left and right. By Thursday, forecasts were certain that an "ENORMOUS, HISTORICAL" snowstorm was coming and everyone should be prepared. Well, we joined the loads of people at the grocery store to stock up our pantry, freezer, and fridge. We already had bags of salt for our driveway from the last snowfall. Now, we just had to wait.

Friday came, Keola set off to work and Lillie and I took, what I knew would be our last drive outside - at least for a while. By noon, the first snowflakes started falling at our house. I e-mailed Keola and nothing was happening in DC so he stayed at the office. By 2pm. he decided to start the trek home. Although the snow had been falling for 2 hours, luckily none of it was sticking to the ground. Once Keola came home, we hunkered down for what would be a snow-filled, news watching evening.

In the middle of the night, it was deemed blizzard weather as the winds kicked up and the howling outside began. By mid-morning, this is what we got...

16 1/2" of snow, didn't seem TOO bad since we had experienced the same in December, but we knew it wasn't over. The weather predicted another 6-10" by the evening. By afternoon, these are the pictures we took.

We opened the garage door, since that is usually a good indicator of exactly how deep things are. And this is what we saw.

So around noonish, our deck read 17", and by 4pm...

24 INCHES!!!! Yikes!

The snow had tapered down and was nearly done, so Keola thought, if we had ANY chance of getting out anytime soon, he would need to shovel a path up our STEEP driveway to the cars parked up top.

A few things to notice: 1) The WALL of snow surrounding Keola as he shovels!

2) The little dip of snow closest to the bottom of the picture, is the accumulation within 3 hours or so when I actually shoveled about a foot out so the garage door could close properly - compare to the third picture before this one.

Here's a picture of our deck, or at least part of the rail that is peeking out over the moutain of snow.

Again, the trees are actually quite pretty to me - snow covered and a little droopy.

We already got word that church is cancelled again tomorrow. So it looks like we will enjoy another day together as a family keeping warm and enjoying the snow covered surroundings.

By the way, forecasters are telling us to brace ourselves because, yes, another snowstorm is ready to touch down on Tuesday and/or Wednesday next week!!! AAAAAAH!! Think Spring, think spring, think spring!!!