Neighborhood Dig Out

Oh my. I think this weekend cemented our plans to retire in California. These pictures are from Sunday. We started shoveling on Friday (by we I mean Lance :). Most of the neighborhood was out in shifts all weekend trying to stay on top of the snow.

I love our neighborhood. There was a real sense of cameraderie this weekend as everyone helped each other out and looked out for those who were not able to shovel their own walks. This is a picture of our street Sunday morning. Lance was down out the end digging out my mom's car so she could get to work Monday morning. It took him 3 hours. He dug out our car yesterday with the help of our next door neighbor. Crazy, crazy snow.




This was the view right outside our door Sunday morning. The tree at the top of the post is the tree in front of our house. I love how pretty it is in the different seasons.


Ella had a blast "helping" her dad clear the snow. She built a snow sculpture, climbed "snow mountains" and ate a lot of snow :)





I'm not sure why but I'm getting a kick out of making the kids pictures more retro looking. Ella brought in a whole bowl full of snow and sat at the table and ate it with a spoon. I think it is her favorite treat right now.

We are now in the middle of another snowstorm. They are predicting between 10 and 20 more inches. I doubt the kids go to school for the rest of the week. The federal government has been closed for 3 days now. It's closed tomorrow but Lance has to work from home since it is his telecommuting day. Hopefully, I will post more pictures tomorrow after this current snowstorm. We only need 9 more inches to be the snowiest winter on record. Absolutely crazy.

Snow, snow, and MORE snow!

What a crazy winter we are having this year. It seems that every storm that comes this way brings snow with it. This weekend we were hit with what has been dubbed "Snowmageddon." It ranks #4 in recorded history for DC and this storm also brings us to the 3rd snowiest winter in DC history. So what does that translate to for us? Snow days, sledding, laundry, naps, hot chocolate, wet floors, warm baths, lots of movies, hide and go seek, snow ball fights, shoveling, pajama days, and lots and lots of family time.

Libby had a doctor's appointment yesterday morning. When we left it had just started to barely snow. By the time we got home, kids were already sledding and my two older ones were dying to go out.





I love how Spencer watches out for Ella when they are outside together. He always makes sure that she is included (even though he doesn't always want her to tag along).


Isn't the view from my deck beautiful?




The two pictures above were taken yesterday morning. The picture below is of our deck this morning when I woke up. It continued to snow for most of the day. Spencer left his sled outside yesterday afternoon. We know it is out there somewhere, we just don't know where.


Church has been cancelled tomorrow. I doubt we have school Monday and more snow is expected on Tuesday. The kids only had two days of school last week (they had Monday off and Weds. and Fri. were snow days). We have lots of food, games, movies, and general supplies . . . I'm just not sure how we are going to survive each other :)