On Tuesday afternoon, it began snowing. The flakes were huge and the wind was blowing, making it hard to see outside. We were supposed to get anywhere from 8 - 15 inches of snow. While the girls and I were excited for some large amounts of snow, Calvin was grumbling. He and snow are not friends. He dislikes the amount of time that it takes to clear it all out to get anywhere. Add to that the fact that he has to clear out the school and church parking lots too (because he's a trustee) and he really doesn't like snow. Wednesday morning we woke up to high winds, blowing snow, and still more falling snow. School was cancelled for Aubrey, and we even convinced him to stay home with us. The girls were so excited for our snow day, especially since Daddy was home with us! I made waffles and bacon for breakfast, and Calvin got the girls dressed. We spent most of the morning in the basement by the fireplace with the girls playing, Calvin working on bids, and me finally using the new DVD editing software I got for Christmas. It was so nice just being together. After lunch, the girls took naps (or rested as they tend to do these days) and Calvin went outside to begin digging us out of the huge snow drifts all around our house. He spent several hours working on it (thank goodness his dad came with the blower on the tractor or it would have taken even longer!) and then doing chores. In the meantime, the girls got up from their rest and turned the couch into bunk beds, which is something they've been doing for the past week. They use the stepladder and stepstool to get onto their "bunk beds" and then read books and play with their babies on there. I'm not sure whose idea it was first, but they love doing it! All in all, it was a very relaxing day and I was so glad to be snowed inside my nice, warm house with my family.
The entire south side of the house was buried in a snow drift about knee deep. Calvin could barely make it out the back door.
This is the northwest side of the house. I normally have three evergreen bushes that you can see, but they are buried and you can only see the tops.
The big mountain of snow that came from clearing the lane. The girls are pretty excited to go and play on it.
Our tallest drift by the horse barn was almost as high as the round pen, which is about shoulder high on me.
The other big drift was in front of the cow barn. It was so high it covered part of the trampoline frame.
This is normally a cone-shaped tree, but the snow was so heavy it made it spread apart.
The girls and their bunk bed on the couch
Aubrey's part of the bunk bed
Chloe's side
This is the northwest side of the house. I normally have three evergreen bushes that you can see, but they are buried and you can only see the tops.
The big mountain of snow that came from clearing the lane. The girls are pretty excited to go and play on it.
Our tallest drift by the horse barn was almost as high as the round pen, which is about shoulder high on me.
The other big drift was in front of the cow barn. It was so high it covered part of the trampoline frame.
This is normally a cone-shaped tree, but the snow was so heavy it made it spread apart.
The girls and their bunk bed on the couch
Aubrey's part of the bunk bed
Chloe's side
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I wondered how you fared with all the snow blowing around. It is nice to be "snowed in" and not having to go somewhere. We had 18 inches here in West Bend.
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