Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Snowed In!

We got hit by a major winter storm a few days ago! We got 12" of snow total, but with the wild 40-50 mph winds that were blowing, we got HUGE snow drifts. The news says they are 2'-5' deep, here is ours in the backyard at 26"!


A better picture of it:


Our backyard:


We couldn't even budge this door, I had to open a window to get the measurements!


The drift in the front yard, up to Jason's KNEES! My car is going to be stuck in the garage for a while. The temperatures don't get above freezing for a few more days, even then its only 38 degrees, then back down to highs in the low 20's!


Since it was so cold outside, 13 degrees today, and we couldn't get out the door anyway, Jason climbed out a window and collected some snow. He brought it into our covered patio so the kids could play and stay "warm"!


Kate's snow angel!


Sledding...



And our belly-whopper!


Blake made a snow tower,



Kate made a mini snowman with sand shovels for arms, we had to get creative!