Let it Snow!

The view from our back deck

This is the view down our street from our front step.

Lucy, Eli, and Thom enjoying the snow.

Look at all the snow in our front yard!

Sledding. . . without a sled. . . Eli's way

As you can see, we had our first "real" snow of the season this week. There's been no school this week, and many businesses were closed Wednesday. We had some snow come on Monday, then more on Tuesday, followed by ice Tuesday night into Wednesday, followed by more snow. I think we have about 8 inches total apparently. All the trees are covered in ice, and then some of the bigger branches have snow on top of that - so it really is beautiful to look at. The dog is a little nervous to walk around the yard; with a half inch of ice in between layers of snow, you kind of crunch and fall through the top layer of snow into the first layer.

Eli and I haven't been anywhere since Monday. Thom has been taking my car (with 4 wheel drive) into work, and I really haven't wanted to venture out in this mess anyhow. Besides, Wednesday our city was at a Level 3 Snow Emergency, which means we couldn't go anywhere even if we wanted to. But we've been playing outside, and going back and forth to the neighbor's house. They came over here Wednesday to make lunch, as we lost power for a while and we have a gas stove. Plus, our gas fireplace happened to be on when the power went out, so we had that going for us, too.

But tonight I get to leave the house for a group workout at the gym. I've started another 12 week fitness program, and am looking forward to tonight's workout - for many reasons (but mainly because I get to leave the house!)

The temperature is supposed to go above freezing on Sunday (a real heat wave!) so we'll see how long all the snow lasts. . .