Buried

Snow, snow, and more snow.

My goodness.  We got a lot of snow.

Blizzard of 2013 will not soon be forgotten.

While it started on the slow side, by Friday night it was snowing fast & furious.

So fast & furious that we got stuck at our neighbor's house for the night.

That we definitely weren't expecting.

But, it worked out just fine.

And we will all surely remember this blizzard for years to come.

As will all the kids.

Here is the back deck at around 5:30pm.

And here is the deck after the storm.

So. much. snow.

The snow was coming down so fast that our town had to pull the plows off the roads because it was too dangerous for them.

I think at one point there were 4 town plows that got stuck in the snow because it was too deep.

That has never happened before.

But I will say that our town public works department did an amazing job of communicating through its Facebook page.

And they did a great job getting the roads pretty clear once they were able to get back on the roads.

Hubby stuck the yard stick into the snow on Saturday after the snow ended.  Yup, we got 34".

And most of that 34" fell in a period of 14 hours.

Crazy.

E and S playing out in the snow.

Having lots of fun.

The kids played outside a lot.

And they came in a lot.

And R & I dried their snow stuff in the dryer a lot.

Happy kids playing out in the snow.  Note I am inside.

From front to back are: J(my friend C's son), M(R's son), E, and D.

They had so much fun playing together.

Here is a view outside my kitchen window.

Snow drift up to the windows.

Again, crazy.

This storm will not be forgotten.

Our streets have been plowed really well.

But there are other towns where there are still streets that haven't been plowed.

School is cancelled tomorrow again.

The buses and school lots still need to be cleared.

And there are snow drifts up to the windows at a couple of the schools.

Today there were volunteers helping shovel the roofs of the schools.

There is rain predicted for tomorrow and there was worry about the weight of the snow on the roofs.

This is not anything new to us here in our town.

Two years ago, during the winter of 2011 we had record snowfall and the roofs needed to be cleared then too.

I am pretty sure all of us never thought it would happen again so soon.

And our town is not the only one with closed schools tomorrow.

There are many, many towns in our state with closed schools.

At this point I am really hoping the kids are able to go to school on Tuesday.

I think they will, but really who knows at this point.

Crazy.

Spring can't come soon enough.

The back deck.

In the winter of 2011 our deck looked very much the same.

But that was after 3 weeks of storm after storm.

This is after just one storm.

Almost unbelievable.