Blizzard 2011

This past week we had quite a blizzard. We already had a decent amount of snow on the ground then got about 1/2 a foot one night and the next night brought us at least another foot with up to 50 mile per hour winds. When we woke up on Wednesday we couldn't open the front door because the snow had drifted so much...even under our overhang on our porch.

So I decided to go out the garage. This is what greeted me:


And when I approached the van which was parked in our driveway, I saw the wind had made some pretty nifty contours around it:


So we started shoveling, and shoveling and shoveling. Both of us had sore backs and arms from throwing the snow over our heads!


After our shoveling, this is what the porch looked like:


And from the front door:


Here are some perspectives from the sidewalk towards the house. Check out how close the kids heads are to the roof!







And here is J having some fun with the mountains of snow: