Snow my Goodness

So, you’ve probably heard… we got some snow this weekend. About 29 inches, to be exact. It’s unlike anything we’ve seen before, and we used to frequent Whistler in January, so we’ve seen snow. This storm made our December blizzard seem kind of boring! It started snowing on Friday, but really didn’t stick until after dark, when we were getting 2-3 inches each HOUR. This continued until about 9 o’clock Saturday night, so yeah, we got a lot. Here are a few facts to help you visualize just how much snow is 29 inches:

We couldn’t open any of our doors because there was a foot and a half of snow blocking them shut. We ended up going out the sliding door, but Portman had to quickly shovel the snow out of the way so that it didn’t fall into the house.
If you look out our front door, the snow goes straight from our stoop out to Portman’s car, where it hits his car at the level of the side-view mirrors. It is literally the same depth all the way from our house to the mirrors.
We (Portman) dug a path on the patio that looks more like a tunnel. the snow on either side of it is above both of the kids’ heads!

It’s not supposed to get above 25 degrees this week, and they are forecasting even more snow on Tuesday and Wednesday (one report said up to 10 inches), so we are in it for the long-haul. Yippee.

Yesterday we were completely snowed in until dark, but today we bundled up and played with our neighbors, Ellie and Annie. Ellie and Annie’s daddy manned the sledding hill and Harper and Ellie loved it. Annie and Roman were not such huge fans, but I’m pretty sure they were just freezing! Daddy took Roman home for a nap, but Harper and I crashed at Ellie’s house for the afternoon. It was SO nice to get out of the house… we love our neighbors!

Patio, when all was said and done, and the kids standing on it. They are standing on the top step, so it isn’t quite as deep: