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Snowed In!

By Pamela

Like most everyone else I know that is living in the Midwest, we are snowed in. I do not know how bad the storm actually was, I can only judge it from my back door.  It does not seem like we got unbelievable amounts of snow but what we got sure was blown  around a lot! At one point I could not tell what was wind blowing and what was still snow falling.

I took photos every hour throughout the day yesterday and will post them soon.

I hear that more snow is coming this Sunday. Which is unfortunate because this Sunday is Jacob's birthday/Super Bowl party. I have never been more ready for Spring! So thankfully that groundhog did not see his shadow today. I noticed today that I am almost out of my favorite tea: Santa's Reserve Gingerbread Tea from Harry and David. Please snow go away! The only thing that has kept me sane is drinking hot Gingerbread Tea.

Stay safe and warm my friends!

The Short Chic, trying to catch snow flakes with her tongue. 

The Boy, oh how much he loves this new hat!

This is at 9:30 a.m. the day of the blizzard. My back porch. The "Let It Snow" sign is my idea of humor. We were predicted to get up to 24 inches of snow.

This is around 5:30. There was the largest drift on my back door. I could not even open the door without snow falling into the house.
My final photo, about 6:45 p.m. Look at that drift of snow!

My wonderful husband, trying to keep up with the blizzard. 
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