Snowed In....Again

This year so far, our area has already been hit with a few snow storms. (As well as receiving a normal year's worth of snow in a little over a month's time!!} The most snow we've received at one time has been about 6-8 inches. Last weekend to be exact. Church was cancelled. We were snowed in all weekend and school was closed Mon-Wed. School reopened on Thursday but we were gearing up for our next huge storm - starting Friday and lasting well into Saturday late evening with snow accumulation expected between 20 and 30 inches! It wasn't a matter of "if" it was going to snow; it was a matter of "when!" With the expected severe storm, school was cancelled for Friday. John only worked half a day and then our family snuck out before the weather got too bad and took the kids to a quick trip to Borders to get a few books. (Library was closed!) Grocery shopping had been done on Wednesday and Thursday-preparing us with at least a week's worth of meals. We were prepared for what was to come. But weren't excited in the least to be stuck inside yet another weekend! Until the snow fall stops, we're hunkered down with many games and movies and books to entertain.

Here is a picture of our backyard as the snow storm started around 10 am Friday (with some snow from earlier in the week):

And here are some pictures that followed throughout the day yesterday:

{backyard}

{backyard}

{front bushes}

{front walkway}
{front tree branches}

{front yard}

{front walkway after a bit of snow fall}

{night picture of the backyard}

About 6 inches of snow fell through the night while we slept. It was so pretty to wake up with so much snow out our windows. And that's as far as my camera went. I wanted to go out but wasn't too motivated to take the camera out and get wet. So I just settled on taking window shots and will go outside tomorrow to take more when the snow fall has stopped. The snow will continue coming down until at least 9-10 pm tonight. Presently, at 4 pm, we have already had well over a foot of snow hit with more on the way. People are saying this has been the biggest snow storm in the area since the 90's...maybe even earlier.

Here are some pictures from today:

{picnic table}

{community playground}

{backyard fence}

{backyard}

{tree branches with snow & ice}

{looking out the window to the front yard}

{our street}

{neighbor's tree}

{snow built up outside our front door}

{front door}