January Storm

Over MLK Weekend, we had a huge storm in Connecticut.  Rather than getting a lot of snow, we had only a few inches of snow, followed by A LOT of freezing rain.  The rain covered absolutely everything and took down a lot of limbs. We suffered some of the worse storm damage we've had in years, starting early Sunday morning when a huge limb fell in the backyard.  A few hours later, another limb fell, missing our generator by inches.  For the next twenty four hours or so, with high winds and temps below zero, several limbs hung on our roofs, dragging and scraping while we held our breath, hoping we wouldn't lose any more limbs, especially near the generator.  We never lost power, although so many homes around us did.  We ended up coming through it with no damage to house, thankfully, but it was a scary couple of days.

Just barely missing the generator. 

Everything was encased in ice. 

Beautiful sunset on Sunday night. 

The temperature when Emily and I left for her soccer tournament on Monday morning.  We've had this thermometer for more than ten years and this is the first time it's ever registered a negative reading.  We think it was probably closer to -5.

The Never Ending Winter

It's the end of March and we had snow showers this morning and three inches of snow fell just yesterday.  These photos are from back when we still thought that all that white stuff was great...

February Odds and Ends

Photos that didn't make our February posts:

Super Bowl napper.

First storm of February - back when we still thought that the snow was pretty.

Elizabeth's science presentation - Giant Pandas.

Researching boarding schools on a snow day.  This kid is as serious as they come.

One of the city's giant snow blowers, used to widen the streets after our fifth storm.

Having a friend over is the best!

Birthday party at Polka Dots.

Aren't you jealous?

Blizzard Bust

On Tuesday, a major storm was predicted to hit Connecticut and most of New England.  Although some forecasters predicted that we would get more than three feet of snow, we ended up only getting about 21 inches. That was good enough for a state-wide travel ban, a day off from work and two days off from school - but overall, the "blizzard" was a bust. 

We went out to dinner on Monday night, thinking we'd be stuck at home for days if the storm was the real deal.  While we were eating, one of the local weather men put up this graphic and the entire restaurant went dead silent.  Thankfully, we got less than half of what he predicted.

When I took this shot on Monday night, it had been snowing off and on for about five hours.

You can see Lee cleaning off the cars - although it drifted a lot, the snow was just past his knees in most areas.

Emily and I went for a long walk late Tuesday afternoon.

After the storm.

Tuesday was brutally cold with the wind so the girls didn't play outside but they took advantage of the snow day and warm sun on Wednesday.

 

Wednesday afternoon walk.

Blizzard Busy

Due to the snow and the road conditions in town, the girls were home from school for more than a week.  I was also home for the first five of those days.  It was a long ten days, but we did our best to keep busy and not go crazy!!

Fashion plates. 

Napping. 

Elizabeth had a friend spend the day on Friday - they spent a good 90 minutes outside, playing and building huge snowmen.

They needed Lee's help lifting a huge snow bolder at one point. 

Sitting pretty. 

Watching the Cooking Channel. 

Elizabeth reads while Lee and I watched the news.

We did a lot of cooking and baking!

Reading.

Sewing

The final product, which she gave to her BFF as a Valentine's present.

Puzzles with Daddy.

Watching a hair styling video and doing Emily's hair.