The snow finally stopped, and the winds picked up and made some pretty big snow drifts. School was canceled again today, and I don’t think that it will be open tomorrow either. Tonight they are calling for wind chills in the -20’s. It is going to be really cold.  Here are some of my pictures from yesterday.

Dylan thought the front porch looked like an iced cupcake.

I agree the snow was extra fluffy, and the winds really made it look like frosting.

We were trying to guess just how much snow actually fell…

Care to take a guess???

According to our favorite weatherman we got 16 inches of snow.

We waited until dusk to start shoveling, the winds had finally calmed a bit.

Kudos to my hubby for getting out there in all that mess and digging us a path out.

He was so sweet, he even dug out the neighbor’s sidewalk and steps too.

It sure is pretty, but I’m ready for Spring.

We didn’t really think that when the weatherman said “Blizzard Warning”  that it was actually going to happen, boy we were wrong.

The snow has been falling non-stop ever since last night.

It’s showing no sign of stopping anytime too soon either.

We are under a blizzard warning until tomorrow morning,

I’m pretty sure that school will be canceled for tomorrow too.

Even if it isn’t, I don’t think that I’ll be getting out in this mess.

Hello long Winter…

Last week we were lucky and had a very mild week, this week is going to be brutal. We are looking at a major Winter storm heading our way. Oh yes, freezing temps, blizzard-like conditions, and 14-15 inches of snow. The one cool thing about the upcoming storm is a chance for thunder-snow. I’m really excited about that. I’ve seen thunder-sleet, but never thunder-snow. We’ll see what happens. I’m pretty sure that we’ll see a few days out of school this week.

So how is the weather in your neighborhood today?

My goodness Winter has arrived and it has brought high winds and freezing temps along with it. We had a little dusting of snow over the weekend, but mostly it is just cold cold cold outside. Today though there was a really pretty sight in the early morning sky.

It’s a little faint, but if you look really close you can see it.

It’s an ice-bow. It was so pretty, and gone in a flash. I had the kiddos run to the door as fast as they could, so they could see it too. Every once in a great while you can see them, but they are usually located up high around the sun, this was the first one that I’ve seen that looks like a standard rainbow. So pretty! Beautiful way to start a chilly Monday.