Blizzard

We get a lot of snow here, so that’s nothing new, but last night, we got a true blizzard.  Snow + high winds = huge snow drifts.  We didn’t get that much snow, it just landed so crazily.

This is our garage.  We had to shovel off the top so that a snowblower could even begin to do it’s work.

Seriously crazy:  Just a few feet in front of the mountain blocking my garage, you could see bare pavement on the driveway.

 

The drifts were so big, they covered the outdoor swimming pool in my neighbors back yard.  They also covered the bottoms of the swings.

After being cooped up for the morning, the boys wanted to go out in the snow.  This didn’t end up being such a good idea.  The snow was so deep, that the boys kept loosing their boots and whatever toys they brought out with them.  I had to ‘rescue’ Patrick from the picnic table under the slide (can’t even see it, can you?) because he couldn’t find his boot and his foot was about to freeze off.  When the snow is above their waist, we shouldn’t even bother.