On Thursday we got our first major snow of the season. It was quite the storm: it started in the late morning and came down 2-3 inches an hour for a while. They had closed all the schools ahead of time and after it started most businesses closed (including Luke's) and parts of the 2 major highways were closed throughout the state as well. By the time it was done late in the evening we had approximately 11 inches of snow on the ground.
I was reminded of "The Long Winter" in the Little House series. What a depressing story that was! I can't imagine being pounded by blizzard after blizzard in which you can't see 2 feet in front of you and it's so cold that the wood stove only manages to warm a small area right around it. I say thank goodness for insulation and furnaces and global warming for that matter! I'm sure places even further north than we are get really hard winters with more snow than I've experienced but I doubt it's on that scale anymore.
A train stuck in the snow in Southern MN, March 29, 1881Saturday the kids spent some time out side playing in the snow. They had a grand time and lasted longer than I expected.
And today we are stuck at home because of more winter weather. This time it is a yucky "wintry mix" . It was raining when we woke up and now it is snowing and up where my sister and brother-in-law live it is even worse...they can't get out of their driveway and since we go to their house for church we have had to call it off this week. So, next week we will have to catch up in our Advent celebration. Can you believe that Christmas is next week?!
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We are doing much better up here than we expected, I have spent the last 3 hours shoveling and the driveway is cleared but very slick and thankfully I have made friends with the town worker who plows our road so he didn't bury the end of the driveway he turned the blade and gave it to my neighbor across the street - It truly is better to give than receive! :) We are going to do advent with the kids tonight and you are welcome to call in for a phone service if you would like. Alex was very disappointed that you weren't coming over today. Keep warm and give the kids a hug for us.
Mmm - looks like the kids are enjoying their snow snacks! Sorry you had to miss church this week - it always seems extra special during Advent season.
Cool picture of the train and cute pictures of the kids!
Wow! That's a lot of snow! We got a little here but not that much! Hope it doesn't take you too long to dig out. Looks like the kids enjoyed it though
A favorite recipe of ours is making ice cream out of snow...your kids might like trying it out!
2C. milk
1C. sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
add snow until its the right consistency
add chocolate syrup if you like chocolate
Leave it in a bowl out in the snow then they can take breaks to eat their snow ice cream!!
How fun! I am glad that they had such a good time with the white stuff! Miss you guys!
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