So, as many of you probably have heard, we have had an insane amount of snow this year!! Snow officially started snowing on December 13th but it was only a dusting which promptly melted the next day. By Wednesday the temperatures were downright cold. I was optimistic that we would get more snow (the blizzard that they were predicting) but it wasn't coming as quickly as they had predicted. SO, Aidan and I decided to bake cookies, mint M&M, peanut butter blossom, and peanut butter cookies with a peanut butter cup in the center to be exact. We had a lot of fun. I also made some yummy chutney and lemon curd for Aidan's pre-school teachers. In the back of my mind I knew if I went crazy we would for sure get snow....it's been known to happen before!!
Sure enough....by the morning we had at least 8 inches of snow. I woke up around 3:30am and there was nothing, ok it was a dusting and "trying" to stick in spots to the road but it was pathetic at that point. By 6:30am....well.....that was the 8 inches. You have to remember that all areas around us had snow dumping on them since the night before while we had been getting rain. I was so thrilled!!!! Aidan and I took John to work because his car doesn't have studs on yet or chains and my car has the studs on it.
It snowed all last Thursday (Dec. 18th) until around 5pm and then nothing until Saturday. We got 12-13 inches from the Thursday snowfall. It was great!! We had so much fun playing!! I have decided that I live in the wrong climate where we don't usually get snow. Well it snowed, Saturday all night and we were at my mom's for our Christmas since Katie and her family will be visiting her in-law's (if they can leave the airport). My brother-in-law was outside shoveling around my car at least 4 times from the time we got there around 6pm until we went to bed around midnight because he was concerned that I would have this baby and need to get out and wouldn't be able to. I thought it was so sweet!! Nope, no baby. John and Dave shoveled all morning on Sunday while Katie, Alexis and Aidan played in the snow. I stayed inside because all I really could do was stand there.
We had snow all day on Sunday as well and a windstorm from Saturday evening that actually left drifts!! It was C-R-A-Z-Y!!! By the time John and I got home on Sunday evening after visiting Santa and grabbing dinner, we had at least another 8-12 inches. So total snow fall was 18-24 inches!! John thinks its around a foot, but he didn't take into account the snow that was compacted from the first snow fall. Things have since iced over and our parking lot might as well be an ice skating rink. It can get exciting!!
Anyhow, we have had temps as low as the single digits and not getting higher than mid-30's and that was just yesterday. Crazy!!! My in-law's came and got Aidan for me today since I have a few doctor's appointments and it is right during his nap time. When I walked outside to say good-bye to Aidan the snow was lightly falling. I was happy!! I love it when it snow's!! My MIL wasn't so thrilled I believe! She thought I was crazy for being excited and happy about the snow!! Oh well. So we'll see what the rest has in store for us!! So stay tuned....I have pictures to post but right now, I need to go grab a shower and get to my appointments so I am not late. I don't know how long it will take me to get to Evergreen Hospital since there are hills everywhere around it. I'll post pics soon!! PROMISE!!!
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