Snowmageddon

In February, we got 2 feet of snow! That's unheard of for our area. We usually get snow every Winter, but nothing like this. Everyone (including the local news stations) was calling it "Snowmageddon" or "Snowpocalyps." Needless to say, we had many, many snow days stuck at home. It wasn't that bad though, because we got to hang out watching movies and drinking hot chocolate, Wayne enjoyed pulling a few people out of the snow who were stuck, and of course Mason loved playing in the snow until he was a popsicle!


That's our BBQ grill under there
This is after Wayne swept the snow off the porch with a push broom--it was so powdery!



I loved these little bird prints on the front porch

Snow Day~Jan 2011

This was the first snow of the year, in January. Mason loved it.

I love the snowflake on his eyelashes...
I didn't actually take Maddie out in the snow (it was freezing!) but I bundled her up in her car seat & we watched Mason play in the snow from the sunroom.

I just adore this little hat on her! I bought it thinking it would be too big, but it fit just right.

When Wayne got home, he assisted Mason in retrieving this huge icicle off the house!
Then it became a unicorn horn...
...and a sword.
This snow was fun, but little did we know 2 weeks later we'd be stuck in almost 2 feet of snow!!

Early January Snow Days

The first full week in January, we had several snow days with all local schools closed. (Much like today!) Mason was so excited to get outside and play and build a snowman.

Our little angel making a snow angel

Wayne got a workout pulling Mason in the sled


Snowball fight
The next day, we played outside again...




We tried to build a snowman, but the snow was too dry and it turned out to be a snowblob.
The next night I got home from work to find that Mason & Daddy had made a real snowman in the front yard!

Mason in the Ice (just a few more!)

The ice is gone,
The trees are down,
Thank God the trash truck came around,
The trees are stripped,
It left everything ugly,
At least the electricity is keeping us snuggly!
(although it took me 2.5 seconds to write that, I think I just might win an award or something for it.)

What a Beautiful Mess

We've officially been declared a "Disaster Area." I'll let the pictures do the talking~this was my trip in to work this morning...

I bought Mason these boots tonight! (I'll admit they were in the girl's section, but they look boyish to me and there were NO boots in the boy's section.) Mason LOVES them of course.

Updates...

Great news! Little Miss Harper is doing a lot better! She's the newborn baby of Kelly, whom I blogged about here.
Thanks for your prayers~to see the cutest pics and the full update, go here.

Wayne was back at work today and I will be returning tomorrow morning. I've been captive inside the house for 3 days now, so I'm looking forward to being a part of the outside world. Mason asked me a few times today if we could go to Mimi & Grandpa's house~I think even he was ready to leave the house.
I feel almost guilty that we never lost electricity throughout the ice storm! I hope all my family & friend's are making it ok!

I guess that's all. I have some cute pics of Mason to share, but I'm gonna go watch LOST instead! (forgive me!)

Ice Ice Baby

We were iced in today. (like everyone in NWA) I was so glad to hear my workplace was closed early this morning. Thankfully, Wayne was able to work from home. So I played with Mason most of the day, took too many pictures of the ice outside, watched some tv and made this.
I'm quite upset that American Idol did not record due to the satellite not coming in. :( I'll have to try to catch it online (is it online?)
Anyway, it started out icy this morning & just got worse & worse. It sleeted & rained & snowed all day long and so many people were without electricity. We are so lucky that we had power all day (just a few flickers here & there) The main issue we're all facing is all of the trees that are down. The inch+ of ice on the branches has downed so many trees around us and all over town. Every single neighbor around us has MAJOR tree damage. We have minor damage at this point, but are holding our breath on a few of our large trees...


The pink is Ice