Snow Fun & Cleanup

I guess it was almost two weeks ago now that we got all of the ice and snow. Evansville had a couple inches of ice first and then 6-8 inches of snow. Preschool was shut down Tues - Fri. Since we had the ice, we couldn't play outside too much since our yard is so tree-filled. We had to stay clear of playing under any trees because you heard the constant crackle and pop in the trees soon followed by falling limbs...scary!

We did make it out to play a couple of times though. We even hit Mom & Dad's sledding hill though there are no pictures to prove it. I couldn't believe it but Gabe went down the big hill all by himself!! Kendra doesn't seem to be too fond of the snow getting on her boots or gloves but she did enjoy her trips down the hill. I really don't know how people sled without a 4-wheeler. Heath and I were sweaty and exhausted when we left after packing the kids and the sleds back up the hill several times!! We needed some extra helpers or a 4-wheeler for relief!

Here is the patio furniture on our deck. This was before it was finished but you get the picture...lots of icicles beneath the snow!

Gabe has a bit of his mother in him. We like to mess and shovel the snow whether we're doing any good or not.

Poor Kendra only has Gabe's snow bibs and jacket from last year so we have to be sure and put the pink hat and gloves on her so you can see she's a little girl. She preferred hanging out in the barn riding a bike while Gabe did his shoveling.


Juice break!

Today, we had big plans to get up and start cleaning up the yard...the many limbs that had fallen from the ice storm as well as some of the trees that we had taken down a few weeks ago from the wind storm this fall. Well, that was a big joke. Heath got the chainsaw out and sawed for a while and the kids and I did our best to pick up some fallen limbs. But the yard was a slushy muddy mess in some places and still iced over in others. It was too hard to walk down to the burn pile without falling down on the ice so we just didn't get a whole lot accomplished. We did get the front yard cleaned up so passers by will think we've made some progress :)

We still played outside quite a while and Kendra did require one wardrobe change after falling in a nice icy mud hole that soaked thru up past her belly button. I think we all enjoyed the weather anyhow. The kids stomped around in mud puddles, we shoveled some more ice and snow to help it melt faster, played remote control cars, cleaned up in the barn, took a buggy ride, got naps, did a couple loads of laundry. Ah, it's good to be home with nothing better to do for once!