Snow day

There was talk for at least a full week prior to this storm about how intense it was going to be.  It was not nearly as much snow as some of our previous storms, but it was very wet and heavy - enough so that we lost power from about 8 am Wednesday morning until 2 am Thursday morning. 

It was also really windy and just generally unpleasant outside most of Wednesday morning.  Between that and the inability to quickly dry our clothes, we waited until late afternoon to play outside.  We did build a pretty solid "igloo" while we were out though (it had high walls and a covered entry, but was more of an open air igloo...).

There were a lot of trees snapping and cracking under the weight of the wet snow, so we stayed in the yard and didn't venture out for sledding. 

It was starting to get cool in the house by Wednesday evening, so we all camped out in the family room, where the fireplace had been on all day.  The boys sure thought it was a grand adventure!

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The skies were clear the next day, and the snow had a nice thin ice layer on top to make it great for some fast sledding in the morning.  By the afternoon, everything was pretty sloppy.

Our neighborhood roads were well-cleared by Friday, but there were still a lot of dangerous rural roads, many downed trees, and thousands without power.  (We found out later that some friends didn't get power back until Sunday; others in the area were out until Tuesday morning!)  We'd been in OKC Monday; the kids had school on Tuesday, and then we had snow days the rest of the week.  That's the kind of school week I like to see!