Snow,Snow and More Snow

Last Friday only the middle school didn't have school for parent/teacher conferences so after Jameson was off to preschool Jenna and I decided to have a little fun of our own.  We went to lunch and went shopping so Jenna could use some gift cards she got for Christmas.

That night Adam took Britton and Korinne up to Beaver Mtn for the Kirk's annual ski night party.  I stayed home with Jameson and Jenna stayed home because she couldn't miss ballroom dance so close to the start of competition season.  Britton took a few friends with him and the weather ended up being perfect for both skiing and the drive through the canyon.

Last Sunday night we had our typical family meeting to go over the schedule for the week and Monday was looking to be a pretty crazy day with a lot going on. The next morning at 6:00 a.m., however, both of our phones started ringing at the same time so I knew immediately it was the school district calling all parents.  They had implemented a 2 hour snow delay so roads could be cleared before buses were dispatched to pick up students.  I got up and looked outside and thought, "Oh great, here we go again." The snow was really coming down and was showing no sign of letting up any time soon. I was able to move Britton's 7 a.m piano lesson to 9 a.m. and then watched as all of our other commitments were slowly canceled throughout the day. School went from a 2 hour snow delay to being canceled all together. Then other texts and e-mails started to come in: Geography club canceled, soccer canceled, ballroom dance canceled.  Adam spent hours snow blowing driveways and sidewalks for neighbors that needed help and then worked from home the rest of the day.  It snowed on and off for the next 3 days and we easily got another 3 feet of snow on top of the 3 feet we got earlier in the month.  I think our snow total since Christmas Eve is about 71". That, my friends, is a LOT of snow.

Jmo and Johnny getting ready to go to preschool.  You can see the snow is over their heads.

Jmo standing next to the wall of snow at the edge of the driveway.

Pictures don't do it justice. There hasn't been this much snow in January since 1983-84. Once school was canceled on Monday the kids all got together with their friends to play.  Britton and his friends were featured in the Herald Journal after making a 13 foot snowman.

Even though it was still snowing Tuesday and Wednesday everyone was back to their full schedules. Korinne joined up with 2 friends to participate in the school science fair this week.

 They won 2nd place in the 5th grade category for their experiment making mega foam with different strengths of hydrogen peroxide. Good job girls!

 Since our school district hasn't had a snow day in 17 years they didn't have any snow days built into the current schedule so now they have to find a way to make up 3 full days of school. They canceled a Teacher development day in February and are having the kids come to school on President's Day, but the 3rd makeup day hasn't been announced yet.  It really has been a crazy winter and we aren't even out of January yet!  Let's hope the rest of our winter is a little more UN-eventful.