Snow, Snow, and more Snow!!!

January 30, 2013.  We had just a couple more inches that morning but there is just so much snow!  After only a few storms too.  We had some snow from the end of December that stuck around because of below freezing temperatures.  Then we had the ice rain on January 24 that half melted but froze the snow that was still there.  We then had 2 huge storms on January 27 and 28 into the 29.  We got about a foot between the 2 days.  Jaki was out using the snow blower at 6 am both Jan 28 and 29 so that Kip could get out of the driveway and to work, also so she could get it done when the kids were all asleep.  There was so much worry about another bad storm, that Weber School District had early out for all schools on the 30 and cancelled Parent-Teacher-Conferences for that day.  We only got a few more inches and there were no problems.

As you can see from this picture, the snow is almost piled as high as the mailbox, just from what the snow plow has pushed into the driveway.  Jaki was digging out the end of the driveway on Jan 29 when Justin pulled up to come borrow the snow rake.  He asked if there was another shovel and started helping her.  Addi was waking up at that point so Justin told Jaki to go get her and that he would take care of the rest.  He moved a lot of snow for us.  Jaki was planning on just making the driveway entrance smaller for now, so THANK YOU, JUSTIN!!!!!

Just the pretty snowy trees in the backyard.









The squash garden is almost completely covered!

On Wednesday, after school, Zack and Aibree helped Jaki clean the tramp off.  There was a nice layer of ice underneath it.  Also, the snow is only about a foot from the top of the tramp!

Cambree and Will played in the snow for a bit too but Jaki ended up carrying them both back up front because they just had a hard time climbing around in the deep snow.

It was fun though!

While Jaki cleared a few more inches of snow off the driveway Aibree, Zack, Will, and Cambree played in the snow.  Aibree was such a good helper with the Cambree and Will.

The snow is up to Jaki's knees, even without being fully on the grass.  We never measured a total but it is deep and fun!  The air is finally clear again! The temperatures have finally gone above freezing too!

Addi stayed inside with Kip this whole time.  While he was out taking some pictures she wanted to join him.

We've had mule deer frequently in the backyard.  They've been eating anything they can find but mainly the pine needles.  Probably with all this snow down here they can't find anything up in the mountains.  We normally have 3 or 4 deer but when Jaki took this picture there were 13.

We've been enjoying all of this snow and are just glad that spring is supposedly on its way.  We've had a good year but according to the weather our snow pack is still not quite where it should be.