Snowed In!

We were lucky enough to be able to leave work about 2:30 yesterday and it still took us over an hour and half to get home. Even at 3pm yesterday, it had only been snowing for about an hour but the winds were so strong and blowing snow everywhere that visibility was already a problem. Once we were here we knew we weren't going to be going anywhere!

Tues 4pm




Tues 10pm






What we woke up to this morning at 7am.

Snow on our windows:


The front yard. Our village is AMAZING and our street is already plowed!


The back yard:


You almost can't even see the bin that is in one of the above pictures:




Alex trying to get outside to shovel some snow away from the door. We couldn't get this door open this morning so Pepper had to go out our front door and do her business in the front yard. (She typically loves the snow but is not interested in this 40 mph wind business)






A picture of our backyard from our bedroom window (our fence is at least 6ft tall)


Someone was excited when she heard "Snow Day"


And it's still not over! As I type the wind and snow have picked up and again and the weather men say we can expect at least another 2 inches before this afternoon. It seems the whole city is pretty much shut down. Lake Shore Drive (the road we used to live on and take home everyday) was shut down last night after a few accidents that caused people to be stranded in their cars for 12 hours. We are just so grateful to have been able to leave early yesterday as well as the fact that we never lost power throughout the night.

With the snow still coming down shoveling at this point is impossible, so we are settled in for a nice long day of a whole lot of nothing!

Thanks to everyone who has called to check in on us!