Let it Snow!!!

Since I've moved out to D.C., I've thought that "their" concept of snow was a little funny. I mean, the Virginia and Maryland school systems have closed because of a threat of snow. D.C. schools let us out on a half-day last Friday because of the impending snowstorm. However, as of today (Wednesday) we haven't been back. Church has been cancelled for the last two weeks because of the snow. Now, I would have thought, "Oh, come on! It's a bit of snow! Get the roads plowed, and get back to work!" But here are some pictures, and maybe even you back in Utah will understand that 20 inches, and then another snowstorm piled on top of that, with temperatures so cold that the roads are freezing over with ice, really has the ability to shut down a place. Especially a place not equipped with the winter gear that is required for somewhere that usually does get this much snow. Hope you enjoy. It's a lot of white!


This is what the world looked like when we woke up on Saturday morning! (If you can't tell, it's still snowing).


We decided to venture out into the great unknown! However, some of us had to make our own winter clothes...

We finally made it outside, and this is what it looked like up close...

Some of our friends built an amazing igloo...you can even kneel up inside!


I decided to take a walk on Sunday morning. The sun had finally come out, and it was absolutely gorgeous. It was almost silent outside, and really the perfect day for a beautiful winter walk. I tried to be artistic with my camera...but a) I'm not very good, and b) it was so cold that the battery kept freezing and saying that it had no more life. But, I still think I got some okay shots!





This is what it looks like this morning. You can't really tell, but the wind is blowing very hard, and the visibility isn't much further than across the street. (In my opinion, not a very pretty storm).


We are all doing pretty well. Our power went off for about 12 hours during the last storm. Luckily, we still have it for right now...but with the wind blowing the way it is, I wouldn't be surprised if some more trees went down and took the power lines with them! We'll see!

Hope you are all having a wonderful winter!!