more snow

As it continues to snow, the isolation is starting to wear on us, especially confronted with the biggest holiday of the year. Poor Audrey was so upset last night about (probably) missing Christmas with family and thinking we're going to freeze or starve to death "way out here." The novelty has surely worn off. But today, the kids are going to make a fake fireplace, a la Julie's family. It'll give the kids something to do and bring a little Christmas spirit to the house. We have no tree, no decorations and neither does Jennifer (our housemate). We'd both planned on getting it last weekend, but plans went awry.

So here's a visual recap of how it's gone over the past week


On Sunday morning, the plants were dusted. And the grape arbor has a nice layer of snow.

Today they're almost completely covered. (Yeah, the lump in front of the tree and the dark spot to the left.)

And the grape arbor is filled with ice-covered snow.


And it's still snowing right now.

hey look... we're still alive

It's been a week of snow here and I'm getting a bit tired of it, though I must say that it's been nice to catch up on some things. I've been able to do a bit of writing and finished several Christmas gifts. Of course, my to-do list still has a couple dozen things that I was supposed to get finished, but oh well. I've got two more weeks of Winter Break to cross off to-do items.

The snow has been crazy--coming down nearly every day which is unheard of around here. It's a dry snow, flying around the yard and down the street, giving us from 4- to 14-inches of snow depending on where you measure.

So here's what we've been up to...

Unlike her mother, Audrey is thrilled to have snow.


The kids adventured around the wooded areas by our house.


Check out those icicles! Some reach clear to the ground.


Hearing that ice would be covering the snow in the morning, the kids all decided that 8 o'clock at night was a perfect time to play in the snow.


Ryan's low-cut hiking boots didn't do a very good job at keeping the snow out. Brrr.