this was only the beginning!

when it was all over we were left with this!

Here is what Snowmageddon 2010 looked like at our house…

this TX boy had never seen snow like this! Much less shoveled it! He loved the manual labor…the Washington Post had an article about all of the men having shovel envy and loving the manly task of shoveling..this was true for Seth!

Owen mostly stayed cozy and focused on growing his cute brown hair back

endless hours were spent watching “John Henry” and “Jim Bob” our backyard squirrels. It was a squirrels paradise when the bird feeder was at their nose level because the show platform kept rising!

snow babies

snowcones

my mom’s beef stew…before the 6 hours of stewing!

either John Henry or Jim Bob…Jackson could tell you 😉

making pancakes with daddy

Seth said he thought the jokes about icicles being so long in movies like The Christmas Story were just jokes…poor kid. I had no idea how deprived he was as a child. He can now say he has seen a real icicle!

Making Southern Living’s Lemon Butter Sugar cookies with mommy! Yum.

As the storm approached and people began hoarding I tried to stop myself and relax knowing that we would be okay and that we would not go hungry, we had blankets for warmth and that we should make the most of it. So we did. It was ironically a time of rest and refreshment for us. I was at a point of exhaustion before the storm so having Seth home for me to get a little extra rest was a huge blessing. We had lots of fun just playing and eating comfort foods!