Snowpacolypse

This past weekend we had a doozie of a snow storm.  We got about 15" in 12 hours starting Sunday morning.  To top it off, at the peak, the temperature was -15 with a wind chill of -45.  We went to church on Sunday morning (we had to teach Sunday School), had lunch in town, then headed home.  We didn't go outside for 48 hours.  Kevin ended up calling in to work for two nights and Purdue even closed normal operations!  All counties around us were in snow emergencies and it was illegal to be out driving.  

 

It was nice to have more time at home together.  I only wish the cleanliness of my house reflected this extra time...we just simply vegged the entire time!

It was interesting to look out our door on Monday night and see that nothing/noone had been down our road.  This lasted for 36 hours before a plow came down on Tuesday morning.  It was a perfect snow blanket.  I hadn't seen anything like this for a long time.

Kevin got out on Tuesday morning and walked to Grandpa's to borrow his snow blower.  He cleared their driveway and places between our house and theirs on his walk back.  He then took care of our driveway and sidewalk.

He came in to thaw out and noticed our neighbor (younger single mom) was out trying to shovel her drive.  So he bundled back up and took care of her driveway, our other neighbor's driveway and the sidewalk of the elderly woman on the corner.  You can see that the drive almost covers the snowblower!

Our backyard showed some signs of the high winds that drifted things on Monday.  Kevin had cleared a path to the satellite on Monday morning and it was completely covered back up the next morning.

The trees and neighborhood was truly beautiful, but much too cold to enjoy for more than a quick picture.