SNOWMEGGEDON SD 2013

April 7th-10th we got a great spring blizzard....

It started with a forecast that everyone was skeptical about as the past half dozen never amounted or missed us by a ways.....

 

 

Then there was the calm before the storm in which we took our first family bike ride and enjoyed the warmth on the deck until the air began to feel thick and heavy and the sky became gloomy....

 

Putting the bikes back up until "Real Spring"

Here it comes.....

  

In the morning of April 7th, it started with freezing rain.....

Then the flakes began to fly.....

Jakers Scraping the Window

We made chex mix and soup and watched out the window......

The forecast was unaltering......

 

The snow kept coming.....

We awoke at 6am on April 8th to find it White Out.....

By 10 am we all put on snow gear and went out to scoop and depth check....

 

ICICLES!!!

It took us hours to make a dent and the snow kept coming.

I finally went in and took a shower. Then I went out in my warm, dry clothes to check on Wayne. Andy had asked to take some pictures with my camera and next thing I know, I was snow bombed!!!!!!!

How RUDE! Personally, I think I was set up!

This is a double exposure taken of Zach looking out the window at me. He only shows up in my reflection. Pretty neat.

The next day it was sunny and of course school was cancelled, so it was time to play.....

We made a snow fort....

What's This? Dad doesn't do Snowforts??
Mom Does.

A snowman.....

Homemade Hot Chocolate......

The Boys went sledding down the hill out back......

We made Snow Ice Cream (see the recipe here)....

Some pictures from the area.....


Gillette...

This same storm caused tornadoes ahead of it....

Our 1st outing, it looked like it could start up again....

WalMart survived this blizzard thank goodness, if the roof falls in one more time they will condemn it. 

Spearfish High School made a Green Dragon

Some progression pictures.....

SNOWMEGGEDON SOUTH DAKOTA 2013!!!!