Just kidding! Actually it was because of all the SNOW!!
In less than 24 hours we got about 16 inches of snow, and several feet of drifts. The winds are still whipping stuff around, and the high today was only 8 degrees Fahrenheit. . . . the low tonight will be -10 !
With the snow and extreme cold and wind-chills, they cancelled church and about everything else these last two days (including exams yesterday!).
So what did Joanna and I do at home this whole time?? Wrap presents, clean the house, cook Parmesan Patties and Pasta Gardena, and black bean and cheese enchiladas, and toffee, and Divinity, and watch church films, and other movies, and listen to the radio, and make Christmas cards, etc. etc. . .
Here is Ben wrapping like Tupac.
Here is Joanna wrapping like Willow Smith.
(Notice how she's whipping her hair back and forth. . . )
We got a little bit of cabin-fever today, so around noon we ventured outside to take a look at the snow. Here are some pictures!
Joanna coming out of our apartment . . . into the valley of snow.
Joanna showing us how the snow is almost up to that mailbox. There is a walk-way under there somewhere.
We were going to walk on the sidewalk, but all we found was about 30 inches of snow and a plowed road with cars pretending to drive on it (they were actually sliding. . . ).
Here I am showing the snow height. It comes up to my waist, so that means this drift was about 46 feet high.
Here is Joanna in the fields by our house. She and the snow are pretty! . . .Pretty COLD!
(Actually, we were very warm by this time.)
Me standing in the same field - with snow up to my knees.
Our tracks in the snow. Can you tell whose tracks are whose?
Joanna making a snow angel!! It wasn't that hard for her to be angelic!
There was sooo much snooow that the roof of the Metrodome (where the Vikings play) collapsed! There was so much snow that it came about 1/4 the way up our windows!! That's a lot of snow!!
Our bedroom window - with snow banging on the window trying to get in.
Don't worry, Joanna and I were nice and warm in our several layers. . . .
Here are our layers taking a break and being lazy on the floor.
Well, back to studying!
- Ben
7 comments:
BRRR!!! Now I remember why I live here in the Valley of the Sun!! A dusting of snow on Christmas is one thing, but this is quite another and I don't miss it! I'm glad you guys kept warm.
PS-I don't think the snow is 46 FEET deep becaue you are not that tall!!
haha the Willow Smith reference was my favorite part. I can't wait to come home and finally see some snow.
Wow, that was a big snow drift. I've never seen a drift 46 feet high. On my mission I lived on a street named Tupac Amaru. It took a long time for me to figure out who Tupac Amaru was. It took me even longer to figure out who Tupac Amaru Shakur was.
hey - our blog is all about playing in the snow too! Can you send some more this way :)
I like the vinyl above the couch! (And of course the plaque on the mantle too. ;)
Your post reminds me of this song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRjhJ_oWUPs
It's our new favorite Christmas song.
I had the AC on yesterday.
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