Saturday - 10th - with plans greatly changed due to the dance party being canceled we considered what else we might do since EVERYONE would be home plus we'd have Dany (9yo niece/cousin) most of the day too since her mom had to go to work at WalMart until 4:30pm. We had close to 6 inches of new snow when Sis dropped her off here. By the time she came to pick her up we had another 3 or 4 inches! A good friend and neighbor came over with his snowplow to help us clear our driveway (one of the longest on the block) and our sidewalks during one of the lulls in the storm.
The state, county & city officials/authorities were all telling everyone to stay put, do not travel except in emergencies. We took a lot of pictures! When we had a break in the snow for a while, late Saturday, about the time Sis was coming in from work, the triplets took off to spend time at some friends' home with a bunch of other teens & young adults. Watching the radar I had to call them up about 8pm to tell them all to get headed home... heavy snows were closing in and they needed to be off the roads before that hit our area! Not everyone made it to their destinations and we ended up with two extra teens that night. They all were fine with staying in and playing Monopoly for a few hours before finding places to sleep. I wish we had extra beds but we don't at this time... maybe by this time next year. Still, kids usually don't mind sleeping on couches or even on the floor (on top of lots of layers of blankets and such).
Here's a few more pics
from our first blizzard of the 2010-2011 winter season:
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