Snowmaggedon

This winter, the Portland area had an unusually large snowstorm event.  They often get a little snow every year, but this was much larger than usual and we had at least 8 inches on the ground for several days.  The schools were closed and we were pretty much stuck in house for several days.  Thankfully, we have awesome neighbors who not only drove me in their 4-wheel drive truck to go get groceries.  But we didn't' have to go far from home to find fun because the novelty of the snow literally entertained the kids (and parents) for days.  We just happen to live on "the" sledding hill for the neighborhood, and Steve made it that much better by constructing a snow launch that was probably about 4-feet tall (using the snow from our driveway and sidewalks).  Needless to say, at any given time in the day there were at least a handful of neighborhood kids playing in front of our house which I LOVED!

Here's a video of Steve going down the our snowy hill just after it has iced over.

The last snow day was finished off with freezing rain.  I've never really seen freezing rain like that before... where EVERYTHING was covered in a sheet of 1/2-inch ice.  Even the windows of our house were glazed over.  It was really amazing... and dangerous to walk or drive on.

All in all... the snow was fun.  But I'm glad it's gone.