Well snowmaggedon did arrive, all the predictions were more than accurate. It has been snowing for 24 hours now and boy do we have inches...probably at least 15! Before heading out for our first shoveling session this morning Danny and I made eggnog and regular pancakes with sausage and served up a hearty breakfast. Then we all headed out to shovel and play.
We made a huge pile so that we can construct an igloo, smoothed out the luge track on the side of the house and got the driveway done. We all took rides on the hill, and our neighbor Bryn joined us. Harry loves to chase us down the hill and my last run he basically landed on top of me and we both got snow all over us...of course it was a bit more uncomfortable for me! Jake arrived safely home from his Viking feast and brought Alex and Steve Koza and Sarah along with him.
Jake, Steve,Alex and sarah
They hung around for a while and had pancakes and coffee and chatted. It was such a nice visit. We were only inside for about an hour and we had at least 2 more inches of snow on the driveway! Jerry and I had to make a Home Depot run because we broke a shovel with our efforts! As we pulled up to the store the few people that exiting were all carrying shovels...oh no! But we did score 2 and were able to shovel off the deck and more on the driveway. Jake and Danny did a 5 mile snowshoe trek with Harry. And the girls? Well they pretty much hunkered down for the afternoon, working out on the elliptical and enjoying basketball and football on TV. I made African peanut soup for dinner and Danny made a pan of cornbread and we all had a great meal together. The kids were very excited when we got word that a snow day had been called...the girls already had their PJ's on inside out, so they were happy to take credit for the day off. We finished the evening with a Mr. Magoo film fest( did you know that mr. Magoo went to Rutgers ??!) it was a wonderful, chilly,snow covered Sunday. Tomorrow Jerry is heading to Saint Paul, were the temps are supposed to be -40 on Tuesday! Have fun Jerry !
Luge run!!
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