Why I Miss Texas...

We got hit by the huge storm going across the country last week. Schools were closed for 3 days. We got a total of about 12" of snow, winds near 40 mph, and wind chills in the -20s. Justin has been my hero as he's shoveled our driveway several times. I'm not sure why so many people told us that we probably don't need a snow blower here! I'm thinking we'll be buying one sometime this winter!


This is the view out the front of our house. Notice you can't even tell where the road is. And since we're in a brand new subdivision that's fairly empty, our street only got plowed once half-way through the storm at 5:00 at night!

This picture is of our backyard. The snow doesn't look deep at all... but that's because of all the wind causing huge drifts:


This is a picture of our patio underneath our deck. Some drifts were 4-5 feet tall. We hope the rest of the winter doesn't stay like this. Brrrr. I sure miss Texas at times!