Snow Day!

A storm came through on Tuesday. Mark had made it to work but a few hours later our neighbor barely made it home. All day I watched the drift in the back yard get higher and higher and the tree fade in and out of focus. I sent Mark many pictures, hoping and waiting for it to slow, by the end of his working day I told him to find somewhere in Calgary to bunk out for the night. As night drew near I set my alarm at 2 hour intervals to wake me enough to peek and make sure the pilot light on the gas fireplace wasn't puffed out and the lights were still on. Our outside vent for the fireplace has a habit of collecting, melting and refreezing snow effectively blocking off the vent. Thankfully we never lost power. The wind continued to howl all night.

Up in the morning to check and see how snowed in we are. Front door was a no go, but I peeked over the drift to chuckle with our neighbors and grumble about the work ahead. With Mark in Calgary I knew I'd at least have to dig a pathway, I knew there was no getting out of the neighborhood until help arrived. Sweet neighbors played the "you're a single mom right now" card and snow blowed the driveway. KeeKee was quick to help dig out the front porch, I didn't realize why..until I saw them still shoveling at 4:00 and finally realized KeeKee needed something that had a light at the end of the tunnel. They had no where left to put the snow from their driveway, the snow pile beside their house was already one storey high! Needless to say my snow fort is buried.

First sight of the drifts

Lexa having fun while Momma musters the strength to start shoveling

Front Door?

Marv with the snow blower helping out

Laughing..because what else are you going to do?

KeeKee, myself and Lexa with Ashley, Lauren and their mom Racheal walked out to see how bad the drift across the road was. They climbed to the top (I didn't) and laughed at the two vehicles on the other side. Ours was only one of the 8 foot drifts between us and the main road.

Seriously!?

The road is here somewhere

The drift across the road from the other side

Wheee!

Finally a passage! This is a friend and neighbor driving through the newly plowed drift.

I called Mark at 3:00 to let him know the way was kinda cleared, enough for him to make it home at least! Yay. And Lexa played and played...