Memorable snow days!

We have had a memorable 2 weeks in the beginning of February.  Monday, February 4th started our snow fall totals.  School was cancelled Monday and Tuesday of last week and Wednesday, Thursday and Friday were half days.  By Friday afternoon, more snow started falling.  It snowed on and off from Friday afternoon through Monday.  We ended up with at least 2 feet of snow.  We are still out of school through Wednesday because by Monday night the rains came and turned the 2 feet into slush.  There are more predictions of snow for Friday.  

 The first snowstorm had some winds and a branch went through our roof.  Scott had to get up there to fix it before the next snowstorm hit.

Thankfully the roof was fixed by Thursday and we were ready for the next storm.

By Saturday morning, everything was covered.

 We had a blast building an 8 foot snowpal.  It took 3 adults and 3 kids to push, roll and lift the body parts.  

 We thought he looked a lot like one of the Shriners with his hat and mustache.  He has rakes for arms, garden pots for eyes, hat and nose, handkerchief for a mouth and a child's rake for his mustache.  His buttons are various shells.  He lasted for several days but each day he continued to lean just a little.  

He looks like he's flying now.

This was Monday night.  By Tuesday morning he was on the ground.

 This was snow accumulations by Saturday afternoon. It snowed for most of the day Sunday and we ended up with close to another foot. We broke a lot of records with this snowfall.  The last storm with these totals was in 1950.

 We had a lot of wonderful, snowy walks.  We were lucky friends live so close because we spent our days playing in the snow and enjoying meals with friends.

 She made it about half way through my friend's field and gave up and I had to rescue her.  She was so tired!

 We had a blast sledding down one of the roads near our house.  

 The snowflakes started coming down the size of silver dollars.

 The sledding on Tuesday was very wet but so fast!  If you look in the road you can tell how slushy it was.

This was Snoqualmie Pass after the snowstorm.

During this entire snowstorm Avery had to work on his Egypt project for Humanities.  He decided to study Pyramids.