We have survived the snowstorm of Western Washington 2012… at least I hope this is ‘the’ snowstorm of 2012!
This has been week to remember… and there is nothing like pictures to document the week.
Mom’s car isn’t going anywhere… not even with those chains.
The view from my front porch on Sunday, January 15, 2012 – There was a lot of snow.
The trees looming over our house… I’m just thankful none of these big boys fell during the winds following the big winter snowfall.
The only way out in and out of our driveway… 4wheel drive or chains. Sunday we were without power, phone, and cell service. Yep. Cut off from the rest of the world. Our boys came to check on us.
Snowball fight anyone?
A powerful generator… it’s a GOOD thing. We have had hot food and a warm fire all week, even though the power was out for a few days. The next time we move to a home this far out in the foothills of the mountains, I won’t have a pellet stove. I will have a wood stove. A pellet stove sounds like a good idea until the power goes out.
We turned the generator off before bed and started it up each morning. The house got down into the mid 50s by 6 or 7 each morning, but at least we were warm. I know there are those out there without a generator or a wood stove. 
Sunday the kids all came out so the littles could play in the snow. The power was out most of the time they were here. We cooked taco meat and ate haystacks by candlelight… it was a lot of fun! 
The kids came out a nearly every day throughout the week. We played card games, and spent 7 hours one day playing risk. Oh boy… it is a long tedious game. But I love it! Aaron and Lisa brought dinner one night and we played a rummy game my grandson learned at his friends house. The game includes a lunch bag, tongue depressors, and several decks of cards. Fun! Fun times!
We ate snow cones, and made iced coffee… yummmy! Starbucks VIA instant iced coffee mix, vanilla coffee mate, and snow made for a really good iced coffee drink! Seriously… instant coffee? Yep. It was good. Yummy good!
We had a stock pile of drinking water, but water to flush the toilets… Nope. So we scooped up snow into my Nesco and heated it to melt so we could flush toilets. We had pans of snow melting on the pellet stove… one of our friends said ‘you might be a redneck…” Ya think?
We visited and reminisced about the good old days at our old family home. We lived down a private road, in the middle of the woods… huge evergreen trees surrounded our home. Every wind storm, ice storm, snow storm, etc… our power would be out for several days on end. We’d sit around playing games, reading by oil lamp, and cooking on a big old wood stove in our living room. We all agreed those were some fun times. Oh the joys of living in the midst of a forest.
Our driveway is a sheet of ice with snow on top, and the dirt road is not much better… it is a rutty, slushy mess! But once you get out to the paved roads, I hear they are clear. I’m good to be a homebody the next day or two…
In the midst of this storm, it has been a good week. God has kept us warm and protected us… and given us many good memories.
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