No sign of slowing down!

So it's 5:30 {AM} and I just came inside from shoveling the driveway again! Michael and I shoveled it last night around 8:30 so it wouldn't be too bad this morning.

This was 8:30 last night

This is at 5:30 this morning

I cleaned this table off yesterday morning when we shoveled the driveway. I had to shovel a path for Lexi in the back yard. So in less than 24 hours, we've gotten a good amount of snow!



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I am so fascinated by how they remove snow here in Alaska. First, everyone shovels their snow into the street {before the plow comes}. For the life of me I didn't understand why people would do that until I witnessed the snow removal process in the neighborhood! The grader then drives around and puts all of the snow into the middle of the road in a straight path.

Then the coolest thing happens! I haven't gotten a picture yet because we went out and did a little shopping before they cleared our road yesterday. But then, they bring in big semi trucks with empty buckets on the end. The semi drives along next to the straight path of snow while another truck with a big huge snow blower on the front shoots the snow up into the truck. Once the truck is full, they haul it off and dump it somewhere. Yesterday there were 3 trucks lined up at the entrance of the neighborhood.

There goes the grader! It's awesome! Then you don't have to deal with the plow throwing snow up into your yard and driveway. They take this snow removal pretty serious around here!

This cracks me up! This is a picture of Lexi this morning. The snow goes up half way up her legs! She is loving the snow!

It's suppose to snow until about 1:00 this afternoon. We're headed to the other side of Anchorage so Austin can get his teeth cleaned at 8:00 before going to school! Good thing I grew up in Michigan and know how to drive in the snow!