More snow pictures!

The spot where Austin lost his boot in the snow!

Austin wanted me to take a picture of him on the snow pile next to the dumpster to show how high the snow was!



Ninja Austin

Lots of snow!

We've been getting a lot of snow again lately! We're predicted to get another 6-18 inches tonight! We better get the snow shovels ready!

Overnight snow

We got a lot of snow throughout the night. We went out and shoveled the driveway last night and this is what we woke up to this morning.

Fun in the snow!

The snow continues to come down here in Alaska! This afternoon the kids piled on their snow gear and headed out to play! They started out in the backyard while I finished preparing our dinner.

Then we headed out to the front yard. I did a little shoveling, of the driveway and of the yard!

Austin did some "extreme" sledding

What a white picture!

While Austin was sledding, Abigail was trying to find something to do. She thought she could play soccer in the snow! Um...I don't think so!

There he goes!

Abigail did a little pouting too!

She was mad that I got her picture in the fort because Austin wasn't in the picture.

So, Austin took a picture with her and she was happy again.

Until I wouldn't take her picture. So I started to take her picture again.

And again.

And some more. We had a mini photo shoot!

Of course we had to get some snow angels into the yard. Austin had to show Abigail how to do it.

And then she did it all by herself!

When we were all done playing (and shoveling) we came in for a little warm treat. Hot cocoa with snowman marshmallows! Yum!

Actually getting along. So cute!

Now we're getting ready to enjoy some dinner! Yummm!

The big snow plow!

I got some good pictures of how they pick up the snow yesterday. They stopped right in front of our house! Here's a big truck full of snow!

You can see the tip of the snow plow truck throwing the snow into the trailer.

See that big blade on the front in between the trailer tires?

And here's the truck with the big snow blower on it! They filled up the trailer and than sat in front of the house waiting on the next trailer. The guy driving the truck probably thought I was the weirdest lady, standing in my doorway taking a picture!

Here's our maize and blue snowman! He walked through the middle of the yard when he got off the bus yesterday!

The pictures of Austin were taken at 4 pm, it's starting to get darker around that time with the time change on Sunday.

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!

More snow!

We woke up this morning to about 5 inches of new snow! It's still snowing and we're predicted to get another 1-2 inches today and another 1-2 inches tonight!

{This is our house!}



I think it's a good day to stay inside (with the occasional driveway shoveling)!

The camera kept picking up the snowflakes in the pictures!

So with all the snow in the pictures, it looks like our weather prediction just might be coming true!

Where's Grandpa Ringman's tractor with the snowplow when you need it?