Snowy Days

Yesterday we ventured out of the house to go to the grocery store because we didn't have milk, butter, or eggs.  Plus, we were going stir crazy in the house.  I'm all for having 3 days off from work but I would prefer it if I was able to leave the house.  I'm a person who isn't a homebody to begin with.  If I'm at home I have to be cleaning, doing laundry, or keeping busy.  We have watched so much television in the past few days and I'm really sick of it!  At least it's suppose to be in the 60s this weekend and most of next week too.  I snapped some pictures of what the roads looked like and I've heard that the roads in town aren't any better this morning.

We did go out and play in the snow for a little bit yesterday.  It wasn't for very long but Baxter got to take his frisbee outside.  I took a video of him and it looks like he is swimming in snow!

Snow Angels

Snowmageddon!!

The last couple of weeks in Northwest Arkansas haven't been the best for winter weather.  Last week we got a couple of inches of snow.  Today we had 24 inches of snow, a record in Northwest Arkansas!  It looks like the planet Hoth.from the movie Star Wars the Empire Strikes Back.  I've never seen so much snow in my life before.  I'm thankful that they closed my place of work today and for tomorrow as well.  So I plan on sitting in the house with Chris and the dogs for the next 2 days.  I think I have figured out what is causing all of the snow storms.  Every time Chris leaves town we get a snow storm.  He's scheduled to leave next week so let's hope we don't get anymore!

Blizzard like conditions.

The snow comes up to the knees!

This is how Morgan spent his snow day.

We lost Baxter twice in the snow!!

Running in between the snow wall.

 

On a positive note Razorback baseball starts in 9 days.  Let's hope that the weather is a little nicer than what we've been having!

I LOVE Ribby!!

First snow 2011

Thursday we got our first snow fall of the new year.  Unfortunately we were unable to play in the snow that day because I had to work and Chris was in Phoenix for work.  We only got a couple of inches of snow but it's always fun to play out in it.  We didn't get a chance to enjoy the snow until Friday.  Chris's flight didn't get back until 8:30 Thursday night and since the roads were bad he didn't get home until late.  When Chris left Phoenix it was 81 and sunny and when he landed in Northwest Arkansas it was in the teens with snow and ice on the ground!  Thankfully I was off Friday and Chris didn't have to go to work right away that morning.  So we got to play with the dogs out in the snow.  Morgan absolutely HATES the snow.  He runs out to go to the bathroom and runs right back in.  Baxter on the other hold LOVES the snow.  The last snow fall that we got last year was when he had his back surgery and he was unable to play in the snow.  But he took full opportunity to play on Friday.  He's favorite thing to do is eat the snow.  He wants to go outside every few minutes to play and eat snow.  I'm hoping that we don't get anymore snow for the rest of the year but I really don't care for snow or cold weather at all!

Snow falling Thursday morning

Tired after playing all day in the snow!

Official start to Spring

Friday was the most beautiful Spring day. It was in the high 60s and I was able to wear flip flops. All of our daffodils were blooming in the backyard and I was able to cut a ton of them and put them around the house. We went from being able to do this...to almost a foot of snow! Saturday was the official start to Spring, but it definitely doesn't look like that around here! When we checked the weather channel it should that the average temperature for this time of year is suppose to be in the high 60s. Hurry back Spring because I'm so tired of winter!!

Let it snow

This week was the one year anniversary of the ice storm where we lost power for a couple of days. I was so not looking forward to a repeat of last year any time soon. But last night we started having freezing rain that turned over into sleet. Thankfully it stopped sleeting early this morning and has been snowing ever since. We probably have about an inch of ice and about 5 inches of snow. We've had more snow this year alone than in the past couple of years. It's not suppose to stop snowing until late tonight. Thankfully my place of employment decided to close all weekend so I don't have to get out in it. It's so nice to have a snow day!



Baxter loves to eat ANYTHING and he loves it when it snows. He has his head to the ground and acts like a vacuum cleaner sucking up as much snow as possible.