Jimmy recently learned how to shake his head and loves it when others do the same. Here is a video of him having fun with his mom.
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Let the Blizzard Begin!
On Sunday we wanted to go over to the Rognon's to play games and eat cookies. When we got outside there was over a half foot of snow on the car. When we got back we decided we would take some pictures to share with all those who do not get to experience this fun.
Jimmy's poor pumpkin now looks like a pirate.
Our down stairs neighbors started building an igloo the day before but didn't have enough snow. Now they have plenty to work with.
Our apartment is covered but we still managed to get about 3 inches of snow on our porch.
We were then planning to travel down to Logan for Thanksgiving on Tuesday but when we looked at the weather we had a blizzard warning from 5 AM to 11PM with the warning saying driving was very dangerous as winds were up to 50 MPH causing whiteout conditions. Then there was another warning due to the temperature saying that if you are outside for more than 5 minutes you risk getting frostbite (Temperature near 0 degrees with high winds).
As we sat in the apartment we thought that not much had happened and thought the blizzard was lame until we got a call around 5:30 saying that James had gotten stuck in the snow on his way home. As we drove over to help him there was a line of about 50 cars trying to get into their town home complex and we decided it best to turn around and go home as there were plenty to help.
We left our house around noon to head down to Logan as all the warnings were over and the sun was out and it wasn't going to snow. We made it just outside of Idaho Falls and we found our first car off the road. We went about 5 more miles and suddenly traffic stopped quickly. We had a fun time sliding on the ice for a ways but were able to stop in time as we passed a van that had flipped and was upside-down. As we kept going before we reached Pocatello we past about 10 more cars that were off the road and in ditches (most on the other side of the Freeway) and understood why they had closed the freeway the night before.
The trip that normally takes two hours took closer to 4-5 hours but we were very grateful that we were able to arrive safe and sound. Good news is this storm is past and we have clear skies until Sunday. The only bad thing about clear skies means colder weather (even down here in Logan the temperature isn't suppose to rise above 10 degrees until the snow comes).
Jimmy's poor pumpkin now looks like a pirate.
Our down stairs neighbors started building an igloo the day before but didn't have enough snow. Now they have plenty to work with.
Our apartment is covered but we still managed to get about 3 inches of snow on our porch.We were then planning to travel down to Logan for Thanksgiving on Tuesday but when we looked at the weather we had a blizzard warning from 5 AM to 11PM with the warning saying driving was very dangerous as winds were up to 50 MPH causing whiteout conditions. Then there was another warning due to the temperature saying that if you are outside for more than 5 minutes you risk getting frostbite (Temperature near 0 degrees with high winds).
As we sat in the apartment we thought that not much had happened and thought the blizzard was lame until we got a call around 5:30 saying that James had gotten stuck in the snow on his way home. As we drove over to help him there was a line of about 50 cars trying to get into their town home complex and we decided it best to turn around and go home as there were plenty to help.
We left our house around noon to head down to Logan as all the warnings were over and the sun was out and it wasn't going to snow. We made it just outside of Idaho Falls and we found our first car off the road. We went about 5 more miles and suddenly traffic stopped quickly. We had a fun time sliding on the ice for a ways but were able to stop in time as we passed a van that had flipped and was upside-down. As we kept going before we reached Pocatello we past about 10 more cars that were off the road and in ditches (most on the other side of the Freeway) and understood why they had closed the freeway the night before.
The trip that normally takes two hours took closer to 4-5 hours but we were very grateful that we were able to arrive safe and sound. Good news is this storm is past and we have clear skies until Sunday. The only bad thing about clear skies means colder weather (even down here in Logan the temperature isn't suppose to rise above 10 degrees until the snow comes).
Fire Nation Attack
For any who watched Avatar or the movie "The Last Air Bender" would understand this, but one day we walked out of class and the sky looked like this. We joked about this being an attack from the Fire Nation. Tommi thought that "R" Mountain was erupting (it was an old Volcano), but really it was a huge field fire out by Idaho National Laboratory and with winds up to 50 MPH it was hard to stop it for several days.
Family Photo Shoot
Family Photo Adventure
Right before the semester started we decided that we would go and take some family pictures before we got too busy. This was also our first family photo adventure and so we wanted to share some of the pictures we took with you.
Some old Pictures
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