It is COLD here!!

We had a couple of BIG snow storms that hit our area within a week!  There were reported areas that got up to 21 inches on the benches of the mountains.  Matt and I got to experience white knuckle drives to and from work.  It started as a nice calm morning and there were reports of snow heading our way, but we don't always get too excited because the weather people always make it seem more than it is.  Well, sure enough by afternoon the snow was pounding down and not showing any signs of stopping.  Matt had a scary 1hr and 15min drive home from work (it is usually a 20min drive).  Then that same night, I had to brave the storm and head to the hospital that took me 2 hours to get there (which is usually a 40 min drive) It was really scary seeing cars sliding off the road everywhere. I was thankful for my 4 wheel drive vehicle that got me there safely.  Even though the freeway speed was 25mph...my back and legs were stiff when I walked into work from being so tense the whole drive up to the hospital.  The snow kept its pace during the night and then the announcement came across through texts and phone calls that our school district had cancelled school due to the snow.  Yeah..for a SNOW DAY! Utah doesn't get many of these days.  It was actually recorded that this was the 3rd day cancelled for snow in several years.  Crazy!  The kids were bummed because they have been off track from school since Christmas break and were still out of school when they announced the cancelled school day.  So, they didn't get the free day off from school. 

I then had to make the trek home from work the next morning in the snowy messed up roads.  The snow had stopped by morning after my shift and I was not wanting to make the drive again, but I had no other choice but to brave through it again!  It took another 2 hours on the snow packed freeway with speed once again around 30mph and seeing the same sights of people sliding off the road.  People were making up lanes and suddenly the freeway had a six lanes because you couldn't see the lines on the road (where it is a 4 lane road).  People are crazy! 

Matt attempted to head to work that morning but got half way and turned around to come back home.  It was just too crazy!

This picture was a few days after.

 

Our back deck

Matt measured over 14 inches.

 

After the big storm, it has been freezing here! We have some cold days of the highs being in the single digits and getting down below zero at night. The kids headed back to school this week and they have not had outside recess because it is too cold for the kids. It has to be above 20 degrees for them to have outside recess.   

 

 

It has now started to warm up a little and we now have icicles developing around our house.  The kids think they are cool looking.  We still have our Christmas lights that our icicles on the house too. 

 

WATCH OUT if your headed to our front door you might get attacked by our scary looking spears hanging above our entry! It has to warm up soon so those can melt away.