Big Blizzard + Mike's Birthday= Snowed in!

I feel really guilty. I didn't take a single picture on Mike Birthday (Dec 26th) this year. In my deffence there wasn't much to take pictures of. We woke up and I gave Mike his first gift (his favorite cereal [Honey O's] for breakfast.) Then we went to church. We came home as the snow was starting to fall and the wind already blowing pretty good. I gave mike his second gift (a pair of fuzzy socks) so he could cozy up and wait for the storm with me. Then I made his birthday lunch. Stake, mash potatoe and sauted broccoli. We were suppose to have friends over for Cake and ice cream and a birthday celebration that night. But by 4 o'clock pm we knew there was no way anyone would be able to come. So we watch movies, cuddled and drank hot coco while the storm raged on outside... what a birthday right?

We woke up monday morning to see this.... Happy Birthday Mike, the first snow of winter was just for you!

Snow pile

The snow on our steps we had to shovel to get out of the house.

Our cars were fun to dig out. What I think is interesting was that all the wind kept snow from piling up on the cars, but blew it all under the cars.

So much snow!!

1st Street (the street we live on) had barely been touched by a snow plow

This is Summer street one of the busiest streets in Stamford. It was actually pretty drivable considering what other streets looked like.

After this storm hit we realized that it was divine intervention we didn't go anywhere for the holidays. If we went to Ohio we would have been trying to get home in the Blizzard and would have been stuck in NJ. If we flew to Utah we wouldn't have been able to fly home till much later and Mike would have lost a ton of vacation days hes been saving. And if Mike would have flown to Utah for new years his flight would probably have been cancelled. So we are greatful that everything worked out the way it it. Much better to be home in a blizzard than trying to get home in one!