Texas Ice Storm

On Wednesday we were living the life! It was nearly 80 degrees outside. We spent the morning at the park with friends, came home ate lunch then spent the hour until nap time outside.

 I was wearing jeans but I got so uncomfortable I went in and put on a pair of shorts.

I knew this weather wasn't going to last long, so after nap time we loaded up the stroller and went for a walk.

I was hoping, since we spent just about the whole day outside, that would tide us over for a few days. I had no idea how LONG the next few days would be!

We woke up Friday morning to snow! Everyone was really excited, so we hopped out of bed, dug out our warm clothes and headed outside.

We had FUN! But that lasted for about 10 minutes. It certainly wasn't the light fluffy powder we got in Utah. Weston had fun just tromping through it, but Landon was done right after we went out. He definitely does not like the cold (he's a true Texas boy). It was really surprising that the entire Metroplex shutdown after 1/2" of snow. But I'm beginning to understand. First of all, though it looks a lot like snow, it's pretty much just ice. Devon described it as the way snow gets after it's been compressed for a few days. Secondly, they're just not equipped to clear the roads here. And finally, people here just aren't comfortable getting around in snow.  So, the whole rest of the Friday was spent indoors. Even Devon worked from home.

Saturday started out indoors...

Until we couldn't take it anymore and ventured out to Walmart. I've never enjoyed being at Walmart so much!!

Church was canceled today, so yet another day inside. I did a little art project with the boys to keep them busy...

While I'm about to go crazy, I am thankful we're all safe and there's no damage to our house. There are tons of tree branches down in the area, due to all the ice. We only lost three small branches, though we have a whole tree that is leaning to the side.

The temperature is finally above freezing and I hear a lot of dripping coming from outside. I'm hoping we can get out of the house tomorrow! Wish us luck ;)