And they called it SNOWMAGEDDON. Washington does get snow, mostly in the mountains and in Eastern Washington and the seasonal dusting in the lowlands near the water. So the 15/16 inches we received- a majority of which fell in one night- was quite a shock to the area, especially the trees. It all began on my birthday, Saturday, January 14th. We started seeing snow in the mountains and returned home to a dusting. Sunday brought more snow, but not considerable amounts.
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| Monday, Martin Luther King Day, we played in the snow at the local elementary school yard. Wayne LOVED it. He was definitely in his element. |
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| This was taken Monday. Makenna spends most meals watching the birds at our neighbors feeder. With the snow the activity increased and so did the length of time it took to get her to eat! |
Tuesday both Evan & I were back to work with the knowledge that Wednesday the BIG storm would be coming and likely to keep us snowed in.
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| This is what we woke up to on Wednesday morning. Lots & lots of snow! A total of 16 inches or there abouts. |
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| Not wanting to be cooped up I threw on my snowshoes and Makenna was placed in the Ergo pack and off we trudged through the neighborhood. |
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| Again Wayne more than anyone loved these snow filled days. He made "snow puppies" in the street- as seen above. This has been the only time and only exception to the leash rule we have with him in the neighborhood. And he took full advantage of the freedom, running to his hearts delight. |
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| Our house & cars buried. A winter wonderland. |
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| After a good snowshoe we pulled out the camping sleeping pad that worked as a great substitute for a "magic carpet" for Makenna. We are adding not only a snow shovel to our must have list for next winter, but also a sled. |
The photos stop here after our snowshoeing adventure although the adventures of Snowmageddon didn't stop. On Thursday morning at 8:30 AM we lost power. We had enough warm water to get showers. We all ate a cold breakfast and then started putting on layers as the day progressed. By 4:30pm the temperature inside the house was a frigid 56 degrees. We made the decision to camp out at Evan's brother & fiancee's apartment. At this point, both my mom's place was out of power & so were Evan's parents who happened to be out of town for the week. Also all of the local hotels were booked solid. This evening was full of adventures. First was dinner. We opted to go to eat since we all were getting stir crazy. That was a dining experience since all of Olympia had the same idea. We ended up at Outback Steakhouse, which was operating with only 25% of their staff. Considering the circumstances they did a wonderful job AND Makenna was a trooper since she knew she was having mac 'n cheese and had to wait patiently for that much desired meal. After filling our bellies we returned to the apartment for memorable night. This was the first time we've all (Makenna, Evan & I) slept together on the air mattress. And a very long time since we've had Makenna sleep with us. We discovered our child is a bed tornado! Evan was fortunate enough to sleep through her antics but I awoke to recount it all to him in the morning. At one point I woke to find her sprawled out over Evan's legs. Then her head was by our knees and her feet in my arm pits. Her head at one point was under our pillows. In the middle of the night there was even an impromptu dance party with HopHop & Ziggy the giraffe. She at some point spooned me and I was hit repeatedly in various places. Now I understand why her bed looks like a disaster zone in the morning. It has all become clear. Thankful for the generous hospitality of Eric & Shandel we were warm and in good company. The following day (Friday) we were able to get a hotel room. Makenna spent the night there in the bathroom in a pack & play allowing us to all get a good nights rest. I know who puts their child in the bathroom? This woman. :) Thankfully power returned early Saturday morning. The temperature in our house read 46 degrees. We were fortunate. Many homes were without power 5 days or more. Our lowland trees- mostly decorative species just did not handle the weight of the snow & freezing well. We survived our Snowmageddon 2012. It was a storm to remember. One for the books. One that we will be telling Makenna about for years to come.
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