After the Blizzard.....

Blue skies with lots of snow :). We went sledding again and took a hike into the local forest reserve to have a look at the snow on the trees. 

Snow plows are great but see
what it did to my driveway bottom right?
I shoveled that! 

Look at that! Also look at the wall! 

Roads aren't too bad but still very slippery.

Top of the sledding hill (different one than yesterday!)

Our crowd (Aaron came with the two boys)

Yes I had a go as well!

Grateful for snow gear and sunglasses!
(toasty warm)

Grace and ......

Josiah and ...... ohoh EJ
(Eyeore Junior) came for sledding fun!

Cool photo if I say so myself!

Shadow family photo by Aaron

Different angle

I LOVE this photo
(notice which way the snow blew?)

Michaela, Grace and Kate
(Thanks Pam and Sharlene for the hats!)

Albert and Zara

Ok if we have to....

Snow fight
(look how deep it is?)

Girls in their own snow angel hut!

We headed home after that to warm up!

Before the Blizzard.....

At the end of January beginning of February we had an official Blizzard! Quite an experience. On Saturday the Blizzard warning was given but there was no snow on the ground at all, I didn't take a photo of that, I should have! It started snowing on Saturday night and didn't stop until sometime early Monday morning The blizzard was supposed to 'hit' mid afternoon on Sunday with warnings until early Monday morning. It was the fifth biggest snowfall in Chicago's history with 19.3inches (49cm) of snow. Church was cancelled for both services which was quite weird. We listened at home to one of Uncle Daniel's sermons instead! These photos were taking on Sunday BEFORE the blizzard hit, tomorrow I will post the photos after the blizzard!

Grace having fun with friends

The easy way!

We walked most of the way to the sledding hill. Fun!

Zara

on the way back

Yes there is a road somewhere in there!

Ok here is a road, hard to spot though :)
(obviously side roads were low priority for the snow ploughs!)

That's our front door

Quite a bit of snow!

Snow Blower!
(I did some of the paths as well, lots of fun!)

Front door

Isn't it gorgeous?

I'm standing in the middle of the road to take the photo!

On our way to the sledding hill

There it is!

Sliding down the stairs, since the snow was so powdery,
 it was hard to slide on the hill itself

Zara!

Snow family photo!

Aaron and Albert about to start a snowball fight

Albert (blue) and Tad (orange) having a snow fight. 

oh, I think Albert lost

Snow fights with the kids

Michaela throwing a snowball at Albert

Driving conditions on the way home
(Sunday lunch time BEFORE the blizzard)