The Johnson's Journey: March 2008

You know when you heard the meteorologist say that you might get 10-15 inches of snow, you kind of laugh it off. Well this time they were right! They were warning us about the Winter Storm that was coming and we all thought we might get a few inches, but that would be it. Not true. It is now a little after 5:00 on Saturday and it has been snowing non-stop since yesterday around 11:00 am. There have been times when the snow wasn't falling as hard, but it was still falling. I went out around 1:00 today and measured 9 inches.

Our House during the snow

After that, Derrick and I decided to go out and shovel the driveway since it was just getting deeper (plus all the neighbors, who are Ohio natives, were out doing it so I thought we should be too). So, Derrick and I spent nearly 2 hours shoveling the driveway and having fun in the snow. While we were out there we saw little kids playing in the snow and it was almost to deep for them to walk. There was a man with a 4-wheeler and he had a plow on the front of it and he was driving to different houses plowing the driveways. I have also seen a John Deer lawn mower with a snow plow on the front (that guy must have been from the south).

View from down the street

another view from down the other side

Me helping Derrick shovel the driveway

Derrick shoveling

Derrick taking a break

I decided to stay in the fence and get away from the work

While we were clearing the driveway, I made Derrick take pictures of me helping him shovel the snow becuase I knew my dad wouldn't believe that I helped him! Derrick decided to started a snowball fight when I wasn't paying attention. I don't know what I was thinking becuase I knew it was coming- I just didn't know when. That was fun and we laughed so hard! Of course Derrick won the fight, only becuase he took the snow shovel and threw a shovel full of snow at me.

Derrick getting ready to throw a snowball at me

Derrick actually throwing it at me!

Me with my present for Derrick

Me delivering my present!

After we worked hard clearing off the driveway, we decided to make snow angels. The snow angels today were bigger than I remember them being when I was a kid- not sure why though! :)

I was done working- time to have fun

It was cold down there- but I couldn't resist making a snow angel

Derrick took a different approach to getting in the snow

I guess he thought it was as soft as it looks!

He hit hard- but was still laughing

His snow angel was REAL big!

He is like a kid- he is done playing and ready to go in after just one snow angel

So, whenever it wants to quit snowing and the sun wants to come out and melt all this mess- I will be okay with it. In the meantime, enjoy the pictures and pray that it quits soon so we will be able to leave the house tomorrow!

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