2nd Blizzard Feb 2010

So we had two blizzards in less than a week...We are still digging out around the house, but we are managing to make it into work.

Christopher's basketball hoop is now serving another purpose...Snow collection.

Our lamp post is more than half buried now.

And here is a pic of the flag outside the front door. Snow has blown off and settled a bit, but its still mostly buried.

Hope you all enjoyed this latest dumping by Old Man Winter. Stay warm and stay dry!

Monster Jam!!!

One of the reasons why we were in VA for the first blizzard, was that 4 generations of Nunn boys were going to attend the Monster Jam show at the Roanoke Civic Center on Saturday the 6th. Poppi, Pop-pop, Uncle Kevin, Daddy, and Christopher all traveled through the end of the storm to see lots of really big trucks do spectacular tricks.

Christopher came home very tired, but he was very excited about seeing his first Monster Truck show. Maybe next time Stephen will be able to go to! (I think that Mommy will manage to be busy again! :) )

Clean-up from 1st Feb Blizzard

Michael and I headed back to MD on Sunday the 7th, leaving the boys at Grandma and Pop-pop's for the week. We weren't sure what we were going to find when we got home. Luckily we were able to drive into our neighborhood and were pleasantly surprised to find that our neighbor had used his snow blower on one lane of our driveway. Unfortunately after sitting for 24 hours, the snow had started to compact and was very heavy to move off of the rest of the driveway and walk.

When we were all done, the piles of snow weren't quite as tall as Michael, but they were higher than his waist!

I don't have any pictures yet to post for this second blizzard we are in the middle of right now; but to give you an idea of how much more snow we have gotten...See the small lawn flag I have outside of the front door just to the left of the tree? In this picture the bottom of the flag is buried in snow...If you look in our yard right now, all you can see is the top of the black metal stand.

(And yes, I know I still haven't posted about Disney yet...Maybe if I have another snow day at home!)

1st February Blizzard - at Grandma's

Michael took time to demonstrate the finer points of plowing a driveway using heavy machinery.

After the plowing, it was time to start playing. Christopher had a lot of fun sledding down Grandma's hill using the snow "boogie mat" that Aunt Amy found. He was moving fast, and spinning around. He slid frontwards, sideways, and sometimes even backwards.

Stephen liked sledding too...He thought that the only way to end a run was to "CRASH!!!" He would get halfway down and then make himself wipe out into the snow.

Mommy even gave it ago...with Stephen riding shotgun. Unfortunately he still tried to crash at the bottom of the hill.

Haulin Wood

These photos are from the snow storm we got at the end of January. We decided to bring in some wood for the stove, and the boys just had to help Daddy...One stick of wood at a time.

Sorry didn't post last week; but so far the Great Experiment is going well. The first night Christopher did take a very small tumble coming down the ladder; he missed the last two steps. But he didn't cry and said "Even though I fell, I'm going back up." So it's been a week now and things are going great!
We moved the little toddler mattress out over the weekend and they are officially moved into their new beds. Stephen even took his naps in his bed on the weekend which is also a plus. Although Mommy will miss the snuggle time on Saturday and Sunday afternoons.

I hope to be posting a series of blogs on our trip to Disney in December of 2009...Stay Tuned!

Momentous Event

Hold the presses...tonight, on the spur of the moment, we decided to move Christopher up to the top bunk and Stephen into the bottom bunk. Mom's a little nervous about Christopher going up and down the ladder; but he said he would be careful.

Wish us luck for an uneventful night!