blizzard!

As you probably know, the past couple of days Ohio, specifically Columbus, has gotten a record snowfall. Last time it snowed this much here according to the news was 1910. Everything is shut down. Nothing to do but spend time with your family and have fun! I've posted some pictures taken this morning of the McElheny family playing in the snow. A couple of tidbits to go along with:

We measured the snow on our deck at 22 inches yesterday.

A bird somehow got sucked into our heat pump unit outside during the storm as the big fan was turning on. Not pleasant. No idea how we're going to remove the "evidence". All of us were horrified. How did the poor thing get in there? (Don't worry - no pictures of that.)

You may notice that our street actually did get plowed! This almost never happens. But seriously, in this situation if there were an emergency there would be no way vehicles could pass our neighborhood without at least the one swipe of the plow that you see in the pictures.

Caleb went down the hill in his big brother's disc sled by himself! He did great! He held on and had a perfect smooth ride. When he reached the bottom he let us know he did NOT appreciate it, thank you very much. :-) It's been sort of a theme since Caleb arrived in our world that I capture these moments on film. Somehow, it represents to me how far I've come as a mom. When he cries over something like this, I can just laugh and take a picture and know he's fine.

Hope everyone is staying warm and making the most of the opportunity to be stranded with your loved ones!