It started snowing on Saturday the 14th in the evening. The next day I had a meeting at the church at 10am. One of the young women that was supposed to be there texted me and said she wasn't coming because she didn't feel comfortable driving in the snow. Around here its no joke. People just don't know how to drive in it because they don't get it much. Well, I told her that I would drive her. I have 4 wheel drive and have driven in more snow than this. I called the other 2 leaders and asked if they were okay about driving. One from Utah and the other from Idaho, after laughing a bit said yes. We met and saw that the snow was melting on the roads. Went home and found out church was cut short. We just had sacrament meeting.
On Monday the kids didn't have school for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. I think it snowed just a little but the cold temperatures froze the wetness and snow from the day before. Tuesday they had a delayed start. That night it started snowing some more. Wednesday school was canceled with more snow coming. Monday night began David's journeys of delivering people to and from his facility in our suburban. You got to have CNA's and nurses. From Monday to Friday he drove about 1000 miles. It was a long week for him.
Anyway, Wednesdays snow turned to sleet on Thursday. The power went out at 10am. We, thankfully, have a gas fireplace in the family room and a gas hot water heater. The kids spent their nights all in the family room. They thought it was a party. I was thankful to see the sun come up each morning. Before the sunset each night I would have the kids hurry and clean while we still had daylight. It was a good incentive. They had fun playing outside, doing puzzles, playing with Lego's, reading, and playing games. What a concept! We don't have any of our camping things here, they are in storage in Utah still, so we boiled water on Carson's scout Sterno stove. We had lots of sandwiches, ramen, fruit, chips, and snacky foods. Friday night we realized Costco had power so ventured out to get a cake for Callie's birthday and some pizza. I know this seems like a lot of silly details but I'm kind of journaling the experience so forgive me. :)
We got our power back Saturday night at 7. About 6 hours before that some great friends(Amanda and James Barnes)(Amanda is from the Buckey, AZ area and hung out with my cousin Dewight and Uncle Roger helped her prep for the temple), who had regained their power earlier, brought us their generator to plug in our freezer and fridge. Okay, we plugged in the TV and DVD player too.We didn't lose any food. We kept some stuff in the snow outside.
We didn't get our internet back until Monday. All in all, it was a great learning experience.
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what an adventure! Sounds like you guys were prepared!
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