Thursday, February 10, 2011

Living in a Winter Wonderland

Kory and I both grew up in Tennessee and survived the “Blizzard of 93”! We had very found memories of being snowed in for a week with  12 inches of snow on the ground in Knoxville. We didn’t LOVE snow but it wasn’t until this past year that  we started to think that  snow was a very bad word! I am thinking about renaming the blog “Snowstorms and Sippy Cups!”

This is 20 plus inches of snow from last Christmas when we lived Virginia…. we had never seen that much snow EVER!!! It was amazing

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Then again in February 2010 in Virginia  20 inches of snow!!!

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So we moved to Arkansas with 20 inches of snow in our yard. We were tired from the 72 inches of of snow we saw that winter.  Kory even gave our snow shovel away saying “ we won’t have to worry about snow out here!” HA!

The forecast called for 3-6 inches of snow on Wednesday and we got 20 inches! The most snow Northwest Arkansas has ever seen!

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We were featured on the Today Show because of ALL the snow!

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So for the 3rd time in 13 months Kory has shoveled 20 inches of snow off our driveway! It is a crazy amount of snow and it is even crazier that we are almost use to 2 feet of snow.

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This is what Kaitlin thinks when they forecast snow!!

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We have had lots of fun but we have CABIN FEVER! Almost 2 weeks stuck at home is tough on anyone!

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Kaitlin is so excited they are calling for a warm up this weekend. That is something to smile about!

Monday, February 7, 2011

Allergic to snow

Kaitlin is on the mend but we were stuck inside for the entire week! We got creative playing cowgirls and interior designer! I am out of ideas for a bored almost 2 year old! We are playing outside everyday this spring to make up for all our time indoors.

Kaitlin rearranging the pillows …

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Moving her chair in the best place …

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Cuddling with all her friends …

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Cowgirl Kaitlin …

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They were calling for a dusting on Friday …. well we ended up with at least  4 more inches of snow! We were SO not going anywhere for another day.  It finally warmed up on Saturday for Kaitlin to play outside with Kory. Kaitlin had fun playing snow soccer and ran around in the snow for about 7 minutes. I think Kory was hoping to play a little longer!

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Sunday ALL all 3 of us felt under the weather so we had to miss our Sunday School Super bowl party. We had a party for 3 sick Shinlevers! Kory got us soup and we snuggled on the couch watching the game. We must be allergic to snow!

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Kaitlin got bored of the game and was catching up reading Southern Living. I am so proud!

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They are ONLY calling for  4-10 inches on Wednesday so we are hoping that is the last we see of snow for the season!