Fire & Ice

Two weekends ago when everyone else seemed to get snow all we got was freezing rain and ice. The roads were never too bad and the trees were actually pretty in the mornings when they glistened in the sunlight. We were pretty lucky and only lost power a couple of times and only had some limbs fall out of our trees. We did lose one tree in our backyard, but Jason didn't like it and was hoping it would split. We didn't experience any major damage though- thank goodness! Last weekend was our chance to pick up sticks. After working all afternoon Sunday we got the front yard finished. Thank goodness we didn't do the backyard to because my legs were sore from picking up sticks all day. I must be getting old!

Here is a picture looking out into our backyard with all of the ice

The weather was definitely nicer this past weekend. I caught Jason playing baskeball outside and knew he wouldn't let me take pictures of him so this one is kind of blurry because I took it through the front door. He caught me and decided to pose. It seems like whenever I have my camera he will either refuse pictures or do a dorky pose.

Later that day Jason started the fire and we roasted hotdogs and marshmallows. It was pretty cool that night, but our fire was big enough to keep us warm.We didn't have any roasting sticks so Jason found a stick and used his pocket knife to make it useable. However, it wasn't very long so luckily he found a 6 foot long metal pole we could use to hold it. I'm sure if our neighbors could see us they were laughing at us.