So how is your October ending?

Well, our ended pretty terribly. We had the most damaging snowstorm I ever remember. There were more than 830,000 people in the state without power. We lost power Saturday night and didn't get it back until Wednesday. Mom and Dad got it back the on Thursday. Vicky and Rich were the lucky ones, only loosing power until very early Monday morning. They were saints because we were all able to get showers and warmth at their place. Thanks again.

Kenny and I were eating with Mom and Dad on Saturday this was what was coming down around 12:30-1.


This is what I ran into when I got off the highway on the way home, around 2.



So the snow originally wasn't supposed to arrive until about 10PM on Saturday, this was what we had at about 3 Saturday afternoon. Theses branches are usually way above our window, as you can see, they were well below it with the snow.





I was hoping my neighbors tree would fall on my shed. I would really like a replacement shed (I checked it's covered under my insurance with a small deductible).


More carnage..




Our Dogwood tree being stretched to the max, touching/covering our fur tree. We were lucky, I shook the snow out of our Dogwood 4-times so it wouldn't snap. We only lost 1 branch. If we didn't shake the snow out I'm pretty sure it would have been quite damaged.




This is about half of the tree branches I cleared out of our yard. They were just everywhere.

First School Photo

We got Kenny's first school photo. It's actually really good as you can see. We were expecting a blur or weird expression. He isn't smiling but he is very cute. This is his "I'm-an-angel-please-ignore-the-mischievous-thing-I'm-about-to-do" face.



Here is a picture of Kenny painting with shaving cream at school. It's funny because Kenny likes making a mess but he does not particularly like things being on his hands or fingers. You can see he is torn.