The Storm of 2010

It started snowing on Friday, February 5th and hasn't stopped! The first storm that passed through dumped over 2 feet of snow between Friday and Saturday. It knocked out our power for two days...............TWO days. It's a good thing that Bart is prepared for our family!!! A few years back he purchased a huge generator that would be able to power our new additions furnace, water heater, t.v. and lights. He ran an extension cord through to the kitchen refrigerator and then another down to the freezer in the basement. We have a gas fire place in our small family room that helped heat it, the kitchen and even helped keep the upstairs bedrooms warm. It's a good thing Bart is always thinking ahead.
On Saturday Heather, Garrett, Corban and Jayce came over to our house to stay warm and have power. Before Bart hooked up the generator (with Garrett's help) I decided to make Pasta Figoli soup out on the barbecue grill...............if you think that was easy think again!! It was a fun experience and we had enough soup to last us for at least two weeks!!
Once the guys got us up and running with partial power Corban finally could play the WII. It was so much fun to have everyone over here!! The boys played with their Viper power wheels in the family room, (it's a good thing the family room is big) played WII, and watched videos. We even played red light, green light and FREEZE tag!!! Everyone got to take a hot shower since it was hooked up to the generator as well!! Yeah, we weren't stinky!!
Sunday morning we plugged in the electric griddle to an outlet and we had scrambled eggs and pancakes!! I almost felt guilty for having partial power when there were and still are lots of families without power...............almost.
Corban did run a fever of 130 degrees (this is what he told Jonas) it was actually 103 but it was only for overnight. We were lucky because it would have been really hard to get him to the doctors because the roads were so bad.
Once we got the generator going we needed to get extra gas to keep it going so we braved the tretrous roads to the gas station only to find that the gas station was running out of gas. We got as much gas as we could, filled the generator and made another 2 trips. On the last trip the gas station was out of gas and we had to find one across the river. We were able to get some there but they ran out of gas too. There was no gas available in a 30 mile radius from us so we were hoping that the power would come back soon!
Late Sunday evening the power finally came back on and it was HEAVEN! We are still keeping everything close by because it is still snowing here and the forecast is saying we will have snow everyday for another week!! BLAH!!!
Bart had to go out of town Monday afternoon (drive of course). While he was gone the water was at a slow trickle. The water tanks need power to pump water to fill them and since there was no power for a few days the tanks emptied and had to catch up. Tuesday morning we had pressure and so I hurried and did laundry and cleaned house just in case!!
I feel like we are living on the edge............just wondering when the next storm will knock out power and water!! Hawaii or the Bahamas sounds so nice right now!!!
We have learned a lot from this storm and we hope we don't have to go through it again!! We understand why the church tells us that we need to be prepared for anything. Food and water storage is very important!! It's also important to have a husband who thinks ahead and plans for power as well!!! Thanks Bart for taking such great care of your family!!
I'm so grateful that Jonas and Matt were in Utah (staying warm in their homes) but I am also grateful that Heather, Garrett and the boys were here with us. Knowing that they were safe and were able to come to our house to stay warm and have food and shelter was one less worry for us. Samantha was at her parents house and we were able to keep in touch with her but her parents were without power longer then us, so when the roads were somewhat plowed Sam went back to her apartment at WVU.
I really am looking forward to summer!!! Warm weather, blue skies, stars at night and Bart in his swimming suit!!!!

This is our deck on Saturday morning. More snow was on its way
The trees were really weighted down with all the snow.

We measured just before Bart started shoveling and we measured 20-22 inches
of snow!!! Still there was more to come!!

Looks pretty................but COLD, COLD, COLD!!!

Looks like we won't be playing basketball anytime soon!!

The best part of the storm was..................We had Corban and Jayce at our house for three days straight!! I just love those little guys and even in the worst of storms they have a way of making you laugh and feel warm!!! I got lots of hugs and kisses and they were the BEST!!!!