Ice Storm- Jan 2009

Kayla had to hold our hand when walking in the backyard on the frozen grass and snow.

See how long the icicles were.

See how thick the ice was!!

It snowed Tuesday night too, so there was ice then a layer of snow. The backyard was a frozen tundra.

We wanted eggs and coffee that morning, so Chad brought out the propane camping stove to have warm food. It was fun to camp out in our own home, but we were glad it was for one morning.

Kayla and Dada loved camping out in the living room.

The room was really dark here at 6:00 AM Wednesday morning.

Our electricity went off about 6:00 PM Tuesday evening so we made the best of it. Chad got the gas fireplace going and it heated up the house nicely. We brought in a matress and camped out in front of the fireplace that night. I took my day off the next day so we spent the whole day together with the power off. We were lucky b/c our power came back on just the next day around 4:00 PM. It was fun, but we were glad to get heat and cooking means back. Kayla didn't know the difference. She loved all of it.

Tree resting on our roof, but it didn't puncture it once the ice melted it just lifted up.

Horrible looking broken trees.

Tuesday afternoon outside our house. See all the limbs on the ground.

The big ice storm came in Monday, Jan 26th. The roads were really slippery that day going home from work and it only got worse the next day. Tuesday when driving home from work I couldn't belive all the trees had ice on them and weighing them all down to the point of breaking. There were broken limbs everywhere.