Day 369

AJ and Papa had a really fun walk to school today. The snow was pretty impressive. It blocked our path, it could be walked on without falling through (in some places), and some amazing drift formations. David had his first horse PT today of his second session (6 weeks, I think). We were told of all kinds of "tricks" he did on horseback (none of us go in with him, we wait outside). Tonight's movie: Greater, another excellent "based on real-life" movie about faith, determination, and football. It was followed by Two Weeks Notice.

Over three feet of snow on the far side of the sidewalk.

Unusual melting pattern.

Where the sidewalk ends.

Day 368

More snow. And a snow day from school, except for Matteo (online this week). The most snow we've seen at the house since we moved here in 2017. Lots of snow pics below. Tonight's movie: Defiance. We've had good luck lately under the True Stories category.

This courtyard is 360 degrees
surrounded by the house.

And this deck has a roof!

I-25 was closed overnight.
We found trucks chillin' all over the place.

Front walk was over a foot deep in some places.

Tracy has been watching these tree stakes since yesterday.
They're over 3 feet tall.

Neighbor's house: partially re-plastered with white stuff.

Matteo is online all this week.

Gaming and talking with friends on the west coast.

Cozy game-playing in the theater room.

Shooting for Easter...

Day 367

Snowmaggedon. No church. No nothing. Except Jamie just had to get out and slide around on the roads a bit. Even Fina got in on it for a little snow driving practice. Most weather reports say we got about a foot in the past 24 hours. That means the depth is anywhere from zero to 3 feet or more because of the drifting. It was pretty much a horizontal snow all day. We did make a successful run to Starbucks, but the attempt to get to McDonald's failed. Jamie got there OK, pulled up to the order spot, the gal asked for the order, and after getting one item on the list, Jamie never heard from the order-taker again. In driving around the building it was clear no one was there. Probably talking to someone in India who didn't know the store was closed. Didn't matter, Jamie had a blast hotdogging in the snow. Jonnie totally rebuilt the railroad in Papa's office. We watched two of the Mighty Ducks (hockey) movies in the afternoon and the night's movie was The Siege at Jadotville (150 Irish UN peacekeepers hold off thousands of mercenaries hired by French and Belgian mining companies).

The very littles got to play in the snow.

This area is under a roof.

Zero to 3-feet or more due to strong winds.

Day 366

Nana, Papa, and the twins were to have gone to ride the Royal Gorge Route Railroad, but we decided to postpone at the last minute this morning. (They have a pretty liberal reschedule policy.) We could easily have gotten stuck down there, and the open-air cars would not have been much use. As it turned out, we probably could have managed the drive OK, but we'll have more fun in better weather. So, mostly an indoor play day. Some toys got used that hadn't been out in a while. Tracy started a new puzzle, Lego emojis. And Nana continued a quilt project to the music of The Sound of Music.

Just getting started...

Protecting the toddlers from the InstaPot, and vice versa.

A boy and his dog.

Tracy's work... This was about 9am.

Day 365 - One Year

Today marks the end of one full year to "flattening the curve in 2 weeks." Speaking of bull crap, the Flying Horse Ranch brought all the at-risk cows into the arena in preparation for the weekend storm. Mostly moms and calves. All the horses were put in barns, too. Jamie's therapy group didn't show up today, so we talked ranching for a while. Earlier in the day, Jamie made a cheesecake to go along with the dinner Lynn was prepping to deliver to a book club friend. The twins put together one of the science kits, this one a ball rolling down an incline. Papa used to make "roller coasters" with Lionel train track (3 rails) and marbles; he could play all day at that. 

Metal ball is in the red circle coming off the ramp.

Note the calf at lower right.