-50 Degrees. 'Nough Said.

It all started on Friday, December 13, 2008. We had received an email from our ward that there was a potential for a snowfall of 7-11 inches from Saturday to Sunday and they would be in touch with us to let us know if church would be canceled. I went to Wal-Mart Saturday morning to gather any last minute food items as well as water, batteries, and a rechargeable lantern. Then night came and the winds were blowing! You could sit in our living room and hear them howling outside. The temperature hovered around -10 degrees with a windchill factor of about -52 and wind gusts up to 40mph.

Here is a small clip of the build up of snow between the window and the screen. You will also see Jon putting on layers of clothes so that he can take Maggie outside.

Jon and Maggie are both ready to brave the storm. Maggie is rather hesitant considering how cold it is out there. I must apologize for my accent. These North Dakotans up here have such strong accents it's starting to take over! I'm so glad that we are going back home so I can get my accent back!

Melissa has really started babbling a TON lately. It's pretty much all she does while she is awake! It's really cute because she moves her jaw up and down as if she was really talking.

So there is this saying up here that you can throw a cup of water into the air and it will freeze before it hits the ground. Several people have stated this is true so we decided to try it. Watch for yourself and see the results. I know you are just dying of anticipation!

We spent most of the day inside watching movies that we had recorded. I finally watched the movie Fargo. It's a bizarre movie and the northern accents match perfectly! Here are pictures of the snow piling up outside.
The snow was building up between the screen and glass. Our door was hard to open because it was frozen shut.

Here you can see the snow blowing into the space between the screen and window. It really started to pile up.
The snow was up to the bottom step.
The next day Jon went out to dig out the car. There was a huge a pile of snow in front of the garage.