Snowed in on Cape Cod

I'm sure you are hearing stories left and right about this past weekend's snow storm.  We hunkered down on Friday as the snow began thinking, "This really isn't going to be too bad."  We got the kids to bed and then ourselves with little more than a coating of slush all around....Then we all woke the next morning with cold noses and ice covered windows.  Power was out and had been most of the night.  The hubs and I quickly began assessing if we would be able to make it to his parents about 8 miles away to thaw out by their wood stove.  Our attempts to stay warm by the fireplace was proving lame and well we were getting nervous.  Hubs shoveled what he could and came in the house with a quick, "Ok we can make a run for it!"  (It sounds far more exciting writing it than it felt at the time!) Bags were packed and kids bundled and out the door we went praying the roads were better than what was outside our door!  They weren't awful (then again I had my eyes closed 3/4 of the ride!) and we made it safe and sound.  Hours of shoveling (I did help a bit but no where near as much as Hubs and my Father-in-law) and reading, and anything else to pass the time and this running mama became restless!  I kept reading post by all you awesome people about your long runs and workouts and I couldn't help but growl a bit!  In the end I am thankful for heat and power now (something I certainly take for granted) and I know soon we'll have internet and cable and life will resume as normal (until the next storm).  Kudos to the crews at NStar who flooded the Cape in droves and got us back and warmed up after only a few days!  I'll leave you with some scenes from our blizzard fun...sorry for the sideways fun but apparently my computer still isn't up for playing nice!

Snuggled up in front of the fire before we made a run for it!

One of the reasons we had no power!!!

Was more than excited to spend some quality time with these bad boys this morning!!!