C-R-A-Z-Y Weather in the Northwest!!!

I have been gone for about a week now but for good reason....we have had a bit of another weather storm here in the Northwest! So far my kids have had 5 weather related no-school days in the past month in a half. What the heck is going on???? First we had the flooding...

Then we had a snowstorm...

But the worst yet has been the wind... my goodness what will we get next??? We love our big beautiful trees here too but hey when the winds are whipping through at 70 miles an hour I just have to say I am very thankful that we no longer live behind a greenbelt of towering Cedars.

Another casualty of no power in 2/3 of the area... the gas lines at stations with power have two hours lines and a lot of cranky people!

Wouldn't want to be taking off at this airport!
When this family was singing Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree...this is not exactly what they were counting on.

I am so thankful that we are one of the lucky ones who have the power back on now and the warm heater running to keep us warm. My parents, sister and many of my friends have been out of power since Friday night and they might not get power again until the end of the week. To make things worse the weather has turned to clear and cold so many people have been making mistakes by running their generators, barbecues and other carbon monoxide producing machines indoors with deadly consequences. Please pray that people will be safe and that the utility folks can get things up and running as soon as possible!