Some Snowy Pics

Here I am after beginning to shovel through Blizzard #1 this February. We already had about 24" at this point, with another few inches more... and Blizzard #2 coming later.

Here are Mike and I at "ICE" at the Gaylord at National Harbor on New Year's Day. The wreath behind us (as in every single display) was carved from ice. It was 7 degrees inside. Man, wish I could've used these parkas in the blizzards!

Our new homesite. Lot 79. Reagan and Mike are walking up what will be our driveway one day. The driveway basically sits at the right edge of our lot. It almost completely ends just to the right of Mike. The hill to the right is the property of what will be a model home one day. Leave it the Hollars to choose and buy a house/lot in several feet of snow. We basically had to trust the plots at the office to really describe the lots. But we couldn't really wait... the builder actually sold SEVERAL lots during the blizzard. And our second choice was sold almost immediately after we gave it up... we met the people who picked it while at the Design Studio. Hmmm....I wonder what these lots will look like once the thaw hits?! Hope we chose the best one. Ha! That single skinny tree in the middle is funny. It's part of a group of trees/brush in our "front yard". We need to name that tree. It's so obvious. Any ideas? Skinny? Toothpick? Harry? I know these blizzards were a fluke, but if we ever get snow again, we're gonna need a serious snowblower and/or plow for a tractor! The piles in front are just the 4' snowpiles made by plowing the road. Last week when we drove out here to finalize our decision on lots, Mike walked through snow that went up PAST his knees to see the lot. I just said, "I'll trust your opinion." LOL I have yet to go up there to see the actual lot in whole.

This is our lot. The white poles in the back line the left side of the lot. The steps you see are where the house will one day be built. The trees in the back are ours. Five acres total. We came out here after signing the contract to slap the "SOLD" sticker on the lot number. How fun. I trudged through other's footsteps while wearing black loafers to stick that sticker on. One loafer fell off (that was fun). Ugh. You can see me in the photo of the previous entry (It's 2010!) with my back turned. I had to just turn around at the waist since I was standing in previous footsteps and was basically trapped. Note to self: buy some winter boots already!