It doesn't snow in Sequim...

At least that is what we were told BEFORE we moved here a year and a half ago.  Last year we had 2+ feet of snow.  
This year it looked like it might stay mild all winter and then BAM!  It snowed for 3 days straight.  Friday, Jan 13 was a half day for Andrew and no school for Chase followed by the MLK holiday on Monday. The kids all prayed really hard for snow, apparently, Heavenly Father finally gave in and it snowed, and snowed, and snowed.  16+ inches of snow.


Since we live on a private road it doesn't get plowed and the road we live off doesn't generally get plowed either.  It isn't until you get to the highway that the roads get plowed and even then, it is somewhat hit or miss during the early parts of the storm. School ended up being cancelled for the ENTIRE week, which wasn't that big of a deal except that John had a snow weekend planned with his brothers & cousins in Oregon and would be leaving on Thursday, snow or no snow. On Tuesday John put the chains on the van so that he could go into work and get a snowboard.  (The BMW can't handle snow and chains are somewhat out of the questions as it has such a low profile.)  

He only stayed for part of the day.  When he got home we loaded up the family and went for a drive to get a few provisions from the store.  On Wednesday we took a second (more exciting trip for John) out to Mervin Manufacturing where John had made arrangements to pick up a wider snowboard and demo bindings from his friend Dalyn Mitchell.  John was pretty excited for the hook up and to have an expensive board to ride free of charge at Mt Hood. By Thursday, I was totally ready for the kids to be back at school.  It is hard to be home with everyone without the option of going anywhere for a break.  John loaded up the van and took off in the afternoon.  His job was to pick up Dave at the airport in Portland. In the end everything worked out.  The kids got an extra week off of school, John went on his trip, I even made it to church with the kids by myself.  I am glad that we were in Sequim.  Lacey got his harder than we did and many of our friends were without power for several days.  It does snow in Sequim.