Snow out the ying yang

So I wanted to post some picture that my friend took of our massive snow storms back in Maryland.. it really looked so beautiful, though at times a little wild. After the second storm hit, Ashley and I went out to explore. We waded through the snow and drift to reach the bottom of the snow mountain in the middle of our cul-de-sac, then we braved it till we reached the summit. When we got back to base camp, we proceeded to thaw the gutter by passing hot water jugs through the front window, which is double hung so the top comes down.This is me getting ready to climb on the roof.... I had to literally crawl through the snow to get to this point
This is a picture of my house from the summit looking down at the house... this is after the second snow storm and about 15 minutes after we just received power.. notice the covered cars.. that is all new snow they had all been shoveled out at one point and you could see the drive way. Below is me almost at the summit...at the top it was really cool it looked like a cater.
ENJOY

Costco Vs. Sams Club

So tonight we went to Sams Club, you know to stock up on Snicker Ice Cream Bars..and the nice man was scanning our items before it was our turn at the register. He was talking to Oliver about stuff and asking him if he liked to come to Sams Club. Oliver stopped to think and said...."I like Costco." The guy laughed and said, "well Costco is better at some things, but I think we're pretty good too." Oliver shrugged his shoulders and then changed the subject. Made us laugh.

Pathetic

You know how Dad gets emotional when he watches movies??? Well, we were watching "Undercover Boss" after the Super Bowl and at the end, I look over at him and he is tearing up. What a sensitive guy!!!!

Running the City

I hate to be the one to take Oliver off the top of the page but someone's gotta do it. Anyway, Trevor and I ran the City Manager’s 5k Run on Saturday. Not sure how many folks showed up but about 1,200 people signed up. I was pretty impressed as this was Trevor’s first official race. I don’t think he breathed once during the whole car ride down to the Park since he was so nervous focused.

It was pretty cold (35 degrees) at the start of the race but soon our feet were on fire. I won’t go too much into detail except to say that, after weaving through some fast-walkers who jumped to the front of the start line, we both had podium finishes and personal bests. Trevor came in 3RD place in his age group (25-29) with a time of 20:44 and I stumbled into 1ST place in my age group (30-34) with a time of 19:54. My goal was to break 20 minutes and Trevor’s was to finish strong. We both received “Key’s to the City” medals from the City Manager for placing top 3. Jenn, as always, braved the elements and cheered like a madwoman!