Ice Storm

So we woke up this morning to lots of snow still and about half an inch of ice on top of it! We lost power at 6:30 this morning and finally got it back at about noon. Unfortunately we could not make it to Eugene today for Family Christmas due to the ice and freezing rain forcast, as well as the chain requirements for all highways in the Portland Area. While we do have a couple of 4x4's we do not have chains for them. Who would have thought you need chains for a 4x4?

We did make it out to Shari's to eat breakfast. Hard to cook with no power! We then snapped a couple of photos of the ice. It was so beautiful and thick!

Apparently we might be getting our white Christmas after all. Apparently with 6+ inches of snow on the ground we aren't going to be thawing out any time soon! Plus we are now supposed to get another 2-4 inches of SNOW tonight! This is crazy! As I'm writing this it is actully snowing again! Harder than it did all day yesterday. It is beautiful, but I don't see this ending anytime soon. I might actually not make it into work tomorrow. My car hasn't moved since last Saturday and doesn't look like it's going to be moving anytime in the near future either!

But at least we have heat again, we are all together and have everything we need. There are many people at the airport and bus stations and even stuck in their cars waiting for a break in the storm. We were so lucky Mom and Dad were able to get in when they did, otherwise they might not have made it until AFTER Christmas. Our hearts go out to all the stranded travellers.