Digging out...

After three days of being snowed in with five adults, two rambunctious children and five (yes, you read that right) five dogs, today we ventured outside to survey the damage.  After a frustrating trial run getting the snow blower started (during which someone, who will remain anonymous, forgot to turn on the fuel line), we were successful and trudged out. 

We had some substantial drifts...

But none bigger than the route to the front door through which we carved a narrow path in the 4 ft snow drift.

Our front door is looking rather short these days, but at least now the dogs can be coaxed out.

We've spend the last two and a half days enjoying being locked in the house.  We opened presents...

We played with our new toys...

We engaged in some very serious games of "Go Fish"...

We gave each other lots of hugs...

We cooked and consumed an obscene amount of food.

Sometimes,

it was almost painful

to try and get it into our mouths all at once...

But mostly we just sat around in our jammies and had fun...

I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas and enjoyed the season as much as our family.