snow + cold = long winter

Sooooo....it's been kinda a long winter here in the Midwest already...and it's not even the end of January.  When your family has either been snowed in, stuck inside because of dangerously cold temperatures and/or all had the stomach flu within a 4-day stretch...spring seems far away.

Yet, we here at the Miller household will remain hopeful and will realize that spring tulips, sunshine, walks to the park, a baby boy within 10 weeks, and garage sales (wait...did I just type that?!) are right around the corner :)

However, we are thankful to have a warm cozy home & enough food...yes, life could be much much worse!  Here are some fun pictures of snow fun...when we are able to either brave the cold or the temperatures cooperate.

 These pictures were taken in Iowa when we were there over Christmas....

 ...and these more foreboding/windy looking pictures were taken during our blizzard on Jan. 5, 2014 here in Normal...we ended up getting like 7-8 inches of snow and because of our north/west driveway kept scooping every so many hours to "stay-ahead" of the drifts...I think it helped some but boy it was NOT pleasant while doing it!

 Haven kept saying "my checks are frozen, my checks are frozen" :)

 

Spring...you're coming right? (insert hopeful sigh)