Monday, February 15, 2010

THE GREAT SNOWSTORM OF 2010

Nothing like a once-in-a-lifetime snowstorm to break up the slow news month in the Le blogosphere. This week, Dallas received the most amount of snow in one day EVER when mother nature decided to dump nearly 15 inches (12.5" officially) of the white powder on our city. The great snowstorm happened on Thursday, and the snow hasn't completely melted away yet here on Monday night. The kids, and our four-legged family member Champ, absolutely loved it!


This is what we woke up to.


Hudson was so excited he ran out in his PJs








Went to work that day and some of my team decided to send HR a message from the roof of a nearby parking garage during lunch. It worked. We got to go home early.


That meant more playing in the snow




The snow WOULD NOT stop pouring down!




Our backyard


The kids lacrosse goal and some naturally formed snowballs




Having lived in the South for so long now we forgot how bright it looks at night when there's this much snow on the ground. This was taken at 11:00 PM!


The only drawback to the great snowstorm was that we lost power for several days due to tree limbs falling on power lines. You can see from this shot of our persimmon tree how much weight gets added on. Over 200,000 households in Dallas were affected!


You can barely make out our house behind our grand oaks that have sagged from the weight of the snow!



A look up our street will give you an idea of why so many power lines went down.


Throwing away groceries was so depressing.


We did however have a great time camping and making smores in our living room


Our cozy sleeping arrangement


Our fire/stove/heater


Tired of being cooped up, we headed to Coopers BBQ in Fort Worth




Fayte picking her meats out of the holding pit


Pork rib, Cabrito (Goat, which was Fayte's FAVORITE) and brisket. We also ordered some great pork loin. Cooper's probably has the largest selection of meats out of all of the legendary Texas BBQ pits.


The kids loved it


Apparently in Fort Worth, its okay to ride a steer on the road!


Gangsta


Staying warm at the Galleria play area


Fayte stays warm with her friends Indigo and Simone




Ba Noi and Connor came up to celebrate the new year. Fayte and Connor are receiving traditional Lysee money here!





One that fits


Speaking of missing school, Fayte's academy was closed shortly before the snowstorm so she spent the day working as an ad exec downtown with Daddy!


Lets go to LA to direct some commercials! Its much warmer there.