icicle hunters...

the storm did show up...but thankfully, it wasn't with the 6-12 inches predicted...i'm guessing we got 3 or 4?

that morning, i called the daycare to see if they would be opening (school still isn't back in - the kiddos have not been to school at all in February!!!)...the machine said they were opening at 10am, so we took our time getting ready...Curtis cleared off my truck & shoveled (again!) & then we headed out right before 10am

when we pulled up to the daycare, there were 2 other parents pulling in behind me...but there were absolutely no cars in the parking lot...it appeared they were closed after all, even tho the machine still had the same recording

there's these icicles that always hang over the door of the daycare...they get super long over night, then get broken off by the door & the older kiddos the next morning...

those icicles gave me an idea - while we were waiting around to see if the daycare was going to open or not, we should go icicle hunting!

so we drove off, on a hunt for the biggest icicles we could find!

we drove around town...down some back roads, in & out of subdivisions...we spotted quite a few like this...

pretty impressive, but we knew we could find bigger!

a few houses would have a random big icicle on the corner of their house...or some would even curve in towards the house - like claws trying to attack the siding...each spotting would send the kiddos into screams of "look at those over there!!"

finally, we found the house we'd been looking for...right on main street too! we couldn't believe how big the icicles were on this house - almost touching the front porch!!!

we also took the time to enjoy the scenery on our drive...as much as i'm hating the snow right now - u can't deny how beautiful it is...especially right after a fresh covering!

see this house? it's our dream house!

there's actually a pretty creepy story behind it...it's less than a mile from where my parents & brother live, & there was a murder in it about 2yrs ago (a woman shot & killed her abusive boyfriend)...it has sat empty ever since...they tried to rent it out for a while (way over our budget) & then finally put it on the market...but it's not selling either...the murder part doesn't really bother me - i'd totally still live there...if only we could afford it!

anyway...finally, at about 10:15am, the daycare changed their message to say they were indeed closed for the day...after driving around for almost an hour, the kiddos & i finally headed home...cause guess what?

we've got pretty big icicles there too!
;0)


ps. look what those darn snow plows did to our fence!

it's not only majorly bent & bowed, but if u look closely u can see where it's broken too...Grandpa ain't gonna be happy bout that!