Snow, Snow and more Snow

We had 3 days of pure snow!  I have never seen this much snow before in one place.  We got about 10-12 inches of snow that stuck.  More fell but on the first day it was above freezing and a lot melted.  Cody still had to feed and go about his day......Jones and I helped!

Cody had to clear out all the snow in his truck to fit hay and buckets of feed for the Elk.

Jones thinks he is as strong as his daddy!

After nap we ventured out a bit to play.  The snow had finally stopped falling so we figured it would be ok for us to get out on the ranger.  Halfway to the gate to the high fence it started snowing again.  I am talking huge snow flakes and it was hard to see.  Jones was over the cold and snow at this time but we had to go drop some hay off and kept going.  Another 20 minutes passed....he unloaded hay and headed back to warmth.  By this time Jones was so mad and cried all the way home.  It was horrible and he was freezing.

We came home and made a fort and he was all smiles after that......after he defrosted.

The next afternoon the sun finally came out and there was NO wind!  It was perfect.  It was actually pretty comfortable in the sun.  I have been so bummed that we never bought a sled and we had nothing to use in its place.  Finally after the 3rd day Cody decided to use Jones baby pool from last summer.  It didn't work to great............  We didn't make it far before the front would just dig into the snow.

While we were trying to rig something else up Jones tripped and tried to catch himself.  But when his hands hit the ground(snow) they just went down about 6 inches to the actual ground and Jones' face went straight in the snow about 5 inches.  It was the funniest thing I have ever seen.  We got a good laugh and Jones was SO mad and couldn't understand why we were laughing so hard.

But after Jones saw what daddy rigged up he was a happy little camper again!  This is an old mineral block feeder for cows and it worked like a charm!  We played our little hearts out!

After the snow started to melt.....all 10 inches of it.....our CR was horrible.  I was able not to get my car in it for the first few days and keep it mud free......yesterday I had to go to town to stock up on goods for our first blizzard ever!  You can't even see what color my car is....it is totally covered in mud.  We have heard anywhere from 15-30 inches of snow this go around.  We so need the moisture and i say BRING IT ON!!!!

Cody triple fed everything today just in case we are stuck in the house for a few days.  He even went out and chopped fire wood in case our electricity went out and it is nicely stacked in our washroom......What a manly man I have!  Love him!