Snow! Snow! and MORE SNOW!

We have experienced the biggest snowfall in Forest Falls at one time since the 70’s. It’s beautiful, and about 4 to 5 feet deep. There are a lot things we’re very thankful for.... the new snowblower that was able to clear the deck, the generator that keeps the food cold and can run the coffee pot, the gas powered hot water heater that provides hot water at all times, Zeek and his ability to run the LOADER, Without that we’d be snowed in for days.

10:00 p.m. Zeek finally is able to get home to clear our road.

Love this snowblower!

There will be plenty of sledding for quite a while.

Zeek, THE KING OF OUR STREET!

We’re the only street able to drive in and out.

We’ve got a fire going at all times, and plenty of firewood.

The generator is on long enough to keep the refrigerator cold.

There’s lots of food and we’re cooking anything that can be cooked on the stove top or BBQ,

At night the candles are burning, we’re cozy, comfortable and safe in our own home.

However.... we have no electricity and probably won’t for a week, and the phones and cell phones are out as well.

We’ll try to keep you updated when we are down the hill and will check our messages on the cell.

We're Buried

They were right this time!

We're buried in 2 feet of snow (new overnight).

We're trying to dig our way out. The snowblower is great.... but not big enough for this much snow.

Been at it since 5:15 and this is the progress.

Zeek's trying to get the truck uncovered.

It's still snowing!!!!!

Tomorrow's pictures will be more fun.... snowmen, sledding, snowball fights, etc.

It's Snowing

We're definitely getting some snow!

This is what it looked like when we got home this afternoon. It's snowing hard and there's about 5 inches of snow.

We got a chance to put Zeek's NEW SNOWBLOWER to work.

So far we've cleared about 10 inches of snow off the deck and it's still snowing hard.

The beautiful thing about it..... it only took about 20 minutes to completely do our 1000 sq foot deck.... and our backs don't hurt a bit!

They say we could get up to 40 inches over the next 24 hours.

We'll see.... they're wrong lots of times!

Merry Christmas!

It's Christmas Eve and the Elves delivered new PJ's while we were at church.

Almond Roca Secret

So here's the secret to our Family Tradition...

1/2 cup almonds chopped and sprinkled on a baking sheet (pizza pan works great)

1 8oz. Hershey Bar with Almonds grated then sprinkled on top of the almonds

1 lb. salted butter

2 cups sugar

Stir constantly over medium heat.

It gets to the "fluffy" stage ... keep stirring!

It gets to the oily stage ... keep stirring!

at 300 drain off oil and pour over chocolate.

Spread toffee evenly over chocolate (the back of a stainless steel spoon works well)

While the toffee is HOT ...

sprinkle 1 8oz. grated Hershey Bar with Almonds on top of toffee.

sprinkle 1/2 cup chopped almonds on the chocolate.

Let cool until chocolate had hardened back up.

Crack using a sharp knife!

Enjoy! mmmmmmmm

20 batches done 1 to go!

We're ready for CHRISTMAS!

Christmas Fun

We enjoyed celebrating the Christmas season by decorating Gingerbread Houses with our friends the Richards.

There was plenty of candy to decorate with and eat.

They truly are works of art!

Aren't they a cute group of kids? So thankful for our friendship.

Christmas Traditions

Let the traditions begin!

We've grated 21 pounds of Hershey's Milk Chocolate with Almonds candy bars, chopped 9 pounds of Almonds, have 20 pounds of Sugar and 21 pounds of Butter all ready to go. You guessed it... we're prepared to make the famous "Zeek Family Christmas Almond Roca!" It's a good thing we only do this once a year.

The Girls decorated their Gingerbread House together. It's so nice that they can do it all by themselves including the clean-up!

Good Job Shari & Molly!