The Blanch Herd: Out There {March 2023}

This month's outdoors pics can be summed up with one word: snow. So. Much. Snow!

3.4.23
(We came home from our California trip and found someone
(Gregg's Dad) had cleared our deck and driveway of the foot plus
that had fallen while we were gone.)

3.4.23
(same view, new focus: check out that icicle on the inside of
our garage! ack!)

3.4.23
(the biggest we've seen this pile all season!)

3.5.23
(it started snowing when we pulled into the driveway
the night before and it kept snowing . . . forever)

3.5.23

3.25.23
(looking out the back window - look at our "little"
stick pile hill way back there and the half-buried composter!)

3.5.23
(we've been watching the chain links disappear on the fence
as the snow gets deeper.)

3.5.23
(Sunday best)

3.5.23

3.5.23
(this little path from our deck around the garage
has been an extra thing to shovel, but a useful
entrance to the house)

3.5.23
(getting deep at the church!)

3.5.23
(crazy roof things happening)

3.5.23
(Gregg decided it was time to get some weight off the roof)

3.5.23

3.7.23
(icicle mania!)

3.8.23
(Sam wanted a pic of the shovel ice situation)

3.9.23
(bluebird day at Nordic!)

3.9.23
(even better with friends - Lily and Quincy (and their mom, Emily))

3.9.23
(just a house (what house?) in Huntsville that
I passed by on an afternoon walk)

3.9.23
(Huntsville Park buried in snow)

3.10.23
(I looked out the window and what did I see?
Gregg chopping up ice dams on the edge of the roof!)

3.11.23
(that's a lot of ice in the gauge this mornin'
(0.66" of water, when it was all melted!))

3.13.23
(thankful for Grandpa plowing the patio all winter so
the kids could play some basketball on a sunny afternoon)

3.13.23
(Grandma and the threes)

3.14.23
(one of the yw in my ward snapped
this pic of her neighbor's house being struck
by lightning during a crazy storm we had!)

3.17.23
(bluebird ski day at White Pine Resort near Pinedale, WY)

3.17.23
(Gregg wanted to ski in a new state for his 40 Before 40,
so we made a little ski vacay to Wyoming (and called it
a belated birthday trip for me, too))

3.17.23
(crazy double lift action going on here! That was unique
and fun)

3.17.23

3.17.23
(it was a beautiful, chill little mountain - so much fun!)

3.17.23
(riding up the other side this time - it only goes up partway
since it's the beginner lift (I ended up lapping this lift for
most of our time - just my size of run!)

3.17.23
(found some untracked corduroy in the afternoon! score!)

3.17.23

3.17.23
(this was our attempt to get all four of us in the same pic;
do you see Gregg and Sam on the other lift line behind us?)

3.17.23
(there they are! the main lift was running a bit faster, so the boys
caught up to and passed us before we got off on the bunny hill)

3.17.23
(no lines, so Cal is taking a solo chair ride this time)

3.17.23

3.20.23
(Happy first day of spring! We often have had a hot dog
roast to celebrate the solstice, but this year it was buried under
4 feet of snow (roughly where the kids are standing, we think ;))

3.20.23
(this mound will likely be here till Birthday Bowling!)

3.20.23
(views from the loop)

3.24.23
(my weather-loving friend Holly
sent me this screenshot this morning.
2023 is officially the wettest winter
on record now!)

3.24.23
(another from Holly)

3.24.23
(Nate brought the kiddos up to Nordic for a ski day and
they got to ride the lift for the first time!)

3.24.23
(There's Gregg and Bradley)

3.24.23
And now Bradley is with me.

3.24.23
(and that's Nate and Magnolia coming up behind)

3.24.23
(it was brother day at the resort! Ryan was
in town, so he came and took some laps with us, too.
Here are Sam and him riding up Apollo for their last run
since the wind was pelting snow into their faces
on the ride up.)