Snow and Cold.....and repeat

Like everywhere in the Midwest it has been so stinking cold and we have gotten so much snow!  Everyone is starting to get a little sick of it around here; we know spring is a long ways off but it sure would be nice to be above freezing temps for a few days.

Alec and Mike spent almost an entire Saturday clearing off our roof of all the snow.  I'm not entirely sure this was a job that HAD to be done or they just thought it would be a cool adventure.  Either way they got an amazing work out, there was tons and tons of snow piled up there!  It is a huge roof....should be fun to re-roof it this spring! 

Josie has been stir crazy this winter, acting like a crazy animal sometimes with all her cooped up energy!  Here she is jumping up on the snow pile to try and go get Mike, but just couldn't move after she got up there!

We took Brie outside one day to have her check it all out.  I found her puffy coat and snow pants at Goodwill a while back, only had socks for mittens though.  Although I will not be buying her mittens, because she did NOT exactly enjoy being outside.  

Mostly we have been staying inside, which is getting a little boring.  So we are going to be making more trips the different libraries in the area and I just signed up Brie for swim lessons.  There is a place about 15min away, they say the pool is 90 degrees.  Hopefully she likes it!  I figure we will just do it for a few months; as of now she still doesn't really enjoy bath time, and with us having a pool I'd love for her to be comfortable in and like the water.  We shall see how it goes.

I made Josie a 'nest' with this blanket, she didn't move for HOURS!  Lazy......