New photos

Just took some fun pictures of the kids this weekend and thought I would share them.

What a difference a day makes

No...the snow didn't all melt in a day. They are clearing the lot next to us, so there is mud everywhere. Mix that with melting snow and it is a mess!

Winter wonderland...I mean MESS

Here are some pictures of the snow in our neighborhood after the last two blizzards hit. We don't live in the U.P. right? How bout upper Minnesota? No...this is NEBRASKA!

This is the snow that is piled up in front of our house. It took them over a week to just clear a path down our street! Before that, most of us had worn down a path that got us to the bigger street. I say most as there was another driver in our family who thought she would be adventurous and go off road with her 4wheel drive. Let's just say that didn't work too well for her.

This is snow up against the school. Some of the teachers can't even see out their windows!

The huge snow drift in the backyard has to be good for something!

My wife spent most of the day in 4 degree weather taking down my Christmas decorations while I was with 2 of the kids at dance. When we came home, she built a tunnel into the 5 foot snow bank in the back yard. We took similar pictures in 2007 and here are the comparisons. Wow the kids have grown up!

Pictures from Christmas...part 2

Pictures from Christmas

Sorry for the delay in posting these photos! Here is a look into Christmas morning at the Becker household.

Gifts from Gma and Gpa.

Piano Recital at mall today

After 8 basketball games yesterday, the Beckers were up for a change of pace. The kids did great! They each played two Christmas songs and they all sounded great!

2 snow days and one more yet tomorrow!

I made the kids stand for pictures before I would let them in the house yesterday. By this time they were very cold and really didn't want to have their pictures taken.

Today was the second day off. The kids decided to sled and snowboard down the driveway and down the snowdrifts in the backyard.

If it wasn't for our neighbor behind us, we still would be stuck in our house. You can see our street. He has his own snow removal business and found out by chance that we still hadn't been plowed out. The snow was up to my knees at some points on our street. He made a path so we can get out. ConAgra was closed today, so no issue today, but Kori would have had a problem tomorrow if not for our neighbor. Here is a picture of our street from our driveway. You can see it is only wide enough for a car to pass. Hopefully the city will plow everything out tonight or tomorrow.

Thanksgiving photos

Great picture with Nana and the kids!