January 26th Snow Storm
January 27, 2011
West Chester got not one but two snowstorms over the last day. The first one started Wednesday morning, and started earlier in the morning dumping more snow than anyone had expected. We got about 4 inches of snow before it turned over into sleet and freezing rain for a bit.
Then after the sun set the second storm moved in, at a rate of about 2 inches an hour. We even got some “thunder snow”. My wife said that this was made up when we heard them report this on the news, but then they showed some video footage of the snow with the sounds of thunder clearly in the background.
When it was all over, Chester County was the hardest hit area with the most snowfall. The news said that we were in the “bull’s eye” for this storm! I would say we got at least 16 inches, but probably closer to 2 feet.
Siobhan loved the snow of course, we let her out to play on the deck last night while the snow was still coming down. She had a blast as you can see.
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Christmas Day
January 26, 2011
We enjoyed spending Christmas Day at home watching the kids open up their presents this year. Siobhan was really very excited about opening all of her presents! Fionn didn’t really get the concept as well, but did enjoy his new Rody bouncy horse very much!
Unfortunately both of them were a little sick and had runny noses, as you’ll see in the pictures.
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Christmas Train Ride
January 26, 2011
We joined Madeline, Jenn & Steve for a ride on the West Chester Rail Road‘s Christmas Train.
Here are some pictures from our adventures:
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Christmas Dinner at Mom’s
January 26, 2011
Siobhan and Fionn enjoyed spending some time with their cousins Cole, Annaliese and John Thomas. We were able to visit with them and have Christmas dinner with my brother Brian, his wife Kate at my Mom and Don’s house.
Here are some pictures of the kids having a fun time playing and opening presents!
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Sleigh Ride with Santa
January 26, 2011
We took the kids over the Whiteland Center to for a Sleigh Ride with Santa. Here are some pictures.
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Siobhan & Fionn by Christmas Tree
December 10, 2010
While I was able to get some nice pictures of both Siobhan and Fionn by the Christmas tree alone, when we tried to get pictures of both of them we didn’t have much luck. Fionn was crying because he was in a bad mood, and Siobhan wouldn’t stay with him unless we were all singing together (it was “La-La-Lullaby” by the Pajanimals).
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Siobhan by the Christmas Tree
December 10, 2010
Some pictures that I took of Siobhan in front of our Christmas Tree.
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Fionn by the Christmas Tree
December 10, 2010
Some pictures that I took of Fionn in front of our Christmas Tree.
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O Christmas Tree…
December 10, 2010
O Christmas Tree, how lovely are your branches!
A picture of the Christmas tree for this year, we got a beautiful tree that is up in the living room. I also have the trains setup underneath (I’ll post pictures of that later).
Thanksgiving 2010
December 10, 2010
We enjoyed hosting Thanksgiving again this year. It was nice to be able to have the Hutchson family over, Siobhan loves seeing her cousins Eric and Carly!
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