Snow Storm in October

 We woke up to a calm Sunday morning, no power, no heat, no water, no flushing toilets.  The snow storm was over, leaving behind at least 15 inches of snow and trees and large branches down everywhere.  Church had been cancelled the day before, so we weren't in any hurry to get outside.  I took some pictures through the windows, but Ben took many more when he went out to check on the damage.  You can see some big branches down in the picture below, this is our front yard.

 A huge drift of snow fell down from the roof, right as I snapped the below photo.  You can see some of the trees are bending over from the weight of the snow.

 This is the same area, after the big gust of snow.  Poor sad trees!

 This is the back deck.  Look at all that snow!!

 Trees down in the front yard.

 An entire tree destroyed, all its branches on the ground, just the trunk is left.

 Another view of that tree down, and you can see our neighbors house through the trees.

 These are the forsythia bushes that are usually 6 feet tall.  So tall that you can't even see that house across the street normally!  I don't think they will survive, but then again they just might come back.

 This is the weeping cherry tree in our backyard.  You can see one branch on the ground, and the other one leaning on the deck.

 Another view of the tree down looking from the driveway.

 This tree was broken and hanging across our street.  Someone cleared it up pretty quickly though, as the snow plow was able to come and take care of our driveway--either that or he just drove under it?

This was a pretty crazy storm.  It was probably about 60 degrees inside our house that day and slowly getting colder.  We spent most of the time huddled in our beds keeping warm.  We even put on our snow hats.  The First Selectman (otherise known as a mayor in our town) postponed Halloween until the next Sunday because of all the power lines that were down, it was just too dangerous!  100% of our town was without power Sunday morning.  By Sunday evening it was down to 96 % without power--we were in that bracket.  It was COLD!  After sleeping one night without power, we were about to start another night without power.  All the kids were in the girls room snuggled up in bed.  Ben went to go see if he could find something hot for us to eat for dinner, when he finally came home with some pizza, Hailey and Jared were fast asleep!

 This was their room with my flash off...you can't see anything but the glow from all the battery operated tea lights on Lindsey's dresser and the light from Hailey's book light.  Below is Hailey and Jared snuggled in her bed..note the warm hat on Jared's head.  It was cold!