Snow Days, Postponements

It has once again been awhile since our last post so I figured it was time for an update. We have actually spent quite a bit of time at home recently due to a large snowstorm that blew in last Monday night and had us "trapped" for three whole days. School was cancelled Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday due to the drifting snow. Around here drifts were as high as 6-7 feet tall in places and the roads were impassable for a long time. We treated Amy and Dani to a real, true South Dakota/Nebraska April blizzard!

This is us sitting at the intersection to the
highway, ready to head to school.

We were able to get to school on Friday thanks to my dad (he plowed in front of us in the tractor),  then my mom went in the gray truck (notice the amount of snow in her wheels!), and we followed her in our jeep...it was quite the convoy!

While we had fun staying home during the blizzard, not everything about it was happy. About a week or so before Dani, Amy, and I had gone to visit a "freak of nature" calf that was born. Calves usually weigh at least 70 pounds when born but this little one was only about 20 pounds and was essentially just a freakishly miniature calf. Unfortunately, during the blizzard the poor little thing was covered by snow and passed on to "cattle" Heaven. Unfortunately blizzards create a lot more work for ranchers and can also be a true hardship in the loss of cattle and other livestock. We are thankful that the only big loss for the Logterman Family Ranch was poor little "Midgy."

Dani and Amy with "Midgy," the little miniature calf.

Today we are back at home due to ice/wind/we don't really know why! We were supposed to get a bunch of snow today but the forecast continues to change and no one really knows what is going to happen. We have a day off and get to stay out of the cold so that's good enough for me. Due to this weather though, our District Music contest was postponed to Monday and the track season has been in complete upheaval as meets are constantly getting cancelled or postponed. It has been an April unlike most others.

Today Amy and I have been relaxing while George and Dani went out to explore some of my parents' land nearby. I have a great picture of Dani all suited up in George's coveralls but she has requested I not post it, so I won't. She looked so cute and funny in the over-sized clothing.

Watch for another post sometime soon about the other event of today--not quite ready to blog about it yet but will share soon. For now, I need to go because the family is playing a fierce game of tile rummy that they are wanting me to join in on!