The Ice Storm of 2011

...which is what it was at our house--a thin layer of ice over everything. So, while our friends in north Alabama were playing in 7-8 inches of snow, we had this outside our front door:

The layer of ice covering our back porch.
The ice skating rink that was our sidewalk.
The table on our back porch...don't be deceived--what looks like snow in the chairs probably started out that way, but quickly froze into big hunks of ice.
Not to worry, we still enjoyed lots of family time, we just decided to forgo getting out in the ice to play. We played with toys, games, watched a few movies and enjoyed some time away from school/work!