When Bryan Hardwick and eight-year-old stepson Keian Zimmerman went outdoors early Saturday afternoon to play in the snow, ambition got the better of them.
By Sunday afternoon, with mom Jody Hardwick joining in, they had completed a free-standing igloo about 10 feet tall in their yard at 716 Kansas Dr.
Construction principles were simple: five-gallon plastic buckets were filled with packed snow then deposited in a circle, with snow patted in to smooth the exterior.
“They built a good, strong base before starting up with the walls,” Jody observed.
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Snow romp spawns igloo
