SNOW!

We had quite the snow storm last weekend with over 12" dropping within 12 hours!  The kiddos were a little disappointed it fell on a weekend such that there were no snow days, but they enjoyed it nonetheless.  Mari Cagle especially loved the white stuff; one afternoon she stayed out almost 2 hours.  It was quite beautiful freshly fallen, especially as it coated the trees so prettily.  The downside....we lost a tree that snapped under the weight of all the pretty snow.  Thankfully, it snapped in between our house and the neighbors so no big damage.  Whew! :)

 This was first thing Saturday morning.  By afternoon, another 4 -5 inches had fallen.

 You can see it's still coming down while the kids were out playing.

The snow was so deep it was up to the kids knees.  They had a hard time walking in it and made some pretty deep snow angels.

MC just liked falling in to it as it was still soft and fluffy.

Caz had to enjoy the snow from the window as we don't have water proof clothes for him.  Not to mention, he would have sunk up to his chin in the snow.  But he did enjoy the snow balls that Nate threw at him and one day he'll really appreciate that he was behind the sliding glass door. :)  We also made a couple snowballs for him which he ate.  Since he has such an affinity for ice, these tasty treats were right up his alley.

With the help of the neighbors, MC made a pretty impressive snowman.

Thankfully the roads are pretty much all clear now, but it will probably take a while for all the snow to completely melt.  And while we 'enjoyed' this frigid weather, we understand it was a comfortable 70 degrees back home!!!!