Snow Day

We finally had a snow day WITH snow! Hooray! We ended up getting 6"-9" of snow between 8pm & 6am. The temperature hovered around freezing, so the flakes were big, wet, and beautiful coming down. The other great thing about today's snow is that it won't last long because it's supposed to be almost 60* this Sunday. As much as I enjoy snow, I am ready for sunshine and warmer days.

I went out between 12:30am & 1:00am and took a few pictures (looong shutter speed). Because the snow was so wet and heavy, it clung to the trees and looked so pretty.

I took the kids sledding for a little while today. It wasn't as fun today as it was the last couple times we went. There was less snow at the sledding hill than at our house, there were a lot of people, and the heavy, wet snow made for slow sledding. We only stayed an hour, but the kids still enjoyed themselves. Danielle stayed outside to play for a couple more hours when we got home.

Danielle climbed the snowpile at the end of the drive and built a miniature snowman on the mailbox post. No idea why, but it was cute. The local tv weatherman asked for viewers' pictures of snowmen to put on air tonight, and he showed Danielle's. It was a pretty good day.

Also, congratulations to Ron! He came in 3rd place in the International Association of Penturners intermediate beautiful pen contest.