First Time Experience

SNOW, a first time experience i had today. i have been in the snow before but living in it is totally different.

last night it started to snow little flurries and left some white ice on the yard. the kids were so excited so they went outside to play.

i woke up this morning to my backyard looking like this...

holy cow that is a lot of snow. it is crazy to me. i know a lot of people reading this are from utah and other way more snowy areas, but when you come from hot arizona this is new.

here is my front yard... it was so pretty to see the trees all white and all the rooftops.

this is part of my house and yard.

so after i take the pictures, i go to wake mikenna up for school. she is not the best morning person so all i had to say was "mikenna come look at all the snow outside, there is enough to make a snowman" she jumped out of bed and we went to look outside. about 15 minutes later john informed me it just was announced on the news that school was cancelled. what? that is weird. nothing ever cancelled school when i was growing up. anyway, the boys were up within a half an hour later and within 15 minutes after that, everyone was dressed and ready to play outside.

the snow was so white and soft and the kids had a blast. we all went outside and had a ton of fun...

mikenna and andon scooped up lots of snow and had snowball fights...

mikenna made a snow angel...

kelton mostly stayed on the side walk and didn't like it when he tried to walk in the snow. he fell a little but enjoyed just being outside and watching everyone...

john and i loved spending the morning with the kids and playing with them...

and of course we made a snowman with a hat, two raison eyes, a carrot nose, three cherry buttons, no mouth, and two yellow straw arms.

was it a fun morning? yes it was different and fun and the kids had a blast, but i still would not survive living in the snow. i am so glad i got this experience, it has been a good day.