Blanket of White

Just like we hoped we woke up to snow on Tuesday morning.

It usually snows here once or twice a year but in the past 4 Winters that we have lived here we have never had this much snow.

My husband and I grew up about an hour from where we live now and never had snow except for maybe the occasional snow flake here or there that would fall once every 5 years or so but never stayed on the ground.

Needless to say it is so fun to be able to live where it really snows and stays on the ground enough to enjoy it for atleast a day.

We woke up around 6am and I told the girls after they ate some breakfast we could head out to play in it.

The sun was barely out but the girls didn't seem to mind one bit.

Brooklyn loved the crunching noise as she took her steps while Kayla loved throwing snowballs.

Our Candy Snowman

Isn't she cute?

Our dog liked her too considering she ate all the candy right after we walked away

Kayla had school but I was just thinking I would keep her home so we could play all day but after playing outside for about thirty minutes we came in and were getting warmed up when she said she wanted to go to school.

I made sure she knew that they probably wouldn't play outside today and that she is going to miss playing outside with Brooklyn and I and she said she was okay with that.

Luckily for me I still had time to make her a lunch and get us all changed into some dry clothes.

 

As we were running out the door I grabbed my camera

Soooo glad I did because everything looked amazing!

Below is our park covered in snow.

It was strange seeing this much snow it felt like we lived up in the mountains

Every morning that I take Kayla to school we drive by this field which is always filled with  cows and the beautiful mountains in the background.

The colors of it change everyday depending on the clouds, sun, etc. so this morning when I saw how beautiful it was I had to pull into a parking lot to take a few pictures.

This one below just might be my favorite picture of the day.

After dropping Kayla off at school Brooklyn and I came back home and watched cartoons for a little bit and then she wanted to go back out and play so we bundled her back up and headed out.

By now there was water dripping down everywhere from the snow melting off of the roof and standing under it while the cold and giant drops fell on her was her favorite thing.

I let her play until I could see her boots were soaked and then made her come in which she was fine with because it was just about lunch time.

I was worried about Kayla and hoping she wasn't upset because she wasn't playing in the snow but when we picked her up she said they got to play a little bit outside and she said she had a lot of fun with all her friends so I was happy to hear that.

By the evening just about all of the snow had melted away.

I'm a little sad that I don't get to wake up to a blanket of white tomorrow morning but I don't want to complain too much because I know I would not want cold snow for weeks at a time.
It was fun while it lasted and now that we have had our yearly snowfall I think it's just about time for Spring to come along although a few more Snow Days spread out wouldn't be so bad :)