snow... Snow... SNOW!

This winter has been kind of a tease so far. Lots of really pretty sunny days, where you think playing outside is fun idea, until you stick your head out the back door and feel how cold it is. I have been in denial of what season it is and have been spending lots of time dreaming about my garden for this summer. But then... it snowed! And oh boy did it snow!

We watched it starting to fall and we were hopeful.

and then this...

turned into THIS!

So the next morning we went outside to play!

Happy boys :)

I wish I would have gotten a video of all the giggles that happened.

It was so much fun watching the boys be so excited about the snow.

So we called up our cousins...

and asked them to come play, too!

We found a great hill to go sledding on...

and took off with the biggest smiles!

It was a really fun adventure for everyone...

even the big boys :)

Then it was a race to get back to a warm house!

I wish I had more pictures of our next adventure in the snow, but I don't. We had so much fun together playing in the snow that we thought why go home and stop hanging out? Nana and Papa were out of town, so we called and asked them if we could stay at their house. Of course Nana said "yes!" so we packed up a cooler full of food, tossed in lots of warm blankets and headed over to Nana and Papa's house. We got snowed in of course... but that was kind of the point. We had a wonderful time. It felt like we were in a cozy cabin in the woods. The boys played so well together and after they were all asleep for the night it was the grown ups turn to play! Talking, playing board games, and watching favorite TV shows by the fire will be such a fun memory for me. I am so grateful for family that are also wonderful friends... and that we could enjoy the snow by staying warm inside. While it looked like this outside:

  

Brrr!!

Come back again next year, snow!!