It Snowed...A LOT

My husband loves the weather. His dad's farming depended on it when he was growing up and now his job is affected by it too. He loves to check it and is usually really good at predicting what is coming. So early last week, he started saying that we would be getting snow on Friday. As much as I would have liked to believe him, we live in the deep south and it just doesn't happen. Even the storms of this particularly wintery winter have missed us altogether! But as Friday neared, it became more and more evident that it was a real possibility.

B was off work, so he joined the kids watching and waiting. (In addition to enjoying weather in general, he is just like a kid when it comes to anticipating snow...so cute.)

Around mid-afternoon, we started getting the first flakes. Seriously, we were excited about this much!

Within a couple of hours, it was starting to pile up!

The Links came over to play in it with us. We had so much fun and learned quickly that we don't have adequate apparel for a snowstorm!

It came down in a serious way for several hours and finally slowed down around 10pm. We couldn't believe it when we measured and it was 6 inches!!

The kids were amazed! After coming in and getting out of their wet clothes. :)

And warming up with some hot chocolate...

The roads were rough, so we had a fun game night/sleepover with the Links. (Missed you, Pierces!!) The scenery the next morning was breathtakingly beautiful.

It didn't take long for the kids to get back out there to play!

Yummy!

We were kind of pitiful in the sledding department...the kids loved this, but I'm not sure how much fun it was for B to pull them down the hill in the yard!

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Venturing to the back yard...the snow was SO deep!

The aftermath of all the playing...

And now, it is gone! I can't believe how quickly that much snow melted, but I'm thankful that we didn't have to deal with the mess of dirty slush and icy roads. The fun without the hassle...very nice.

I tried to explain to the kids that this was REALLY special (read: you may never see this again), but I'm sure that they will be hoping for it again next year. That includes B. :)