Snow, snow, and more snow!

We had a record snowfall for our area - almost a foot! We were swimming in it for days. The boys had fun trekking through it and building a fort.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

It's a...

We used the unexpected snowfall a couple weeks ago to let everyone know that....

I had also baked 'gender reveal' cupcakes so we enjoyed handing those out as well:

Spring Snow

This winter we had a couple of dustings of snow here on the valley floor, and the boys headed out each time to eat it or hit it with golf clubs.

Then spring came and we got 5 inches of snow!

I built them a fort which they called the "fortress of solitude" and Batman and Superman hung out in it til they got too cold.

There was still much eating of snow, both inside and out:

Homemade sno-cones!

 

What is this white stuff?

We woke up yesterday morning to a blanket of snow on the ground... which doesn't happen very often around these parts. We were mesmerized.

The boys immediately headed out to play.

 

And eat.

The snow all melted away with the afternoon sun, then came back again in the evening.... and back out they went. They shoveled off the whole patio in 10 minutes. Somebody should put that skill to good use!

 

Of course, warming up with hot chocolate afterward was a highlight.

Everything looks prettier with a blanket of snow...

First snow of the year

I'm a little late getting to blogging, but better late than never right?

Just before Thanksgiving we had enough snow to cancel school around here... which means this much:

 

 Still, it was enough to thrill Silas (Titus was napping at the time).

  

Although, arguably his favorite part was drinking hot chocolate afterward.

SNOW!

We had a rare opportunity this weekend to see snow in the Willamette Valley, so I bundled Silas up and took him out to build a snowman. He just stood there the whole time (he was not used to the boots) but he was very interested. Now he will point outside and say, "snow!"

We love snow!

Snow Angel!