Fun in the snow!

On Friday we were able to get out and enjoy the snow!

I put Hayden on a plastic sack and when we sat him down he just sunk down in the snow. He wasn't real sure what to think of it all!


What is this?


Hmmm, maybe I'll give it a try!


Not bad, a little cold...


Robin, my niece, came over to play with us! Snow angels...






What's a snow day with out a snowball fight?


Jeff and Robin constructed our snowman. Jeff was serious business with the saw out to make it perfectly round!


The finished product! I obviously am not very experienced with decorating a snowman. I had no idea it was so hard to find things that would actually stick to the snow! We ended up using lifesavers, a carrot, and peanut butter crackers.


Jeff went for a golf cart ride to check things out. He went down to check on our neighbor to make sure she was ok since we didn't have electricity.



Skooter and Chloe found a path on the side of the house to walk.


Chloe enjoying the snow!


I know my last 5 posts have been about snow, but I feel like it it worthy of it! I am guessing we will probably not have another snow like this for a LONG, LONG time! It is something I will always remember!

After the big snow...

I was speechless when I woke up this morning for many reasons!

One...no electricity
Two...Hayden was up and ready to play at 5:45 AM and I had had less than 5 hours of sleep. :-)
Three...The unbelievably beautiful sight outside!

It snowed for about 24 hours and our unofficial measurement was 8 inches. The official measurement at DFW was 12.5 inches. This was an all time record for Northeast Texas. I know people in the North are probably laughing at us, but it is such a big deal around here! I am excited Hayden is here to enjoy it too!

We lost power in the wee hours of the morning and it didn't come back on until 7:30 tonight. We had moved our gear to Mom and Dads this evening because they have a wood burning stove and had just gotten Hayden to sleep when it came back on. But, we decided to go ahead and "move" back home.

Here are a few pictures from this morning...

Amy, I agree...some of these do remind me of Christmas cards!

Out the front door...




Out the back door...









Across the pasture to Mom and Dad's...


We were so excited and really got to enjoy the snow today. It was such a fun day! Snowball fights, snowman built, snow angels, eating snow, etc. More pics to come!

It's Snowing (Part 3)

One of mine and Jeff's favorite pass times is to "ride around". We love to take the long way home to look for deer or just see new "country" as my dad would call it. So, what better to do when it is snowing? Ride around and check things out!

Here are a few pictures we took while we were "out on the town"...
(Ok, I am laughing thinking about us "out on the town". We haven't been "out" since way before Hayden was born! That's ok, I wouldn't change it for anything!)

The iron bridge at the park...

(This bridge used to actually be an old iron bridge on our county road. A few years back they took the bridge out, refinished it, and put it in the park.)

Driving down the county road...


Our church...


A duckhouse...


The longhorn at the local feed store...


Here bully, bully...

It's Snowing (Part 2)

Here are some pictures from around our house. It is just unbelievable how much it snowed today! I couldn't stop staring outside and I couldn't resist taking tons of pictures!

This is the scene from our back door. Beau-ti-ful!

When we woke up...


After sun-up...


Mid-Afternoon...


Sundown...


Down our driveway early morning...


Sundown...


The rest of these were taken early this morning, so it has snowed quite a bit more since these were taken!



Across the pasture...


Up Mom and Dad's Driveway...


Pictures from around town are next!

It's Snowing! (Part 1)

There is just something about waking up in the morning and finding a blanket of snow on the ground. Living in the south, this doesn't happen very often. It has continued to snow huge snow flakes all day. It is so beautiful! Thankfully today, the temperatures have stayed at or right above freezing, so it hasn't made the roads too bad...yet!

Here are a few pics of the three of us this morning...













Jeff, Hayden, and I took a drive around town this morning taking in the scenery and took some pictures. Those are for the next post!