Monday, February 15, 2010

Snow Day!

It is very rare that is snows around here. The last time it snowed was 2002....thats a LONG time ago! But this year, it snowed and snowed and snowed (well, just for one day!) I didn't believe the weatherman--he predicted that we would get snow in January, and we didn't get one lick of anything...snow, sleet, rain....nothing. In fact, it was about 50 degrees that day. So last friday I didn't think we would get anything either, until about 3 pm. I was at work and very little snow flurries started to fall. They were so small you almost couldn't see them. Then around 4 pm it started to pick up. We actually got big huge snowflakes. At five I rushed home to get out the camera. It was so beautiful! Everything was covered in white and the snow was falling so gently and peacefully. It kept snowing for the rest of the night, and even knocked out the power for almost an hour! When we woke up on Saturday, we found that almost 6 inches had fallen! We went out and played for a while, but the sun was out and it was warm and the snow was melting very quickly. It seemed like it was snowing again just because so much snow was falling off the trees. This is how snow needs to be---have a snowfall and make everything so beautiful, and then the next day melt! (I like snow, but only for a day or 2.)


This is when I got home from work and was walking around the neighborhood--I thought we had a lot then, but it was just getting started!




That night--still snowing!






The next morning---check out the railings and steps. We measured it and it was almost 6 inches high!




It was so beautiful! (Sorry--picture overload here!)











We almost lost Hershey in the snow!



Troy wanted to go sledding....it didn't work...and he broke his "sled"!



4 comments:

The Adams Family said...

Those are beautiful pictures...I love that kind of snow. We didn't get much snow this year either...about a week of it. But it's nice cuz then it's not a mess and slush and getting stuck while driving like in Idaho. Glad you had fun.

Mike and Wendy said...

I love Troy's redneck sled!
There were some kids here who took the wheels off their skateboards and tried to use them as sleds/snowboards. Only in the south . . .
I guess it's a good thing Hershey isn't white!
BTW, I finally finished your wedding gift! I was beginning to think the ladies I was working with were related to the lady who was supposed to do your chair covers! Anyway, we'll be there the fist week of March with said wedding gift in hand!

Mary and Gary said...

You like snow??? Is this really Kristina? Ha. Awesome pictures!!! Tell Troy that I liked his sled!!!

Jen said...

Those are some really nice pictures. I'm very impressed! I'm with Mary though, I didn't think you liked snow! I guess it's easier to like it when you don't have to look at it every day for months and months!