Snow Much Fun!

Ryan and I were a little surprised when we returned from our cruise to the news that a snow storm was on its way to Atlanta! We changed our plans to get home. Instead of spending Saturday night in Belleair with Ryan's dad after his grandfather's party, we headed on up 75. We stopped in Lake City at 1:00 on Sunday morning; we were too tired to make it any farther. We got on up Sunday morning and made it safely the rest of the way home. We kept waiting on Sunday for the snow to start. Finally, around 8:00, it started to fall. It only took about 30 minutes for a couple of inches to accumulate. When we woke up Monday morning, we were greeted to 5 and a half inches on our back deck! It was beautiful to see too. Here are some pictures of the fun we had.

Ryan was ready to go out and take pictures and play. He was testing out his new gear for his March/April trip to Arctic Alaska. Drop the temperature another 30 or 40 degrees, and he'll be ready!

Here's the front of our house. You can just barely see the sidewalk that runs beside the mailbox to the steps. In fact, you can't even see the first step at the house!
The back yard and playground. Lily really wanted to go down the slide with all the snow on it!

Our back deck. Don't think we'll enjoy a picnic out here anytime soon!

Lily and Mia watching Daddy take pictures.

The girls couldn't wait to get outside and play too. We all bundled up about 10:30 and headed out for awhile. It was chilly but it really wasn't very cold out, so we were able to stay for about an hour. The girls had a lot of fun! Look at sweet Mia's face; she was having a blast!

Mia was a little stuck and needed some help. She didn't really like putting her hands into the snow, but she liked playing with it if you handed it to her.

Lily loved the crunching sound as she walked around. There was about 5 inches of snow and a half inch of ice on top of it. She also enjoyed picking up pieces of ice and playing "karate class" with it; that meant I would hold it and she would chop it in half or vice versa. We played this for awhile; maybe we should consider enrolling her in martial arts next spring!

Lily about to throw a snowball. She had fun with this too! Ryan made her a snowball just before we went inside, and she sat it down just outside the garage so it would be there tomorrow. She said "I don't think the car will back over it here." No worries kiddo, the car isn't going anywhere anytime soon!

The girls had a great time!

Off exploring together.