Snow Much Fun!

 We had the best few snow days recently!  On Friday morning (12/8) it started snowing a little bit.  Stonehaven called the day at noon, so I picked the girls up and we headed on home.  My car (and others) were already slipping some on the roads.  I couldn't even get all the way our driveway because of the ice.  The weather forecasters said there would be "a light dusting."  It soon became apparent they were wrong!  By late afternoon, there were a couple of inches of snow.  It seemed to be dying down, so we headed outside for the first of a few snowball fights.

 This was the really fun powder snow, so it was great to throw it in the air and watch it cascade down.

 Then back to more snowball fights!

 The neighbors had a great path for sledding down their big hill, but the girls found a new path on their sled down our small backyard hill.

 It was such a fun afternoon, and we assumed that was the end of it.  Little did we know what was to come.  It started snowing again in the evening and didn't let up.  By Saturday morning, we had over 8 inches of snow at our house!  It was beautiful!  Unfortunately, we had no power either.  Thankfully our fire was able to keep us pretty warm for awhile.

 Going back out to play!

 The girls were getting really good at sledding!  They would go down the hills sitting or standing.  At one point, they would go down our driveway and then turn to go down our big hill.  It was really fun to watch!  I even gave it a go down one of the smaller hills and it was great!

 All the forecasters came out and apologized for how off they were in their predictions.  That was okay with us; we had a great weekend!  Ryan and I were supposed to host the Stonehaven board Christmas party Saturday night for all the teachers and their spouses.  We had everything ready to go for it.  At noon, we decided to cancel the catering, and at four, since we still didn't have power, we cancelled the party altogether.  The girls had gone over to my parents house just after noon to stay warm and play at their house.  When we cancelled the party, Ryan and I headed over there too because we knew we'd be too cold at our house.  Thankfully the roads were in good condition to drive.  By 9:00 the power had come back on, so we headed back home to sleep in our own beds that night.  We were all warm and cozy and had more fun in the snow with neighbors on Sunday.  What a great weekend!  

I sure do love these people, and I like having adventures with them!