I know, everyone knows we have snow...

...but still, it's blog worthy, even if it's just for my own posterity.

This was Wednesday morning, after it just started snowing.
Aubrey and Nathan on Thursday morning, in the path that Greg shoveled out for them.
This was Dane's reaction to seeing the snow start falling. See all that grass? The following pictures were taken 24 hours later.
Nathan, with some rocking hat head.
This was only the first 19 inches. Only 6 more inches to go!
Our back porch and patio
The size of the pile on the side of our driveway. The broom was the only reference I could think of. It's about 4 1/2 feet tall. (That was Thursday night. As of today, Sunday night, that pile has grown and blown and drifted anywhere from a couple feet to six feet high.)



The snowfall in Spokane blew away the previous record for snow in a 24 hour period by over six inches. More snow is expected tonight, Wednesday, Friday, for the rest of winter. You get the idea.

For those of you who grew up around snow you will understand my next sentence. The snow we have is that fine, non packing snow, that BLOWS and DRIFTS. It doesn't make good snowmen. It isn't very wet, but that also means it's not nearly so heavy to shovel. We have areas of our yard where we can see the grass and other places where the snow has drifted to over six feet high. It's like white sand dunes.

I have blessed my parents everyday for last year's birthday present: a pair of industrial strength, Columbia, SNOWBOOTS. These bad boys keep my feet toasty warm, don't slip on anything, and look lovely with a mini skirt. What can I say, winter in Spokane is no time to make a fashion statement. Nothing says pretty like the broken nose you get from slipping on the ice.

I hope you enjoyed the pictures. The kids have a love/hate relationship with the snow. It's great fun to play in but we are all feeling house bound. Aubrey has said multiple times, "Mom, it's a long time until summer, isn't it?" The dinner time conversation tonight revolved around how much fun going to the beach and going camping next summer will be. All in good time, my little pretties. All in good time.