Snow...the perfect way to start Winter!

We got bombarded with snow the other day. It's very cold and windy outside, but it sure is pretty!! I have to say though, the older I get, the less and less I enjoy the snow. I finally understand why my parents felt the way they did in winter. Shoveling it, driving in it, and all the messes that come with it, don't make me a happy camper. I do love seeing the kids' eyes light up as it's coming down though...seeing them happy is enough to make me happy again.

We got lots of snow this time, so we were all outside, shovels in hand, trying to clear out the driveway and 5' of road that the plow somehow seemed to overlook. Hello?!? I'll give them the fact that this is a new road, so they may not know where the curb is, but still....one lane down the middle doesn't cut it!

Beautiful snow covered trees:


Even Cody enjoyed the snow this time. He doesn't usually going outside, but he ventured out with us this time and had lots of fun. Good thing he didn't run around in the deep snow though...his hair would NOT be easy to comb through with snowballs embedded in it!


Sweet-Pea making a snow angel...


OK, this kid cracks me up sometimes!! He wanted to be buried so we obliged. The funny thing was that he couldn't get out of the snow bank once he was buried!! After a while he did need digging out, and little sis was happy to help...don't ask me why 'cause if it were my brother, I'd have left him there! =)


Taking a moment to enjoy the snow...




The trees with snow on them are simply gorgeous!!




So...today is the first official day of Winter. Looks like this will be a snowy one for us. Our old home was right on the shore, so we didn't get much snow, mainly slush. It was awful. At least here we'll get some pretty snow. Even if it does annoy me now and then, at least the kids are happy!