Guess what we got this morning....

MORE SNOW!!

When I got up and looked out my window this morning we had between 12-24 inches (depending on the drifty areas) of snow from the storm last night. Well, actually it is still snowing, but I think most of the storm is over. We already had quite a bit of snow on the ground before this storm so now the snow is really deep, and the snowbanks really high!

(Above) Me

(Below) Our home

Our van got stuck leaving the driveway...

...and it took about half an hour for Joshua & Andrew to get it out.

Rosanna shoveling the front side walk, notice how deep the snow is?

Okay so she was kneeling down! :)

Nathanael shoveling.

The snowbank between us and our neighbors.

Smokey says, "This is NOT the weather I requested! Fix it!"

After taking pictures for awhile, I walked to the grocery store to pick up some things for my Mom. When I arrived on the main road I realized that there was no sidewalk plowed! The good news was that although the street is usually busy...

...today it was almost empty of traffic!

And just to give you an idea of how BIG the snowbanks are...

...this is a BIG hardware store that you can just see a small part of...

...and this is a snowbank in front of a large supermarket.

Anyway, I enjoy winter, but I am starting to look forward to spring!

(This post is especially for my cousins in Florida who are mowing lawns and enjoying the early strawberry season!)

Fun in the snow!

This morning I woke up to more snow falling.

It was beautiful outside, and I didn't even have to shovel it today!

(Above) Our home

(Below) Our street

After bible club this afternoon, my brothers Nathanael and Andrew, Daniel (a kid who attends our Friday bible club) and I decided to go sliding on a snowbank nearby.

(Above) Our sliding snowbank
(Below) Me sitting on huge snowball stuck in the snowbank
(hmm...is this thing safe?

Anyway, before long some other neighborhood kids joined us.

(Above) Nathanael on his sled

(Below) Andrew preparing to head down the hill

After sledding for awhile most kids voted to play "King of the Hill."
This is when I decided to become the photographer!

Nathanael watching Andrew & Justin battle it out.

A new king...

...but not for long!

Nathanael, the new KING OF THE HILL!


After taking pictures for awhile I went home, arriving just in time to help mom make Apple Crisp.

All in all it has been a fun day in the snow.

Why I love snow...

"Thou hast set all the borders of the earth:

thou hast made summer and winter." ~Psalms 74:17

(Above) Andrew in his snow tunnel

(Below) Nathanael & Joshua shoveling

"Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean:

wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow." ~Psalms 51:7



"Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD:

though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow;

though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool." ~Isaiah 1:18