SNOW DAY!!!!!

Yep, the beginning of February it actually snowed here!  The kids loved it! With a day off from school (a Friday at that) we had so much fun!!!!  Sledding down our GIANT hill, snowball fights, hiking, building snowmen and snow angels with hot chocolate breaks/fireplace time to warm up between almost every activity.  We had to enjoy the morning since by noon it was gone!  We just LOVE our snow days in Austin!

SNOW!?!?

After my previous post, you're probably thinking, yeah, right! It's true...two days ago we were all in shorts and t-shirts and today we're sporting winter parkas!!!! Crazy weather... :)
This picture pretty much wraps up the day...a warm cup of hot cocoa...how much is too much?

Playing in the snow at school

Snow angel...Little Miss A didn't want to get dirty...

After a nice long hike in the snow with Daddy, the kids came home and threw on their PJ's to warm themselves by the fire...

then decided we needed to make a snowman. :)

Growing up in Salt Lake City, I have seen my share of snow, but the flakes that were falling today were HUGE!!!! I don't remember ever seeing such GINORMOUS flakes of snow. It was awesome!!!!

SNOW!!!!!

We've been getting predictions of SNOW almost all week, which is a REALLY big deal in central Texas. We went to school just waiting for the white stuff to start falling. When it did, it was almost like there was a buzz around campus. EVERYONE went outside!!! I grabbed my coat (and my phone, like an idiot I left my camera at home...ugh!) and headed straight for the kids' classroom. They were lining up for lunch, so I did the unthinkable, snagged my kids from the line and took them outside! We played for a good 30 minutes or so at times it was really coming down. Little Miss A and Mr. D LOVED catching the snowflakes in their mouths. I totally remember doing that when I was a kid!!! Then again, I've seen their father do that as an adult!! :) It was awesome!!! It didn't stick to the ground, so no snowmen or anything super cool like that. We're still somehow crossing our fingers for more before winter is over. :)