Snow Day

This morning we woke up to a blizzard and a phone call informing us that church services were being cancelled. The wind was howling and creating huge drifts (one of our neighbors has a six foot drift in their yard) we had three feet on our front porch though it only snowed a foot. Paul had to bring the snow shovel in from the garage and shovel straight from the front door. George got bundled up and took his shovel and lawn mower (in the winter it magically turns into a snow blower) and joined Paul outside. Charlie and I stayed cozy inside though Charlie loved watching the action through the front window.

Off to the mailbox we go...

Getting to our mailbox has become a bit of an adventure.

Snow!

Today we woke up to more snow than I have seen in a long time and definitely more snow than I have ever experienced at one time since moving to Utah. A couple of years ago Driggs received over two feet in less than 24 hours and we were snowed in until my dad revved up his tractor and dug out a path for us. Growing up in Idaho I remember school being cancelled at least a couple of times each year for a "snow day." There was even one glorious year with five snow days in a row. I remember listening to the radio each morning and hoping they would call out the name of my school during the snow closure listing (that was until I found out that we were going to have to make up our snow days during the summer). BTW, in order to get a snow day in Idaho it has to be below zero (not counting windshield and there is always windshield because the wind never stops blowing there) and there has to be a lot of snow for the afore mentioned wind to blow around. The house I did most of my growing up in had an amazing backyard and during most winters there would be several four to six foot snow drifts where we would spend good chunks of time building snow forts and tunnels.

The picture is of me at age two. We lived outside of Washington D.C. at the time and this snow storm closed down the whole city. I really can't believe I didn't take any snow pictures today but I am sure it will still be here tomorrow.

from my scrapbook