Snow Patrol

Friday night, the snow came again. So we awoke Saturday morning to the bright sight of freshly fallen snow against a clear blue sky. The kids loved it......well, except Abby. She is done with Winter, or more specifically - Winter attire. She can not stand to wear ski pants or winter coats any more. She keeps asking when Spring is coming and when the snow will be gone. I think she is under the impression that she will just wake up one morning and all the snow will have disappeared. Every year we have the tradition of making a snow family. And even though we have gotten quite a bit of snow this year, it was never really that packy, until now. Samuel opted to stay in and play Playstation(as Saturday is game day), while Jules and Jason went out and got busy.

And...voila! A snow family is born.

Nobody gets left out, not even Benjamin.

Later on, in the afternoon, we went for a drive to visit our old friends....Jake and Jenny. I think they missed us, as much as we missed them. They ran over to see us as soon as we called out their names. Although, I think they were a bit disappointed that we didn't bring them anything to eat. Did I mention that they're horses? That Jake is so jealous. He was nipping and shoving at Jenny quite aggressively, trying to run her off so he could get all the attention. Preston called him an abusive husband. Poor Jenny. We ended up going into Preston's house and staying for an impromptu visit. The kids love it there.

Yesterday morning Samuel and Jules went out early, right after breakfast, to play in the snow. It was another beautiful morning. Jason was in the bathroom and I was still in bed. Jason was nice enough to let me sleep in. Anyway, all of a sudden, I hear Samuel come busting into the house, yelling that Jules was stuck. Apparently her feet were stuck in the snow and she couldn't get free. Jason opened the bathroom window and was singing out to her. She had gone exploring on the other side of the baby barn, where the old van is parked. The snow there really is quite deep. So I got up and dressed and went out to find her. And there she was....stuck in the snow. Kinda funny really. I thought later that I should have took her picture first, before freeing her...but that would have been seen as cruel. Right? I freed only one leg and made her dig out the other one, just to show her that she could do it. Who knows? Digging one's self out of the snow might be a skill that could come in handy......again.

But Damn, I wish I had taken that picture.