For All of You in California!

So this morning well before we were expecting the expected storm, we were enjoying the company of some good friends when I happened to walk past the kitchen and shrieked, "It's snowing!!" So we bundled up her kids and got them on their way! So our day was a bit changed but I documented the snow throughout the daylight hours and here it is!! At least it is now pretty along with the cold!

Here is about 30 min after it started snowing, about 10:30am.

This is at noon, about 2 hours after it started.

At 1:30 just as the boys were going out to play, it turned a bit to ice, and kept falling! But now when you opened the door you got pelleted in the face!!!

Here is Riley out in our "wilderness", he played for a good long time and enjoyed his pioneering!

Jake had to trudge diligently through the snow to get the sled to a good spot, but he made it, and we found out some good info, Jake can not hold it long enough to get his snow gear off!

And at 4:15 just before it got dark I got one last video, BBUURRRR!

Here are my foot prints out front from leaping though the snow to fetch the mail.

And our warm welcoming home from the mail box, I would have left the mail for the night but there was a lovely holiday package sitting on top of the box from Grandma! Thanks Grandma!! When I was out getting the package the mailman was just up the street and he was stuck! But thankfully he was able to maneuver out of the drift and continue on "through sleet, or snow or rain"! It is now after 6pm and it is still coming down well, and the radar shows that it will be a few more hours of this. We are also expecting a "Nor'easter" (more) this weekend, so I am hoping for clear roads tomorrow to get out and pick up our farm box I was suppose to get today! :) If you are wondering where Fern was though this, she was cozy in bed for part and cozy in Mama's arms for the rest!

Hope you are all warm and toasty (especially the one who is in Calif. and not here to shovel my drive, and warm my bed)! Love ya!