As we sat watching The Lady and the Tramp (rented DVD) this morning, Mackenzie announced that she was praying for a winter wonderland. I inwardly found that amusing since I had not seen the forecast and it was rainy. Well. Within ONE hour, it began pouring buckets of snow! How's that for a fast answer to prayer?! :) 
It continued to snow for the majority of the day. We ended up with several inches of snow. It completely covered the ground, driveway, and neighborhood streets. For a while it was snowing so hard and thick that visibility was drastically reduced! I just love watching snow fall. It truly is beautiful. After I got over being stunned that it was really, really snowing, we jumped into snow suits and went out to enjoy it.
Mackenzie enjoying the snow.
Josiah enjoying the snow.
Mackenzie preparing to launch a snow ball at Josiah. :) (Notice how deep her boots are buried in the snow! Lots to play in and enjoy this time!)
Mackenzie and Josiah holding hands for a picture.
Josiah attempting to make the carrots stay on our poor attempt at a snow man! Seems I missed the class on how to build a snowman. ;) We had fun trying, and Josiah enjoyed decorating our snowman with carrots....you know, eyes, nose, mouth...growing right out of his face and head, too! Go ahead. Scroll back up to admire our snowman and enjoy a good laugh.
Josiah shows off a large snowball!
It continued to snow for the majority of the day. We ended up with several inches of snow. It completely covered the ground, driveway, and neighborhood streets. For a while it was snowing so hard and thick that visibility was drastically reduced! I just love watching snow fall. It truly is beautiful. After I got over being stunned that it was really, really snowing, we jumped into snow suits and went out to enjoy it.
Mackenzie enjoying the snow.
Josiah enjoying the snow.
Mackenzie preparing to launch a snow ball at Josiah. :) (Notice how deep her boots are buried in the snow! Lots to play in and enjoy this time!)
Mackenzie and Josiah holding hands for a picture.
Josiah attempting to make the carrots stay on our poor attempt at a snow man! Seems I missed the class on how to build a snowman. ;) We had fun trying, and Josiah enjoyed decorating our snowman with carrots....you know, eyes, nose, mouth...growing right out of his face and head, too! Go ahead. Scroll back up to admire our snowman and enjoy a good laugh.
Josiah shows off a large snowball! I enjoyed the day with my kids in a new kinda way today. Lately I feel that I have been rushing my time with them rather than just enjoying the moment and truly being in the moment with them. My awareness of how quickly the time does go brought with it a new resolution to live in the moment and be in the moment. (By nature I am a planner, organizer, and a very time-oriented get-it-done, stay on task and stay on schedule type of person, so this is challenging for me!) I am pleased to announce that it was a great day! Pray that I will not let one of my strengths become one of my weaknesses in parenting. Funny how our greatest strengths can also be our greatest weakness.
We found that all 3 of us fit on the sled. We could practically fly down the slope of our front yard, over the curb, and into the street! Only problem with that...my bottom is sore. Oh, yes, very sore, from repeated flights on the sled with the kids in my lap. I can say this, though. It was worth every minute of it!
