Finally Some Snow to go with Our Ice

We have had nothing but ice since Monday night.  No school and just been cooped up in the house, because it was too cold to go outside to play.  Finally last night(Thursday night) we had SNOW!  At least if we have to be home from school and being made a fool by the whole nation, at least we could finally have some snow.  As soon as Riley woke up, he began begging to go outside.  I kept putting it off because it was still snowing outside.  Finally Randy had to go take payroll, so we all got bundled up (which was a good 30 minute process- I swear I don't know how they do it up north ALL the time). 

I knew that broom would come in handy, somehow...

 That is an awfully big snowball, Riley....

And here is what happens after Riley makes that really big snowball.  Can you just guess what happened?  Oh yeah, little sister got a snowball directly to the face!  Poor thing.  She didn't even know it was coming.

          But don't feel too bad, because turn about is fair play.  Daddy decided to get in on the action. 

                    Here is that justice, as Riley hits the ground to avoid a snowball.

Fate continues to punish those being mean, because as Randy threw the snowball he slipped on a patch of ice and fell flat on his butt.  Nobody was injured and we all had a good laugh.

Just wanted to remember that we got 3 inches of snow today.  Not as much as the 11 inches last year, but alot more than 1" that was predicted for today.

My favorite little ladybug finally enjoying the snow outside and trying to make her own snowballs.

 Riley was using the well as a fort for protection, until Daddy snuck around to the other side and still got him.

No Alex, you don't want to eat this snow!  Actually I think she was laughing and being silly, but I just caught her with her eyes closed and tongue out!

Then they decided to get out the John Deere gator and go for a ride.  The only problem is it doesn't quite have the traction that a real John Deere does.

 And when your car gets stuck in the snow, a good man will get out and try to shovel his best girl to safety.

 But an independent girl is always willing to help, and use her own muscles.  Sadly though, no one could make the gator unstuck.  So mommy just drug it back into the garage.

 Even Sadie wanted to get out and enjoy the snow.  In fact, I had the hardest time catching her.  I would have thought that she wouldn't have wanted to get her paws wet.  But no, she was having fun.

Since the gator didn't work, Alex decided to try her bike.  Another toy I just had to drag back into the garage.

Last, but not least, no snowday would be complete without making snow angels.  We ended up only being outside for about 45 minutes, but it was just great to get some fresh air and feel the sunshine on our faces. Now I am ready for it all to melt, so that life can continue as normal.