We have...........

SNOW!! We woke up this morning to snow. Yesterday it was 85 degrees and today it is only 47 with rain and snow showers. I like the cooler weather just thought that we would have a little more time to go from hot to cool. Love the snow on the mountains though. When I first saw it this morning, it really took my breath away. We live in such a beautiful part of the world! Check out the orange foliage against the white snow. I LOVE Utah this time of year!

Old Man Winter

This last week Dad was in Des Moines for business and left John and I home by ourselves. I laughed and joked with a neighbor that the car would breakdown or maybe the washer or dryer, or maybe even have plumbing problems since Terry was going to be gone. I spent 20 years as an Air Force wife--I KNOW how these things go! Anyway, no plumbing problems, no vehicle problems, washer and dryer did just fine. However, I got the nasty virus that is going around and was DOWN all week. I snuggled into the recliner and vowed that I would get through the roughly 20 movies that I had Tivo'd. It was going to be a relaxing and kicked back week.....until the snow started to fly the VERY FIRST day! We got 15 inches the first day, 4 inches the second day, 6 inches the third day, a BREAK the fourth day and again the fifth day of this week. Forty minutes into plowing the snow off the driveway the very first snowfall, I BROKE THE PLOW!!!! Thank Heaven for a super johnny-on-the-spot home teacher who came and helped us dig ourselves out! I always loved the guy but now he holds a special place in my heart! Sooooooo John and I were destined to remove the snow by shovels! It has been an extremely Looooong week. Today we got another 6-7 inches of snow. Do the math on the total kiddos. It's a TON of snow!!
Thought I would share some pictures of the beauty that old man winter has left us this week. I complain about the cleanup of this dreadful stuff but I sure love the beauty of what we enjoy after the cleanup is done! I'm ready to move on and think about the gorgeous flowers that might start popping through the snowfall in the next few weeks. Spring isn't in the air here in Utah, but in my mind it is just around the corner!!
PS--the first picture of me is cuz I'm NOT the one cleaning the snow today!! Notice the smile!! Second picture is the best one cuz it shows DAD cleaning the snow today--something I waited and wished for all week!! PSS--I got through about 13movies this week -- not as many as I hoped but I did take lots of naps cuz of being sick. All in all, it was a good week but don't let Dad know since I've done a super duper job of laying the guilt on rather thickly for him being gone during the winter's WORST snowstorm to date!!

A Huge HoHo and his Reindeer

A man that lives close to Layton High School made these sculptures totally out of snow and used spray paint for the color. I thought my grandkids might like to see them before the sun melts his beautiful artwork away. Rudolph looks really good at night cuz his nose lights up but I couldn't get a good picture of him so here he is in the daylight. Some people just seem to get more than their share of talent!

The Weather Outside is FRIGHTFUL!!!

Here's a few pictures of our latest snowfall. We got about 10 inches on the East Bench. Some parts of Utah County got more than a foot. The mountains got anywhere from 24-36 inches. We are headed to Ioka around noon today so wish us luck as we tredge through all this new snow. John and Terry are out cleaning the snow at our house as I write. They may be out there for a very looooong time! The pictures are from the front door and back door. I'm not actually crazy enough to step out into the stuff!! Come on, a girl has to have standards! The roof line has so much snow from past storms that it is just kinda sliding off onto the deck out back. From the looks of things, we better grow dang big and beautiful flowers this spring with all this snow!