Well, I started out a little upset last night, after I talked to my mother on the phone, and she told me they already had 5 inches of snow at their house, and we only had 1/2 inch that had stuck on the ground. Then, thankfully, by the time we went to bed, right after the electricity went out, the ground was already covered in a couple of inches! I woke up this morning, hearing Dane say in the most astonished voice, "I can't even believe it! My dream has come true! It did snow!" I thought that was the sweetest thing, and it reminded me so much of how excited snow used to make me - and it still does! I popped out of bed, to find Dane already getting ready, looking around for his ski clothes to get dressed in and go play! I quickly found my ski pants and jacket, and we immediately headed out to play, leaving Lane and Sydni still sound asleep inside! We had about 6 or 7 inches, deep enough to come up past my ankles! It was so pretty, and it made Kilgore, TX look like a completely different town! Dane and I played outside for about an hour and a half, and then I had to head in to get ready to go to work. Our electricity was still out and it was getting colder in the house, so the whole family headed up to the church building, while Lane and I got some work done. Thankfully, by the time we got home at lunchtime, our power was back on. We spent most of the afternoon in, and when Lane got home from work this afternoon, he and Dane tackled the snowman I had made this morning (his head had already fallen off), and then they made a couple more for Dane to tackle and knock over! We think he'll make a fine linebacker someday! They made one last giant snowman right before the sun went down, and Dane decided to leave him up - maybe it was just too big and he didn't think he could tackle it, who knows?
Such a fun day and a nice escape from the normal, boring East Texas winter day!
The playground - Dane actually slid down the slide and flew off the end!
I thought my basketball goal looked pretty neat!
Our front yard
Looking back toward the house from the mailbox - the crepe myrtle bush had made an archway over the sidewalk.
Dane - having a ball!
My finished work of art - my first snowman to build all by myself!
Another view of our house from the street
Driving down our street on the way to the church - A Winter Wonderland!
One of the parks in town
We thought this was funny - the mariache band statues on top of El Sombrero looked so cold!
More fun in the snow!
Even Webster ventured out to check everything out.
Sydni liked the snow, as long as she didn't have to get in it. She stayed on the sidewalk, for the most part.
Making snow angels, or snow butterflies. Dane and I decided his look more like butterflies.
The giant snowman Lane and Dane made
