Snow Snow Everywhere.......

To try and enjoy all the snow we have, we sent sledding on Saturday morning. We went with Sam's "buddy" (as he calls him), Jacob and Jacob's mom and dad. The hill that we like the most is at a local park. Therefore it is free...the best kind. Also, it is groomed daily. That way it is nice and neat without any humps and bumps. The hill is fairly long, but luckily the walk up isn't too steep.

Notice the orange netting and poles....the kids learned more about them than they cared too....and you will too in a minute.

Maddie loves to go down by herself on her red sled. According to her, the best part is when she turns around and around.

We tried letting Maddie and Sam go down alone on the "silver bullet". However, we will not do this again for quite sometime. A few feet down the hill, the sled started veering to the left. No matter how much yelling for the kids to lean, they didn't (or couldn't). So, we watched in horror as they hit not only the orange netting, but also the metal pole. Miraculously neither kids were hurt. Too bad the good ol' "bullet" didn't fare so well. It was off to the trash can for him. The kids got back on other sleds as long as "Sissy no drive", as Sam said.

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Here is a look at what we see on our back deck these days. As you can tell the snow is up to the seat in the chairs. The snow, in the seat, is up to the table. The snow, on the table, is almost " up to the sky", as told by Maddie.

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You may remember this picture taken on December 16th. It is Sam's car in the backyard. We haven't moved it. It has become our snow measure.

This is a picture of the same car taken today. Can you see it? All you can see is the top of the orange handle. Does that begin to explain the kind of snow we see around here? Of course, this picture doesn't take into account all the snow that is blown off the car by the high winds we frequently have.