This post is dedicated to all of our family and friends living in Utah. The questions we are most often asked when it comes to weather are:
Does it snow? How much? and When?
Well that is sometimes difficult to answer because everyone's definition of snow is different. Yes it does snow, but it is more often mixed with sleet, freezing rain, then rain and back to more freezing rain. It may appear to look like snow but in fact is layer upon layer of ice. This is what we receive more often than the fluffy, snowball, snowman, sledding kind of snow.
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So last week we actually received a true snowstorm. Thursday morning we woke to 11 inches of the real live fluffy stuff with 3 additional inches falling throughout the day. The kids were in heaven. This meant snow days (after math and reading is done of course), hours playing outside, hot chocolate and movies. Knowing we would be house-bound for several days I made a grocery and library trip the day before the storm hit the region. We wouldn't want one particular child to go a day without some milk. A library run meant lots of movies to check out, a great place to rent movies for free.
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| Feb. 13th what we want |
Why Joseph is shoveling in his pajamas and robe I have no idea. We're homeschoolers, maybe that explains it.
Because of where Dave works he is able to attach a plow to his truck, resulting in a cleared driveway. The only downside is sometimes there's no where to put the snow, thus blocking my van in the garage.
During snow days we always bake something yummy. It may be cinnamon rolls, chocolate chip cookies, homemade bread, or cut-out cookies. So in honor of Valentine's Day we decided on sugar cookies with frosting colors that have nothing to do with Valentine's Day because we didn't have those colors.
For three evenings in a row Rachel and I spent some girl time together and stayed up late watching The Vow, The Help, and While You Were Sleeping. Total chick flicks.
Tonight we'll watch Sabrina, and watch Dave quickly leave the room.
That's how we survived the storm and Valentine's Day!
