Awesome Snow!

The snow continued to fall last night. Here are some views of the outside world this morning!

Beautiful Fun Snow

We enjoyed going out in the cold for a few minutes last night. John was glad to take pictures while I . . .

Made a snow angel!

(how are you supposed to get up without making boot prints in it?)


This is the best snow angel I've ever made! In Alabama and Arkansas, they always have leaves and stuff in them since the snow is so shallow.



We did get about 4" or so of snow yesterday.





This snow was in addition to the several inches we already had on the ground (we haven't seen the ground since the beginning of January). We also got icy rain on Tuesday night/Wednesday morning so there was a nice crunchy layer of ice between the snow!




The view from our bedroom window!

Shoveling snow using a shovel we borrowed from a nice neighbor as we don't yet have one!

I can't remember ever shoveling snow before either!

If it's just a little (as it was last night), it's not bad at all. I can imagine it gets tiresome when there is a lot to do. A snow plow cleared most of our parking area - there was just a bump to clear away in front of where we park.

I had plans of making a snow man, but this snow wasn't packing the way it should have. Sometime before this winter weather is over we'll get a snowman or two made!

Snowy Home Pictures

We took this picture outside our house a couple weeks ago. We have nice homey apartment with a red door!

Our apartment is on the end of the building so we have an extra window in our living room and kitchen. So far, the curtains have been closed most of the time we're here, but I'm glad we have the extra windows nonetheless.

A couple days later, John took this picture as he was leaving the house. We are extremely thankful to have a covered area for our cars. It's right outside our kitchen door and big enough to fit both vehicles underneath. Not having to scrape the windows is wonderful! I'm glad it so close as on some of the coldest days this week I've let the car warm up for a few minutes while making lunches before work.

The view down the street from our apartment.

The view looking towards our apartment from the road.

The winter snow makes the area look great!

Sledding!

This weekend, we were able to enjoy the first good snow of the season with style! Some friends from our Church invited many people over to their traditional sledding party and were were thrilled to be included!

From 2009-01-10 Sledding!

The day wasn't too cold. There was even a light drizzle of rain for much of the time. Maybe that helped to make the hill faster?



There were many different types of sleds to try!

We had a blast going down!

Pulling the sleds up the hill and giving people a push to get started was a great workout! My arms are still reminding me that I used them this weekend.

When walking was too much, we were glad to have a ride!


Scott brought his snowmobiles and John enjoyed riding! I haven't ridden yet - maybe next time?




Soon the warmth of a fire was calling my name!


We relaxed after the snow with some hot chocolate and some delicious food as well! We even played a few games before returning home.

It was a great day! If you have to have cold weather, at least it does snow - sledding does somewhat make up for the cold :)

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Fun Snow

Having been in Ohio for a few months now, I've seen more than in my entire 14 years in Alabama - no, make that more than my 28 years in Alabama, Arkansas and Africa! That may be a slight overstatement, but not by much! I'm sure by the end of winter here, it will be genuine fact!
This afternoon as I drove home from work, we had what I'll term fun snow. It just started and has not done too much yet as you can see from the picture. The weather is not too cold (ONLY 28º) so the snow is still melting on one's windshield. The snow is beautiful as is slowly comes down. It's not coming too fast and doesn't interfere with driving. So, to me it is fun to watch as you drive.

I'm home early as we're soon leaving for Illinois. Both Lisa and Anita (John's sisters) are graduating on Saturday so we're using that as an excuse to visit. I'm looking forward to the trip! The snow seems somewhat localized. I think it will stop once we get past Cincinnati. We shall see. . .