Snow, Snow and more Snow

Our snow began yesterday afternoon and looked like this around 3:00

This morning I woke up to this.

This is the back door. This is not ground level this is at

the top of five steps which leads to our patio

in the back, which was full of this.

and out front...

.

Please pretend you do not still see my icicle lights,

which we have not had an opportunity to take down because

we keep getting blasted with snow.

Later in the morning my husband and older son

ventured out to continue to tackle the every ending

driveway shoveling. My husband kept going out last night

along with one of the boys in order to not have to start fresh

with 26" of snow on the ground.

Yes, I realize he is in a light jacket and yes

I insisted he put on his winter coat and was repeatedly

informed of how hot his coat made him feel.

I gave up....

Here is William following in his fathers foot steps.

He too would not wear a coat same excuse.

Now keep in mind both of them are 6' 3" so the photo does

give you an indication of the amount of shoveling they did.

While they were shoveling I was inside making them this.

with a side of this

and a whole lot of this

and voila - a breakfast fit for champions who have shoveled

more snow than they ever want to see again.

Later in the morning Lance and I ventured out to take some

more photos and to let him finally play in the snow.

Because of course I am the worstest mother

in the whole wide world for making him wait.

Do I get an award for that??? Just saying

You can see in the smile on his face he feels

like he just climbed Mt. Everest.

Who am I to shatter his dream and remind him

it is just the pile of snow at the end of our driveway.

We continued on up the hill and he continued to climb up

various mountains of snow until he got stuck and

I had to perform my save and rescue.

Still didn't stop him

he still continued to climb the mountains of snow.

I was able to take this picture

of the front our house as we walked up the hill.

and here is some of the scenery up the hill.

I love the way the snow looks on the trees.

and here is a photo of me and my bestest little buddy ever

heading back home.