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Wait...did I wake up in Dallas?

 So our winter weather continues....only this time we have snow instead of ice. DBU's campus has been closed since Tuesday so we have had four days off to just hang out at the house staying warm and spending time together. It has been great! DBU was planning to open campus at 10 this morning but since we got 5 INCHES OF SNOW instead of the 1 inch of snow they were predicting, campus is closed again today. Good thing because the snow on top of the ice is making things extra slick. Sad thing is we still have to go pick up Maddy's KAFOs from Scotttish Rite this afternoon or wait another two weeks to get them. Fortunately we have a Colorado native in the family who has lots of experience driving on nasty, icy, snowy roads. We started out the morning by building a fire. This has become the normal morning activity for the week.
 Then we decided to take Maddy out to play in the snow, something she's never really done before.
 Here she is getting warm clothes on to go outside.
 So.....as you can see we are not really prepared for playing in the snow type weather. After looking though everything she owned, this was the warmest outfit I could come up with. Sad. Oh and the shoes? Well I tried to convince her to wear tennis shoes and she absolutely refused. I guess she thought that her pink crocks matched this outfit the best. Beauty before comfort, right?
 Walking in the snow. Not a fan.
 Making a snow angel with dad. Not a fan.
 Finally we all manage one picture of all of us looking happy about being out in the cold and snow. After our 5 minute snow adventure we headed back inside. Maddy was not too impressed with her first experience in snow. Below is a view of the backyard. The snow piled on top of the grill gives a good picture of how much snow we got.


Comments

bee said…
Whew! It looks cold there. There is ONE person in your family that is really enjoying the snow! : )
February 4, 2011 at 12:31 PM
Brandon E. said…
We are going to maybe let the kids go out today and play in the snow. (mud) There are some big drifts in places, bare dry ground in others.

We thought it would be nice enough yesterday for a little walk. About 30 minutes was all we could stand. Sun was shining and light wind, but still cold.
February 4, 2011 at 12:54 PM
Brittany said…
Brrr!! thankful more than ever to be here!!
February 5, 2011 at 1:49 PM
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