Walking in a Winter Wonderland

I loved this past season of a warm fall that was so long.  It seemed that winter would never come after we went trick or treating without coats or jackets.  The kids had a primary program practice at the church at 9 AM and Seth had already been outside for two hours before that! 

The kids played with friends and built snowmen and knocked over snowmen (no pictures...).  They had hot chocolate and bugged Dan all day for help lifting and rolling the big mountains of snow.  He started a snowball fight by taking the screen of my bedroom window and hanging out over the roof and scooping snow onto the children below!

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Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday

Dad and Dan both got snow mobiles stuck in the snow

Dan went out fishing early one morning and got his truck stuck and had to be towed

We snuck this picture of Grandpa napping ~ they really got a great workout this weekend! I learned how to french braid on Harlie's long hair! Here are the girls searching for some quiet time on the top bunk! Dan taking Chloe, Harlie, Seth, & one of the Twins~ Crazy!!!

Sledding on the frozen sheet of ice!

Seth loves to spend as much time as possible out side and throws a fit when we make him come inside and warm up. His cheeks tend to get a little wind burned and it tends to look like frost bite. Grandma saved the day and found these 'robber' masks to keep at least 8 cheeks warm!!!

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Bear Lake Snow

We pulled up to the cabin's driveway last night.  The road into the neighborhood had been plowed but that ment that there was 3-4 feet of plowed snow preventing us from eating our hot pizza.  My brother Tommy had just called and while Dan was ckipping away at the frozen pile, he continued to give me the grim report on our Dad's health.  Dan was prepared to shovel the drive way leading up to the garage but I begged him to drive on the snow, it was too dark, our dinner was getting cold, and I had been blubbering...

 We all went to bed early but woke up to Dan shoveling snow off the deck like a mad man!

 Seth was so excited, here he is below the deck trying to catch what Dan's hoisting off...

 The driveway we barely made it up...

 But grandma's second fridge might have helped us muscle our way up!

 The garage is finished and Dan tried to get the snow blower started...  No Luck...

The covered walkway was heaven sent and protected from the snow! 

 Dan was adamant about clearing the deck

 The kids didn't mind the clouds overhead and Dan even spotted a boat out on the water.

 Every time he stopped he would take something off; first his hat, then his coat and lastly his gloves.

He actually broke our snow shovel in the process!

 Chloe benefitted from all of the huge snow chuncks Dan threw down to her.

She was very excited that Grandpa wanted to sleep in her igloo!

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Yep! Too Soon for Summer Tires!

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