A little of the white stuff!

After days and days and cold weather and days and days of rain I was really starting to wonder when the rain and cold would get together and give me some snow? The weather people started mentioning possible snow and I was beside myself. I am from Texas and other than a brief stint in New Jersey after getting married I have never known any place cold enough to snow. I remember in 5th grade the principal came over the intercom and said it was snowing outside and the kids could be dismissed to go play in the snow. Well, as you can imagine this was very exciting. We went outside and played in the snow...sort of. You see, the ground wasn't cold enough to hold the snow so it melted on contact and my entire elementary school spent the afternoon playing in cold, slushy mud. This is a fond dmemory of mine and as I retell it, I am not sure why? Anyway, it snowed quite a bit when we live in New Jersey but that wasn't fun snow at least not after a day or two. It became trouble snow. It made our cars dirty and it was hard to drive around especially since we lived up such a steep road. It was bitter cold and crippling. I remember standing outside in several inches of snow (and even more falling from the sky) and mud for what seemed like hours as Chris and tried to get his Mustang out of the giant pile of snow that had accumulated around his car. That wasn't much fun either. Nonetheless, when I heard that we were expecting snow here I was very excited. In the wee hours of Tuesday morning, it happened. I looked outside and there it was, falling from the sky, covering the ground. I fell asleep very excited thinking about what awaited me in the morning. The next morning we woke up to about three inches of snow on the ground. It was just enough to be beautiful and not so much that you would be inconvenienced by it. It was so cool. Duke and Daisy were a bit confused by it at first, but Duke took off into it and Daisy followed and Chris and I sat watching them. This was thier first snow and they seemed to think it was awesome! Labs love cold weather and our two are no exception. They rolled around in it, chased each other in it and ate it. By the late afternoon most of it was gone but it was fun while it lasted. There are a few spots of the white stuff still hanging around but for the most part everything is back to normal. One of the best things about North Carolina is not just that we have four seasons, but that they are four distinct yet mild seasons. It's a hot but not too hot summer, a beautiful fall, a cold, but not too cold winter and a pretty spring. The weather is still cold but it's nothing that requires more than a heavy sweatshirt.

Today the sky is a beautiful blue and there is not a cloud in sight. The sun is shining and it's really nice outside. Thank you Jesus for giving us just the right amount of snow and then turning it around and giving us this beautiful day!

KSW