just like the good old days

My kids finally got to experience the kind of snow that I grew up with.  The kind you could sled down without removing all the snow on the first trip down, the kind that covered your shoes when you walked through it.  This January we had two great snow falls  two weeks apart from each other.  Both produced days off of school.   The first snow came fast and unexpectedly during the day and the schools and town rushed to get kids and get home.  There were cars on the sides of every road that either slid off or just parked there when the hill was just too steep.  It reminded me of a Valentine's day that we got a surprise snow and Joel and I walked home from school for some reason (didn't want to wait on the bus?) when it let out.  I remember how fun it was to trudge through the neighborhood  as the snow came down.  I also loved reliving the excitement of my youth as the phone call would come each day announcing one more day off school.  I love it all.

We had fun sledding and building large snow men.  Since the first snow came during the day, we waited until about 4pm to go out and play.  But we planned ahead-we put our swim suits on under our snow gear and when we were done playing, we peeled off our clothes and jumped in the hot tub.  We have lived at our place for 3 years now and I finally got to do this.  I have always wanted to be in a hot tub while it was snowing.  It was great.  We had a snow ball fight, Jared made a snow angel, and we relaxed and enjoyed the beauty of the snow (well, maybe just I did).