It snowed!!

Oh how exciting it was to wake this morning to snow falling down and our yard covered in the beautiful white stuff.
Of course, the kids were very excited. They dressed and were playing outside before they ate breakfast.
Liam could sense the excitement and was eager to join the fun outside. At first he seemed a bit perplexed, unsure of the snow falling in his face. That didn't last long as he quickly discovered the fun of walking in the snow and then made a quick dash for the road. (He loves to walk in the road. I'm not sure why, maybe it's just to see us chase him and he thinks that is a fun game.)


Connor pelted me with a snowball as I walked out the door, that little turkey! Of course I should have been expecting it. He has talked often of how he wants to throw snowballs once we get some snow....he had his chance and the fear of 'time out' :) didn't stop him.
He and Cailin also built a little snowman. Delaney enjoyed walking around trying to catch snowflakes.
All of this fun before 8am.

Connor tried to get Ryan to wake up and join in the fun, but his teenage desire for sleep overcame him and snow just wasn't enticing enough for him to climb out of his warm bed.
(He also wasn't feeling well, he's dealing with a yucky cold.)

Delaney helps Liam walk around in the snow.

Cailin posing with her snowman....Liam very interested in the carrot nose. He plucked it off just after the picture was taken.

After some breakfast, chores and a bit of school work I realized that this snow wasn't going to last very long. I made a quick phone call to our friends the Mattson's asking if we could come and go sleding down the hill in their backyard. "Of course, please come" was the reply and off we went. It was a good thing, by the time we got there (around 11 am) the snow was starting melt.

That didn't stop the kids from sledding anyway. They had a great time! After the fun of sleding wore off, they played tag and played on the swing set. (picture above: the Hale, Mattson and Coiner clan.)

Here is Cailin...."I can't wait for my turn with the sled. I want to go down now!" She decided to sled on her tummy down the hill.

By the time we got to the Mattson's much of the snow had melted so they helped push each other down the hill.

After all that fun, they were hungry. They all enjoyed peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and apples. Yummy!

This may not be like the snow fall of 17-20" in one night alone that my family has received in Spokane, but we enjoyed what snow we got and had a wonderful afternoon...and after we got back home from our frosty adventures we still had time to finish up with the school work!

And yes, we are hoping for more snow!