{Cali. Snow Storm}

It rarely snows here in California. Actually, only once since we've lived here in the last 8 years, have I seen it actually stick to the ground for more than a couple of hours. I just realized we have lived here for quite awhile! Much longer than we had anticipated.

Anyways....last night it started snowing around 5:30pm and kept going into the night. My kids were so excited to see snow, which Kenny, who grew up in Colorado, and myself from Kansas, didn't understand. I realized that my kids have only seen snow a handful of times, when traveling to visit family, and that indeed snow in California, was something to celebrate! So we ate a quick dinner, bundled up the kids, and joined the rest of the neighborhood, no joke, everyone was outside, to play in the snow! The snow was pretty wet, so it made perfect snowballs! Ian beamed me several times.

Mya was trying to throw snowballs too!

As soon as Owen got outside, Ian threw a snowball and hit him right in the face. He only lasted another 2-3 minutes and then he was back inside! He truly is our California boy.

Drew was on a constant run, chasing kids through the culde-sac, so he is not documented in a picture, but he did have a blast. The boys were sad to have to come in at 8pm, but were praying that school would be cancelled the next day....it didn't happen!

Ian took this picture himself, first thing in the morning.

We woke up to the sun shining, but the snow was still covering the grass and trees. The snow had already melted off the concrete, so we knew we had a short amount of time to enjoy the snow, before it all melted away. My friend down the street texted me at 8am and asked if we wanted to go outside and play. We threw on clothes, didn't even take time to brush teeth or comb hair, and we were off!

First we built a snowman!

Mya, Mr. Snowman, and her sweet little neighbor friend, Elliot

Isn't he cute! We even gave him eyebrows. He was leaning a lot by the time we left the park.

Then we went sledding!

Last, we warmed up with hot cocoa at Julia's House

Like I said, we didn't even take time to comb our hair!

The girls sharing a hot cocoa!

By the time we left their house and headed for home, the snow was almost all melted. My older boys were very disappointed when they came home to green grass once again. I guess we need to take the short jaunt up the mountain to play in the snow there.