The long awaited snow day

While all of you out there have "been there, done that" or have been pounded with snow and no where to put it, we have tried many times to have a trip to the snow and failed miserably. Between weekends booked with other plans, sick kids, sick mom and dad, sick kids again and more busy weekends, we finally made it there. Kelsey was beginning to think it wasn't going to happen, and so were we because we've had some really warm weather lately and it was starting to melt quickly. So we loaded up the kids, and Mary too and we were off. Way too many pictures to choose from.

Katelyn wasn't sure she liked being bundled up this much or what all this white stuff was and besides her down coat, what other winter attire did we have?

She opted not to participate in the festivities at first. It would probably help if she could walk a little better in the stuff. She just kept falling over and finally convinced mom to hold her up and out of the way.

The building of the snowman...

Our finished masterpiece.

The snowball fight

Seeing as how Dave was the biggest target for the kids, they all picked on him. Kelsey's first reaction to it: My dad just threw snow at me. I'm not allowed to throw anything. But she's a fast learner.

Kelsey getting hit with snow

Ethan winding up

He ducked just as a was throwing it, but it did bounce off his back!!

Before...

After...

A perfect hit. And she didn't even cry. She is still talking about this snowball dad threw at her.

The destroying of the snowman. That didn't last long. Pardon the snow on the camera, it was a little violent.

With bellies full we headed for home. It was a chore to keep the kids awake during the ride home, but we did and it was a great time had by all.