A week of snow

The first day of snow was very exciting. We made paper snowflakes for the window.
And made five snowmen in the back yard, one for each child in our family.
The second day of snow brought more new snow. Nathan thought it would be fun to throw snowballs at his sisters but when they threw one at him that made him mad.
Scott was stuck working from home since the roads were too snowy for driving on. He took a break in the afternoon and helped us with our snowfort in the backyard. He added a fun slide off the side of the fort.
On the third day of snow I made a upside down snowman in the front yard. It turned out cute but was definately more difficult to make than rightside up snowman are.
Our fourth day of snow we lost power. Luckily Holly decided this was a good day to give all her polly pocket toys to her younger sisters. It kept them busy for hours.
At night the power was still out and the kids built lego houses to flashlight.
Luckily we had saved one of our cord phones (that didn't require electricity to run) so we had a way to call people when we didn't have power.
Three snow days later and after a lot of rain to help melt the snow, we are able to drive on the roads again. We only received about 6 inches of snow but we also got 1 inch of freezing rain which only made things worse. We are happy we were only without power for 17 hours.

Today I am thankful for:
*$5 a bundle tulips. I bought some at Safeway and have loved seeing them bloom on my kitchen table while it is still a winter wonderland outside.
*Ward conference Sunday which was today. I learn a lot and I get a break from my ward YW calling.
*Nathan has a sweet Sunbeam teacher that took him to class today (in his grumpy mood) and let me go to my class.