Squeezing Every Ounce of Fun

The boys were determined to squeeze every ounce of fun out of the snow.    On Saturday morning we woke up and realized that everything had pretty much frozen to ice overnight.    We packed up the boys boogie boards and drove over to the big hills of the reservoir.     It was one huge sheet of ice.      They had a blast!

 

Who knew the boogie board we took to the beach would work so well in snow?

 

 

  

And of course, when they were exhausted, we went home for even MORE hot chocolate!

 

  

And then head back out to play some more...

 

We love the snow.    Can you tell?

Snow Day

 

Hubs built this fort to take cover during the snowball fight

Little Guy was not going to be outdone so he decided to built his own fort

One of my friends said his shelter looked like a giant stack of marshmallows!

While hubs and Little Guy were building, Big Guy pulled out his boogie board that he takes to the beach to see how well it worked on the snow.    Worked like a dream.

Didn't take little brother long to decide to join in.

Silly boy up in the tree.

They look so innocent don't they?   This is right before they pounded me with snowballs.

 

I absolutely love this picture of Big Guy.

Little Guy LOVED the snow.   He was out at 6 in the morning and we had to drag him in at 11:30 to warm up and get lunch.    When a friend called to invite him over to play, he was back out the door.

My biggest kid!    None of my guys wanted to come in from the snow.    I just kept delivering mugs of hot chocolate to them outside.

The neighbor's cat.    

I don't know what she thought about the snow, but I am sure she wondered why in the world we were all outside when we could have been in the warm house!

Snow in Mississippi

You may think I am kidding, but truly, snow like this is once in a lifetime for Mississippi.   

 

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

Next post... my three boys having fun in the snow

A Perfect Saturday Morning

Tanner thinks that heaven has come to earth! He woke up to snow for the second time this year. You would think it was a blizzard instead of the light dusting with the amount of snowballs they have made this morning. It is amazing what you can do when your motivation is planning a sneak attack on your big brother who is spending the night over at a friend's house.

When a quick call over to the friend's house revealed that they were a bunch of party poopers -- the whole house was still asleep. So to Plan B -- Snow Art! Donald and Todd discovered that throwing the snowballs against the fence left snow prints. So they had a lot of fun making a work of art against the fence.

I'm watching the best television show on earth. The view out my living room while sipping hot chocolate and sitting in front of a roaring fire. This is what I call a perfect Saturday morning.

This morning when our phone rang, I jumped up running because I knew it was my Mom calling with the news that it was snowing outside. I had gotten up several times during the night to check, but I knew that when those first flakes started falling my Mom would see them.

No one loves snow like my Mom. When God was creating my Mom he must have thought a little about where to place her here on earth. She would have made the perfect "snow bunny". She is simply adorable and I can imagine she would have made a wonderful skier. She loves the outdoors and thinks snow is absolutely wonderful. However, like every other perfect decision God has made, God knew that Mississippi was the perfect place for my Mom. First of all, that is where my Daddy is and I can't imagine one without the other.

Also, I think in some ways that God takes great delight in seeing my Mom's face when she sees those snowflakes falling!