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Snow Day

 They were calling for maybe a couple of inches of snow on Friday, December 8th, so it wasn't much of a surprise to wake up and see the snow coming down. It was pretty light and not really sticking to the roads so I sent Wyatt and Ethan off to school on the bus. Jack wasn't feeling well so he stayed home sick.

 It was so pretty - and so unusual to get so early in December in the South.

 I had to turn the Christmas lights on because I loved how the snow looked with them on. It made it felt even more Christmasy to me.

 But then it kept coming down.
And it started to stick to everything.
And then the announced they were releasing kids early from school.

 Since we live in a neighborhood with a lot of hills, and we had a four wheel drive vehicle, I thought it would be better to pick the boys up from school ourselves and have one less kid for the bus driver to have to cart home. Plus, I felt safer knowing Jason was driving then someone else.

This was our view to the school at about 11am.

 We got the boys home safely and then they were off to play. Ethan said, uh, no it's too cold. I'm going inside.

 We had the best snow for sledding.

 And the boys played for a long time.




 And it just kept snowing!

 It was so pretty with the Christmas decorations that I had to get a few shots.


 And one of me, just for fun! But I liked the weird lighting my phone gave me.

 It was all fun and games until we lost power.
While I had dinner in the oven.

 So up the street to the pizza place we went with our neighbors.
It was only 7pm but it was STILL snowing.
The power eventually came on about 10:30p - just in time to warm us all up and charge up all our devices before going out again the next morning around 7a.

 And when we woke up without power, it was still snowing.
But it was letting up.

 Back outside the boys went to play.

 It was a thick, heavy snow that made a lot of trees bend and break.

 But perfect for sledding. And our street was perfect to play on with lots of kids and lots of hilly yards to take advantage of.

 We even got Ethan outside for one sled ride down the hill.
But he didn't like it so it was short lived.

 By dinnertime we were still without power (thankfully we have a gas fireplace that allowed a little bit of heat) and unable to cook so this time we headed up to the local Mexican place to eat.

 I love that Wyatt wanted to wear his bear hat with everything. It was so cute. I just had to get creative with my picture taking of him.

The power finally came back on at the house, after about 12 hours, while we were at dinner.
We ended up with about 11+ inches of snow, the hardest hit area, but were fortunate in that we only lost power for the day. Some in the area were without for almost a week.
A fun way to start the holiday's but it sure created havok on my schedule for getting things done prior to Christmas.

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