Surprise snow day

Last Friday we woke up to a surprise snowfall! It was absolutely beautiful and peaceful! The boys woke me (Jul) up in the morning, running into the bedroom to say, "It snowed!" Ah, magical childhood moments. The forecast the day before had been for '50% chance of flurries' so we were excited to get 6 inches on Friday, and another 3-4 on Saturday.

Of course, Timo led the way immediately after breakfast and got out all the gear to go outside and play right away! Jim had to go into work but was able to leave early and got home after lunch. The roads were rough that day so no classes or public school.

view from our front door

After a morning playtime, Timo requested hot chocolate in front of the fire. Shortly after this picture, Mattias requested some, too, as well as bananas and a couple of reheated biscuits. Unfortunately our central heat died at the same time - !! - so we had the gas fireplace running almost all weekend, and borrowed some space heaters from the Woodys. The repair wasn't completed until six days later. Meanwhile on Saturday we lost power for about 16 hours, but just when we were packing up to go spend the night at the Woodys, it came back on. Boy are we grateful for the utility company and all the knowledgeable people who keep our electricity and machines running.

baby Hawk was all snuggled up and didn't complain at all