blizzard of twenty-ten :)

trace was so cute and absolutely LOVED the snow. here are a few things he said that i knew i needed to write down or i'd forget them!! * it's snowing, i can't bewwwweeeeve (believe) it! * the snow is maMAZIIIING! (amazing!) * it's wike (like) ice! * it's soooo feeeewizing!! (freezing) *when the sun comes out, then we can go play in the snow! (this was before 8 am saturday morning!)* oh, and one more thing. i got it on video so will try and load it later. but when we were outside, i asked him who made the snow. he said "god!" so i was prompting him to say his verse they've been studying in awana's, (god made everything) and he said " GOD. LOVES. SNOW." it was SOOO CUTE! :o) of course we rarely get snow in alabama. so when we get it, we are shocked, ecstatic, and cold! :o) the forecast for friday, feb. 12, said we could possibly get 1-3 inches of snow in birmingham. we tried not to get our hopes up, since so often the weathermen are wrong! there wasn't any snow when we woke up, so nate and i both had to go on into work. by 10 am, it started snowing. shortly after the snow began, the temps started dropping and the snow started to stick! nate got off work about 11 and headed to get the boys from meme's. by 11:30, there was a LOT of snow coming down and sticking to the grass, cars, everything! so we were dismissed from work as well!! by time we got home, there was already at least 2 inches of beautiful white fluffy snow at the house. we made trace take a nap, and as soon as he woke up i bundled him up and the 2 of us went outside to play in the snow! (nate stayed in with lucas.) it was still snowing the whole time we were playing in it! i think we had at least 3-3 1/2 inches at our house. it was absolutely beautiful. and we had a blast playing in it! trace loved eating the snow, making snow angels, snowball fights, making a snowman, and most of all, he loved rolling down the hills with me. we had so much fun on friday playing in the snow! i took a few videos that i will try and add later. for now, enjoy the pics!

so pretty!

this is one of my favs! look at that sweet face!

trace = lover of snow!

building our little snowman!

we tried eyes and a nose and mouth, but it didn't work well. so we threw a duke hat on and called him frosty :)

my adorable snow angel!!

so when we went to bed friday nite, i was thinking the snow would probably be gone in the morning. NOPE! mom and dad said they had a whole yard of fresh, undisturbed snow, and sleds as well! so we loaded up and met josh and shannon over there. it was so fun to watch the 4 cousins playing together. lucas wasn't very impressed. at all. he never smiled, but also never cried! i think it was just too cold for him! but he did take turns sledding with caden and lala! they are all so protective of him. it's so sweet! bitsy and poppi played in the snow with us, and poppi pulled the kids on sleds behind the lawnmower :) they had a blast! more snow fights and rolling down the hill wore me out! i seriously am B-A-D out of shape. every muscle in my body is sore from pulling the kids up and down hills and running from josh's snowballs! i think the reason i am most sore is from holding trace and caden next to me and rolling ALL THE WAY down the hill!! arms and legs were flailing but they were followed by screams of delight! i acted like a big kid! but since this was the first big snow our kids remember, we wanted to do it up right! after we were almost frozen, we went in and changed into dry clothes. there was a huge fire going, and bitsy had made snow ice cream, and hot chocolate! we had so much fun in the snow!!!!!

PARTY at bitsy and poppi's! all 4 cousins having fun! caden is on the sled with lucas, of course that's lala in pink, and trace is the black ninja :)

see, lucas was not impressed!

as my friend loni put it... since we don't have snow boots in alabama, we have to use cowboy boots! HA. lucas was actually wearing trace's other pair, so they were 5 sizes too big! but makes for a cute pic :)

memories!!!!!

taking turns on the sleds!

yes, josh and i had a snowball WAR! it was fun. shannon took this pic... crazy action shot, you can see the snow flying as it's about to hit me!

having fun in the snow!

maybe it will snow again soon? i was so kidding when i posted the title as blizzard of twenty-ten, but i have seriously heard this might be the year for us to have another blizzard. i remember in '93 when we got 18 inches of snow. it was fun, and i'd almost love it again, but with 2 lil boys, i would hate to think of losing power for days on end. so i think i'll take the 3 inches here and there over a blizzard anyday! :o) the snow sure was fun while it lasted!