Snow

Today is day #3 of the biggest snowfall that Tennessee has seen in a few years. And we are savoring every minute of it.
It hit late Friday morning. The schools closed knowing it was coming, and BOY did it come! We measured 3 inches of snow on the back porch. Then came the sleet, putting a layer of ice on top of the inches of snow. Then to top it all off, we got another layer of snow yesterday. I tried taking another picture after this one to show the progression, but I can't get my ruler through the ice!

Jake's been taking the kids about a mile up the street (sure glad for the Suburban!) to the Spring Hill "hill" again like he did the last snow a couple of weeks ago. The difference is that last time they were sledding on grass that happened to have some white dusted over it. This time it was a sheet of glass. Jake's mom came over yesterday so to stay with the little ones so I could venture out with him and Ashley and Emily. Hannah and Jackson came along and Grandpa (Jake's dad) was there too. Our good friend Sean and his kids came out too. I didn't sled myself, but I packed up two big carafe's of hot water and a ton of hot chocolate packets and manned the hot chocolate and the picture taking. It was surprising to me, but Ashley has ended up being our fearless sledder. Usually Ashley is the more timid one and Emily is the bold one. But Emily is NOT a big fan of the cold. I had called Jake yesterday to see how much longer they were going to be there and he said, "Everyone is gone, its just me and Ashley now. She is a machine!!" lol About 2:30am yesterday, we woke up to a huge crash... a pine tree limb had fallen on the house, weighted by all the ice. Thankfully it didn't damage anything, but boy it scared us to death! lolChurch was canceled today too (so you KNOW this is a big deal, lol!) and another big sledding trip is planned for this afternoon. We aren't sure how long until it all melts, so they're getting in as much of it as they can. You know me, I'm already working on a montage, so I'll have that posted soon!