Snow - At Long Last!!! :)

To our great dismay, we received hardly any snow this winter. :( A couple of dustings here and there but we only had one good snow where there was enough to go outside and play in. As luck would have it, it happened to snow in early March when Kelly, Chaz and Anna were visiting us. This was the first opportunity the kids have ever had to enjoy snow together and they did have a wonderful time! Our next door neighbor girls, Macy and Meagan, also came over to increase our fun!

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Incidentally, growing up I remember quite frequently receiving our best snow the first week in March. Even though the weathermen certainly weren't predicting it, I told Kelly she should bring the kids snowclothes. She laughed at me and didn't bring their clothes. I guess you can see below who had the last laugh! lol :)

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This is a bit out of sequence but I wanted to begin the post with the best group shot I caught of our crew lined up for sledding in front of our house.

The kids actually began playing in the backyard making small snow forts to use during snowball fightsMeagan made one enormous snowball!

Sweet Anna making a snow angel

One very happy Missy Reagan to get outside and play in the snow!

The big kids decided to try and pull the little guys around our yard.

We did have Jackson out in the snow last winter but he obviously didn't recall that as he was only a few months old. I was very excited he had the opportunity to finally get to really play in the snow! Jackson on the other hand, was not so excited about this fine opportunity...

I had to get this picture of Macy and Kennedy since they were both wearing frog hatsBest friends, Anna and Reagan, taking their first sled ride together in our backyard - so sweet! :)

After playing in the back for a while we finally made it to the front where our best little hill is. It is absolutely perfect for kids the age and size of ours! Here are Chaz and Anna posing for a sibling pic especially for me. :)

And they're off!

Reagan and Anna lined up and ready to go!

This sort of wild and crazy activity is right up my wild and crazy girls alley!

I couldn't help but take a couple of pictures of these best buddies racing each other

and sledding together - ahhh.... ;)

Chaz enjoyed trying out Meagan's snowboard - looks like a pro!

After a CONSIDERABLE amount of convincing and conjoling Jackson finally decided the snow wasn't all that bad and sledding is actually quite a bit of fun!

This series of pictures of Kennedy sledding is probably my favorite of the day. I definitely see an amazing scrapbook page coming out of these in the future!

I'm hoping and wishing we have a lot more snow next winter but I'm so thankful for the snow we finally received in March this year! I love snow every bit as much as the kids! The only thing I can't figure out is why Kelly and Karen weren't out there playing with me?!?!?