Let It Snow

I've had several people tell me it hasn't snowed this much for years.

This is a picture of our barn. That is a door and a window that is covered by the snow. This pile of snow was created from snow sliding off the metal roof of the barn and by us shoveling our driveway. There are lots of kids that sled down piles of snow such as this all over town.

This is our Suburban that hasn't been moved for weeks. It is now buried in snow. It might not move again until spring.

We bought the Suburban in Texas 5 years ago. We knew it wasn't 4 wheel-drive but, who needs that it Texas? Well, in a Utah winter, it is a different story. The Suburban is a rear wheel-drive (translation for those of you who do not speak winter language - it's a big piece of junk when driving on slick and slushy roads). The day I got the Suburban stuck in our driveway sideways (that was a bad day that I try not to remember), we decided we needed a new vehicle.

We found on 2004 Honda Odysessy for a good price. Being a mother of four-n-more, you would think my favorite feature would be the built-in DVD player but no, it is the traction-control-system (translation-I can usually get out fo my driveway without any problems-always a nice thing).What does all this snow mean? We have had to shovel our driveway more times than we can count. We have a really long driveway that gets longer with every shovel full of snow. AJ has difficulty shoveling because the piles are now over his head. Esteban has been really good about helping, even if I don't always agree with his choice of winter clothing.

The snow maybe a lot of work, but still makes for great pictures.