Snow Day!

Yesterday sure turned out to be a fun day. I didn't realize until we woke up Sunday morning that it had been snowing throughout the night. Not just snow, but FUN SNOW! (And LOTS of it!) It is rare that snow out here is the wet sticky stuff that you can actually play in. After we ate a warm breakfast we bundled up and headed outside for some shoveling and playing. Kyle was a little unsure of the snow at first, but eventually he 'warmed' up to the idea and had a fun time. Before long, others in the neighborhood started coming out of their houses too. We ended up having quite the enjoyable morning playing outside and getting to know our neighbors better.

Bless his heart, I think Scott spent about 3 1/2 hours shoveling. First he shoveled our driveway, then headed over to start helping the Jensen's. Then he and Jared realized that one of our neighbors was outside all by herself trying to shovel her driveway in a dress so they helped her...then two other neighbors received the helping hands of Scott and Jared. They then finally went back to finish the Jensen's. In the mean time another two to three inches more had fallen on our driveway again, so he re-shoveled ours. Needless to say he was EXHAUSTED! He finally came in and took a nice long hot bath.

There was a point yesterday, after Kyle and I had come inside, that I looked outside and was overcome with some very strong feelings. It has been my dream since we've been married to live in a 'real house' in a 'real neighborhood'. I realized yesterday how truly thankful and blessed I am to be living where we are. Being in the back of the cul-de-sac we have a great vantage point down our whole street. All of the neighbors up and down the street were all out shoveling their driveways and walkways. Neighbors were helping neighbors, it was really neat. To somebody who has lived in a neighborhood environment for a long time, this may not seem like a big deal, but to me, it was just awesome! What a beautiful sight. I really am so thankful for our new house and the opportunity we have to live in this neighborhood, and I pray that I never take it for granted.