SNOW DAY!!! ** EDITED **

Well, we have SNOW people! Fabulous!

It started yesterday as we walked home from school. How magical! It was soft flakes, which I failed to notice, but my neighbor buddy did - actually were shaped with 6 points! They looked like the Star of David. VERY cool! Lovely just laughed the whole way home, Val kept saying "Wooow!" and then it stopped a while. Bummer!

Edited to add this pic from a different friend who noticed the cool shaped flakes too. Look closely:

So awesome!!!!

Apparently though when it got dark (and I was too tired to notice) it began again and went late into the night. The result? Snow and ice that shut down this southern city and temps in the 15s! We've had a snow day before for schools, but hubby has always had to work (with a delayed start so roads could be better). Today though - office was CLOSED! It's been a GREAT family day thus far!

It's only a light dusting...one that is already melting away (even though we are now in the 20s), but it has made it a VERY special morning for our family, friends, and neighbors. Perfect for a fire, hot cocoa, NAPS, and quiet.

Here are some pics from our day so far:

The girls seeing the snow upon waking up!!!

The girls giving each other kisses through the door. Val kept going "MuuuuuWAH!"

Look at her nose pressed on the glass :)

HAHA! Hang on Val!!! :)

Hey - we kinda had a "White Christmas" It's still Christmas, friends!

It's been a fantastic day! I'm feeling very grateful!! Grateful for my family, this day off, appreciating them, getting extra rest when we haven't been 100% well, or sleeping at night, grateful our crosses in life are small...and wondering (and being SO grateful still) why bigger ones have not hit us yet (which is really interesting because two other bloggers have been thinking the same thing!! What's up with that??!! Check out Kate and Rachel). I might have to explore that with them - but I always seem to have it at the back of my mind. A few years ago we were deep in BIG crosses, so I very much do NOT take for granted this time - but my heart and mind are with others who lately have been going through a lot more (Some with WAY more faith and grace than I could!) - and I do wonder why for them, and yes....when for me. Why is that?

BUT - I am grateful. Grateful that this "feeling" makes me not take a moment for granted. Grateful I lean on faith and friends. Grateful that I feel blessings and feel so RICH even if I'm really not. But....again, I need to think about this more. Is it my hormones? My anxiety? Is it because when others you know are having a hard time you think harder? I know we're supposed to let Go, let God - and today...I will. I'm going to end this and enjoy a really LOVELY day. Enjoy this cozy, 'fireplace and cocoa' time with my family while I do have it - all of us together, safe, happy, and healthy.

Snowed in and grateful. AWESOME Combo.

Let it Snow!!