It started snowing this afternoon. According to the "chatter" on Facebook, none of us knew this was a possibility. As I type, we've got at least 4" on the ground, could get up to 8, according to one report.
A friend recommended (on Facebook, seriously what did I do with my time before Facebook?) to get out and shovel because the snow was wet and heavy. I took her advice and found it to be the first "real" snow we've had this winter. For any readers who live in snowless lands, there are many types of snow, few are actually good for common winter activities like snowball fights and building snowmen. It has to be what we call packing snow. Tonight, we had ourselves some packing snow!
At 7:00, this mama declared that we would be going outside to build a snowman. Brian usually heads to bed around 7:30. When Elizabeth was two, I never would have relaxed bedtime for winter fun. I love who I'm becoming! (And I love that homeschooling allows us to fudge bedtime without morning-rush consequences.)
But, praise be to God, it was even more than fun family time. A neighbor that just moved in came up to ask about borrowing our shovel. After he finished we got to talking. Friends, wonders will never cease, because they are the third Christian couple to move onto our street this year! (And um, yeah, he also knows my mom.)
As the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.
Isaiah 55:9
Heather, this is fantastic! We don't get much snow either, so when it comes - especially if it's 'proper' snow, we must get out into it too. And yes, homeschooling is wonderful because they can spend the whole day in the snow (we did that over this winter when they built an igloo) - there was NO way we were gonna miss out on that fun!
ReplyDeleteAnd the neighbours! Wow! Doesn't He do more for us than we could even ask or think. What a God we have!
What fun and a great snowman too! Glad the kids got to make a "real" snowman before the winter is gone!
ReplyDeleteTHat's so cool! And um, who doesn't know your mom?
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