Snow pictures!

It snowed last weekend. Boy howdy, did it snow.  First we got the perfect packing snow on Friday.  The boys had a blast playing...making snowmen

and snow forts and snowballs.

And it looked pretty in the trees...

Then overnight we got more snow. It covered up the tracks the boys made building the snowmen

and this snow was colder and didn't pack well, so the wind blew it into drifts.

My daughter tried to measure it in the back yard, but found it was 10 inches deep in the shortest area and 20 inches deep in the tallest area. Doggone wind. She put pics on her Facebook, if you're interested. 

 I never did hear the "official" snowfall amount.

These pictures were taken in the morning.

Then in the afternoon, unexpectedly, the sky cleared to a brilliant blue and the sun shone bright.  It was beautiful.

Same closeup of the same tree...only the sun has melted the snow and changed it to ice in the top layer.

The sunshine was wonderful, but didn't stay long. It has snowed every day since Friday. Snow is in the immediate forecast. No warm up in sight for us.  I just hope it doesn't all melt in the same day. What a mess that would be!