Who are the flakes & who are the angels? I'm not tellin'! You decide.
About 8 o'clock last night, on a whim, we loaded the entire family in the car & drove east on I-80 in search of snow. It didn't take long to find what we were looking for. About 20 miles up the road we found the white stuff, but we kept driving to Colfax, where we found a fun location to throw snowballs, make snow angels, and just be silly. It is hard to believe that a mere 30 miles from Roseville it is a winter wonderland! It was absolutely beautiful -- so quiet & picturesque -- until we disturbed the peace with laughter & messed up the perfect blanket of snow by tracking through it.
(Yes, that's right, there are no pictures of me. I'm always behind the camera!)
Not only did the Smithlings have fun playing in the snow, Mr. Smith (our BIG kid) enjoyed having the opportunity to try out the Q7's Quattro abilities on snowy & icy roads. No slip & lots o' grip. We have had our car for a year & this was its first trip to the snow. There will be many more return trips, I'm sure. We didn't get back home until 10 PM, so we all got to bed a little later than usual. (We just had to have hot chocolate before bed!)
As I am writing this entry, it's a beautiful, sunny morning in Roseville. More rain is expected in the coming days, and that means more snow in the foothills & mountains. Who knows, we may even have to have a "snow day" from school in the next week, or two, so we can go play in the snow again. Well, maybe we'd have to call it a field trip, as I'm sure it would be educational in some way!
One last comment: The photo of the snow covered tree reminds me of what Narnia (Lantern Waste) might look like. We didn't see Mr. Tumnus, but there might have been some faun tracks in the snow, or maybe they were only boot tracks. What do you think?! ;-)
