A Snow Sunday!

In anticipation of the cold temperatures and snow, our Church was canceled along with all of the meetings within the stake.  (Good news for us since we had been asked on Thursday to speak in Church :) That was postponed as well, of course.)  As the branch president said, It might not seem like much to people from Utah, but we do not have the tools to manage the snow and ice on the roads.  We don't disagree.  We are familiar with icy roads and don't plan to leave our house if the roads are icy.  Ether way out requires traveling up or down steep hills with no shoulders.  We don't plan on sliding off a road if we can help it.

So we have been enjoying a quiet Sunday working on Institute lessons (me) and doing family history research for people buried in Arkansas (Gary).  

Jena and I did head out into the snow for a few minutes--

Jena and I tried to make a heart in the snow but we didn't get a great picture of it.  Gary said we needed to drag our feet more to uncover the green grass for the heart outline.  We love you, world!!!

He did step out into the weather to take pictures of me making a snow angel!  For some reason, it felt like the right thing to do!!

For the grandkids!!!

We thought we might try a snowball fight but the snow is too dry and doesn't pack together.

This one is for Gary (he took it) and he told me he liked it--so I decided even though it isn't my favorite that I would include it in this record.  He said he loves that I was having fun in the snow!

Now we are sitting in the warm house and watching the snow continue to fall.  They are expecting about 3"--we will see.  The challenging thing is that there is artic air behind this snowstorm and the temperatures will remain in single digits until Thursday.  That means snow everywhere and ice on the roads.  We will take it day by day.  We are set for in-person interviews with the mission president tomorrow at the Church and car inspections for all of the young missionaries.  They are worried about finding open car washes to wash their cars before inspections.  We are guessing they will be cancelled because of the snow but we will wait and see--no news yet!