Snow Day....The Sequel

It's not every year that we get snow in these parts and it is really unusual for us to get TWO snows in one season.  This morning my alarm clock woke me to the sounds of the news lady saying, "School is out everywhere in our area".  I raised up my head, looked outside, and then I went back to sleep.  There was no work for Julie today.  On the other hand, it was just another day for Scott & Greta. (Scott works from home.)

I wandered outside with my camera to snap some (not blue) snow pictures.  Here's the house all covered with snow:

Then I kept on walking and took some pictures of my parents' house, Kevin's house, and Sophie dog in the snow.  Before I knew it ....there was someone watching me.

So I went inside and played with the kids for a couple of hours.

 

Sophie waited patiently outside the door...

 Of course Nana and Papaw came over to play with us too...

When I went got back to my house, Scott was making snow cream...

It was YUMMY.  We added chocolate syrup to the top and it was even YUMMIER.

Then I decided to grab my new zoom lens and take some pictures of the birds at my bird feeder.  They seemed very happy to have food because they kept the feeder extra busy today.  I was lucky enough to get a lot of good photos but I'll only post a few (for now). 

You can click on the pictures if you'd like a better view... 

In case you are wondering, I did NOT enhance the color of the cardinal.  This is exactly how brilliant red he was.

After "shooting" some birds, Scott and I played ping-pong.  Tonight, the whole family walked over to Kevin & Rana's for dinner.  Rana made something very delicious...it was Syrian so I'm not sure what it was called.  I took a great photo of it, only to be reminded by my camera that I forgot to put a "card" in it.  So, no pictures from tonight.  

It was a wonderful snow day however, I am not looking forward to the ice that will follow tomorrow!

(Scott & Greta looking at the snow outside)