The First Snow

The first snow of the season! (imagine, in March!)

Today, we went to CYS and it was raining incredibly hard. We had heard that it was supposed to snow, but we didn't think it possible. To our amazement, when Clint and I were sitting and waiting for McKenzie's rehearsal to be done, the heavy rain turned into heavy snow. It was falling so fast, I didn't realize at first that it had changed.

As we were driving home, is started to stick, and the yards of the properties we were passing gradually became more and more white. It was glorious.

We got home and sat around for awhile, and when McKenzie started to make macaroni for dinner, I thought I'd take a step outside. (though it was already dark) The tree outside next to the porch needed the snow on it to be knocked off, and what was better to do? As I walked to the front yard to knock the snow off the poor bushes, lightning struck somewhere and everything flashed purple for a split second. It was so weird! I've never seen lightning or thunder in the snow...

I heard a "crash" and thought nothing of it, for trees were falling in the woods, and why bother? As I stepped inside, Clint and McKenzie were at the back door looking out. Turns out, the weight of the snow crashed our gazebo! It completely fell in, bending the framing, ripping the fabric, and breaking the boards underneath it. It was disastrous!

I wanted to get the snow off the top of it so it didn't fall any more, but that failed. I decided after that to take Rosie on a walk. She needed to get a little energy out.

It snowed around two-and-a-half inches, I would guess. That's a lot here, but I suppose you guys in Utah would say that's a little measly.

We get out of school tomorrow, though! (but that means that the track scrimmage is canceled...)