First snow day

We awoke early this morning expecting to have to dig ourselves out and get ready for school and work. We have heard so many times how the schools around here "never" close for snow. Only five minutes after I was up, the phone rang announcing that school was closed! Once we got outside we understood why...over 12 inches of snow had piled up during the night!

Beautiful winter scene from our front deck.

The snow reminds me of powdered sugar on a gingerbread house!

See how nicely those steps are dug out? That was all me, baby! My chiropractor will not be pleased.

There goes Steve - on a mission to dig out a Jeep! Never a day off for a US Army Recruiter! With all those seniors out of school today, I'm sure they'll be stopping by to sign up for the Army.

Who cut off Anna's legs?

Mmmm...icicle - from the grill of the truck!

Speaking of the truck...

Me, showing off my Colorado fashion sense (notice coffee cup in hand). One can never supervise digging out a vehicle without a steaming cup of Starbucks!

Notice how Seth is suspiciously missing. He opted out of the fun and stayed in to watch cartoons. Imagine that.

And for the grand finale! Take a look at the fun time had by all when Steve tried (and tried, and tried) to get out of the driveway to go to work. After all the digging he did, I know his physical therapist won't be happy! About two hours after Steve got out, the snow plow arrived and plowed the driveway :)

Mother's Day at Mesa Verde

This Mother's Day my family was super nice to me - they let me take them hiking!!! We've only been in Colorado for about 2 weeks so it was definitely time to start exploring. Mesa Verde National Park is only about 40 min from our house and really awesome (and huge!).







First we checked out ancient Pueblo Indian ruins (about 1000 years old!)














We even got to climb down into the ruins - watch your step!















After that, we hiked around the edge of the canyon and enjoyed the views. Sometimes it was a little scary being right on the edge of a big drop off.














But we had fun climbing around in the rock formations...














squeezing through rocks...


















and climbing rocks!















We even saw ancient petroglyphs.















Surprising...














and fun! Who could ask for more?