Let it Snow, Let it Snow........

For twice in a row, the weatherman was right. I'm impressed! If you only knew how wrong everyone thought he was going to be......

Now, I've lived in Georgia for almost 6 years and have yet to see a snow flurry. So, imagine everyone's surprise and delight last night when the snow began to fall in buckets. I was excited over sleet - (crazy I know) but just the mere idea of ice here was very exciting. I knew the snow was more than likely coming once the sleet began.

It took a while for Addison to get excited about it, though. It was a first for her. The excitement didn't come, though, until Jeremy was able to gather a handful of snow dust off the back porch and hand her in a snowball. We've been sick so we didn't go out and play in it too much, but the neighborhood kids around us had a ball in it. Jeremy took her out and let her get her first "taste" of snow - as you can see, and she thought that was the most hilarious thing she'd ever done in her life. She laughed and giggled - until she was too cold to tolerate any more. One huge snowflake fell in just the right spot as I snapped this picture. It was too funny when I looked back at it.

The neighbor across the street was still up at midnight just standing in the middle of her yard letting it fall on her as if it was the greatest of all miracles......and in a way, it was definitely a miracle.

By the time I got up at 6:30 this morning, there was just a few spots of snow left, but it had a beautiful little blanket over the ground when I went to bed. Fortunately, I captured the pictures then, instead of waiting until the morning. I have some of the cutest pictures to treasure the memory of "our" first snow. I may not ever see it again.....or at least for 6 more years.

Thankfully last night, God allowed the miracle of snow to delight the hearts of many souls over here in Georgia - young and old. The good part about it, is that we don't have to carry on our lives with it stuck everywhere like it is in the north. We only have to delight in it for JUST long enough!! Then it goes away very quickly. Maybe that's the bigger miracle.......since everything here totally haywire at the first sight of a flake!