Snow as far as the eye can see...

OK - I'm trying to add a video to my blog for the first time. I hope it works. Please forgive the crazy camera angles - we were using my daughter's RCA Small Wonders camcorder to tape this and it is still new to me. I'll do better in the future.

I can hardly believe all the snow we've gotten here in Columbus. It is a real actual snowfall - not the light dusting we normally call a snowfall. We've gotten about 15" so far with more falling. I haven't seen snow like this since I was a kid living in North Bay, Ontario or Calumet, MI. It actually made me really happy to be out there in it. I happily darted out there to shovel the drive. (Being much older now - my body is reminding me that I'm no longer a kid now. LOL) Some people were out on the roads four-wheeling...it looked like fun.

I wanted to make sure the kids got out in this...it may be the only time they see real snow. I took the video for proof when they are much older. Besides, I have many happy memories of snow filled days as a kid on my sled or building forts. By the time I would come inside, I would literally have icicles hanging off my eye lashes and eye brows! (Seriously!) I want my kids to have memories like that. So we shoveled, but we also had a big snow fight!

Being out there reminded me a lot of my Dad. He and I would be out there shoveling away while Mom and Mindy (our dog) snuggled inside. Once we had so much snow in MI that I could sled off my roof! It was as awesome as it sounds.

I know this snow is a pain in the ass - but try to look at it through the eyes of child. I can't wait to take the kids sledding tomorrow.