Friday's Photo Finish ~ Snow, Baby!

Whew! Friday is finally here, and I am definitely ready for the weekend! The highlight of our week was the unexpected blessing of a little bit of snow.  I know, I know, what's the big deal, right? For some of you, snow is a permanent fixture in your yard for 5 months out of the year, but not so for us. Your kids can create a snowman family and they stay up for weeks holding stick hands and smiling.  We, on the other hand, can barely get the head attached before the entire sculpture morphs into a puddle for our puppies to lap up.  This particular area of the state is just so stinkin' da-da-da-dry. 

People often confuse our location with other dry and windy places, like say the Mojave Desert for instance. Close you weary travelers, so very close. Sorry to get your hopes up with all of the wind and dust and sand and dirt, out here but you've got about 1300 miles further west to go.  At least in the Mojave you're close to the lights of Vegas or nearing California's lush vineyards. Our bragging rights, when it comes to entertainment, are limited to tractor pulls and cow tipping.

So, anyway, about the snow.  Well, despite the cold and our best efforts at dancing for any type of precipitation, we rarely receive an abundance of nature's baby-sitter, which is a bummer, because when when we do get a good snow, the kids usually can't wait to break out of the house for a couple of hours to go and bask in all the white wonder. Now, that's when I get some serious stuff done around here!  Like finishing my cup of cold coffee from 6 hours ago (which doesn't keep me awake anyway) and maybe squeezing in a nap a couple loads of laundry. If you've ever stood at the window in the middle of winter and screamed, "snow dammit!" because you can no more handle 5 wild boys bouncing off the walls, you might just understand how I feel (and I love you for that!)

On Tuesday the heaven's broke open and delivered the goods. Thank you, Jesus.  Thank you for hearing my screams, I mean my pathetic pleas.  I was so happy to see the boys enjoying every minute of it before it melted (which it did - there's not a trace of it anywhere), that I had to run out and snap a few pics.  There wasn't enough snow to boost a sled (boo!), but there was just enough to pack into some pretty fierce show balls (yay!), oh and a little to eat, because the snow was also their lunch. Mmmmmm snow!! That's our highlight for the week.  What was yours??

Have a FABULOUS weekend, everyone!

Out takes... 

The game is on!

Who shall be my first target?

Mooohooohaaahaahaa!

The wind up...

Fire!!

What??? Chill out, man, it's just a little snow!

You better run, sucka, run and hide!

Wham! 

Boo-Ya!

Mommy's helpers, cleaning off the deck while I nap fold laundry.

We assemble snow babies around here, not snow men.

Don't eat that one, son, it looks a little sketchy.

No! Don't throw the snow baby!

When one gets tired of making snowballs, one finds a snow slinger, also known as a shovel.

This is gonna be good!

Hand over your weapons, son!

I'm just here for the munchies.

And, to be adorable.

Nummy, num, num.