The Last/First Big Snow

One morning in mid-March we woke up to see the biggest snowfall we've had since we moved to Utah.  It also happened to be the last snow of the season that accumulated anything.  (We've since had one or two times when it was in the 70s, and we had snow flurries a day or two later.)  I suppose it's really not too late for another big snow, since it was snowing here last June, but I'm going to hope we're finished for the season.

Anyway, as much as we are happy to avoid snow altogether, it was kind of fun to get a good snowfall in before Spring arrived.  It allowed us to do a couple of things we hadn't been able to before.

Such as.... make snow cones for breakfast!  The kids have been wanting to do this, but I wasn't willing to try it out unless we had a good deep blanket of snow.  No dirt sneaking into the snow cones, thankyouverymuch.  So this was the big day.  And since I couldn't find our snow cone syrup (I thought I'd moved it to UT with us, but maybe not?) we settled for Lemon Gatorade.  The kids didn't seem to mind.

For FHE that night, we just had snow time.  Or, I should say, Ben mostly had snow time with the kids and I made a yummy FHE treat in the kitchen.  I watched from the window while they built their first real snow man.

Not bad for a bunch of novices, eh?

And the kids talked Ben into doing more snow cones.  

He chose to use his bare, manly hands instead of the ladle... cold!!

Nice assembly line, Ben!

We found out that grape juice is a much better flavoring for snow cones than Gatorade.

Now we know for next year!

(The snow had melted quite a bit by that evening.)

When the snow festivities were over for the evening, the kids came in for dinner and bath time.  Then they helped me put the finishing touches on dessert by frosting my made-from-scratch carrot cake.  Mmmmmmmmmm.

Cat insisted on sprinkles for the cake.  Notice how she's holding Eliza's hand with her left hand and putting sprinkles on the cake with her right hand.

Uh-oh - that's what happens when you let go of Eliza's hand!

Gotta hold it again.

That's okay.  Because Eliza was rewarded with first dibs on the extra cream cheese frosting.

Satisfied.

Thanks for the help, guys!

Snow Cones + Snowman + Carrot Cake = A Pretty Good Day