Snow Day!

The past couple have weeks have brought record temps across the US, and Texas was no exception! It rarely snows here in Austin, but this is the second time in two years that we have had a decent snowfall. By decent, I mean that the snow actually sticks to the ground and hangs around for a couple of hours. The kids, of course, love the snow and snow in central Texas means almost certain school cancellation, since our city just isn't equipped to handle snow and make the roads safe to drive on.

The snow was no more than an inch deep, but the kids attempted to build a snowman anyway! The girls loved the snow, but the boys wimped out after about 5 minutes in the cold.

Kassidy

Kaydence

Kyndall---not even snow could keep her from travelling at her typical speed.

Kaiya

Ironically, Jayson and Riley left for Denver to play in the snow on the same day that it snowed here in Austin. It was blizzardy and COLD their entire trip, but they had a blast anyway. This was Riley's first experience snowboarding.

Snow Day!

SNOW!!!

Tuesday something very out of the ordinary for Austin happened....it SNOWED!!! And not just a little dusting that melted quickly, we had actual flakes and accumulation that stayed for the whole day. This is by far the most snow we have seen here in the nearly 11 years we have lived in Austin. The kids were so excited. Riley and Kaiya are calling it a "definite miracle".

We let Riley and Kaiya get out of school early so they could play in the snow. The spent the afternoon at friends houses. Jayson and I took the quints outside to play in the afternoon and they had a blast! They did not want to come back in, even though they were freezing.

Lining up to go outside: Ryder, Kaydence, Rustin, Kassidy and Kyndall

And they're off!

Our house covered in snow---officially the snow total I found was 0.6 inches, but I think we got at least 1-2 inches at our house.

Kyndall, Kaydence, Kassidy, Rustin and Ryder

Look, Mom!

Snowball fight!

Brrrr...it's cold!

Once there was a snowman...

Kyndall and Kaydence

Ryder and Rustin

Kassidy

Kaydence

Rustin

Kyndall

Ryder

Kaiya and her snowman

Snowball fight!

Got him!

Riley

Riley's Snowman

Kaiya and Calvin (with Calvin's snowman)

When they got home, Riley and Kaiya made a snowman version of themselves and each of the babies. (it was dark when they finished, so we had to take this picture the next morning---by that time things were already starting to melt)

Here is a video Jayson made of the quints playing in the snow:

SNOW!!!