Fun in the Snow!

As of two weeks ago, we now have snow that should stay through the entire winter! We got a few inches and Rob realized we needed to pack it down into the gravel driveway/parking lot so that when we do start needing to plow, we won't be taking gravel up with the snow. So he, Connor and Samantha piled into our truck and drove around and around the parking lot packing down the snow with the tires. In the picture below, Connor is steering. They had fun!

The next morning we enjoyed clear, blue skies with a snow-covered mountain range showing above the trees.

Some friends in town, Harold and Brenda Mowery, decided to let us use their older snow machine that they have replaced, so they drove it down and showed us the ropes on how to start, handle, and take care of it! This was Rob's first time on a snow machine, and the kids had fun riding on the back. It'll be a great blessing to have it to ride to the school, postoffice, and around town this winter.

While I was teaching the Jr. and Sr. High School students for a few days this week, Dana helped me out by picking Samantha up from school and taking her home with their family for an hour until my work day ended. Samantha was thrilled to get to cross country ski with them Tuesday afternoon! Apparently she did great and had a really fun time.