Snow Day

Jon celebrated his 3oth birthday this month. As with every year, he gave me his wish list which was filled with a couple of "material" possessions of desire and some items that would bring memories. The one, the thought would be so much fun was a trip to the snow before it melted. The problem was it just kept on raining. . . and raining. Finally, when the rain seemed to subside, it rained again. I was really not getting my hopes up about getting Jon up there, because I am absolutely terrified of driving in the snow! But thankfully our friends Josh and Steph thought it would be fun and wanted to go, too! So, despite it raining the day before, we packed warm clothes, borrowed snow clothes from Jon's brother's family, and packed some lunch for a day in the snow.

We had so much fun! We drove to a snow play area just above Shaver Lake. We were glad we got there early, because by the time we packed up to go, it was crowded! We loved how California spells snow - SNO. Kind of funny. Josh and Steph borrowed a sled and snowball maker from the Hoopers, which made our day so very Awesome!

Ethan was bundled up so nice and warm, wearing socks on his hands to keep toasty (by the end of the day, he was wearing Jon's socks!). He had fun playing in the snow, going on the sled (one time, he even snuck onto Jon's lap so he could go for a ride too!), building a snow man, and eating the snow (wasn't all that into the PBJ, when there was some yummy snow to fill the tummy!). Jon even stuck him into a snow drift to keep him from wandering off. . . it was so funny!

Jon's favorite part was going down the hills over and over again. Between him and Josh, they made some pretty awesome paths. I think a few times, I watched him catch some air and go down head first!

The day ended up being the most perfect day to go. On the drive home, it started snowing really large snow flurries and it felt like we were in a very large snow globe! It was so amazingly beautiful!!!!!!