The most in 40 + years.

Dec. 2008- The Sunday before the winter break it started, the most snow fall for the Portland area in 40 + years. When I woke up early Sunday morning I looked out the window and this beautiful snow had started falling. Little did I know it would alter my life for the next 2 weeks. Church was canceled for two Sundays which brought lots of excitement to the kids (and me too), and the whole week before the winter break started school was cancelled. But one fun thing was that we had church (sacrament only) on the Tuesday night before Christmas.

We had no idea how long it would stay so we enjoyed it everyday.

Ben is such a fun dad. He started this snow flake activity that we proudly displayed.

Kids eating the snow- What is the draw to kids to eat the snow? Not sure, but it did keep them busy.

Our front yard after the first week of snow.

After the second week of snow, no side walks or streets.

Everything becomes so beautiful after a snowfall.

Eating Ice- After a week of snow mother nature sent us some freezing rain which caused this thick layer of ice over the snow. Zach loved this and knew it belonged in his mouth (of course).

Ice Fort- The broken ice looked like huge pieces of glass.

Our neighbors made a pretty sweet snow cave that was a good size.

When we moved to Portland little did we know that the street in front of our house was a great place to go sledding. It's not really steep but it was were the neighbors came to have fun. It was funny because this much snow was so rare that not many had real sleds so there was a lot of substitutions like our upside down slide.

We were out side every day. It was like a really coming together of the neighborhood, people walking around visited and some even had hot chocolate brewing in the front for people coming by. I have to say, it was good to see it go but it was a really fun time that we'll always remember.