By 11am, we had 8″ of snow.

This is what 8″ looks like in the backyard.

The front yard looked snowy too (go figure!)

It was a good day to relax in front of the fire.

Although some shoveling was done.

There were also preparations necessary for tubing.

We broke tradition and opened a Christmas present early. Can you guess what they got?

We decided to head out and attempt a little sledding. The getting ready process was painful, so we broke up into two parties. The girls headed out first.

Visibility was bad, so sledding backwards was better preferred.

We didn’t last long, but did get a few fun runs in.

On our way home, we ran into the boys, who were just starting to head out.   They were not all happy to be out having “fun”.

Wendy was glad to come inside.

Sam didn’t enjoy his outside time much either.

And Logan wasn’t too thrilled with the weather either.

Back inside, we found ways to amuse ourselves.

The nativity set was played with. Rescue Hero Billy Blazes says, “No more people in the inn – it’s a fire code violation!”

Lots of baking was done.

After dinner, there were new plans afoot to go outside.

Sam thought it would be fun to go out without his jacket.

He lasted two minutes.

Wendy thought she didn’t need gloves.

She was wrong.

The smart ones hung out by the fire.

At 9pm, it was still coming down.

According to my yard stick, we got 41 inches! Er.. make that centimeters, roughly ~16 inches.

The front yard snow also measured 15″.

The house looks pretty with all the snow – it’s rare to see snow and Christmas lights at the same time.

Our neighbor’s tree looked magical.

It was a beautiful snowy day – we were thankful for the chance to enjoy it.