It a winter wonderland.... :)

We spent today enjoying our snow. Once we had dug ourselves out.

 The sun came out for most the morning and it was beautiful!

 The wind that had been around for the last two days was gone, so it was enjoyable, though still chilly.

Jul's is sitting down in this one but in some places it was well past her knees.

 St. Helen's

 and Adams made an appearance though I think Mt. Hood was in the clouds.

Mr. Tech dug out the van and used it to pack down the driveway,

by driving back and forth.

Saw these guys go by, (the station is just down from our house) I'm sure they've had a busy last few 

 days.

 We also watched the snowplow make a pass.

 

But when we went out for some groceries mid morning the back roads still looked like this.

I 5 was mostly clear, though I guess it had been shut down yesterday near our exit for some bad accidents. The reader board signs said Oregon was requiring trucks to chain up so there was a whole right lane full of truckers doing just that the 205 interchange.

 We went on an explore to see how the creek was doing.

 Snow laden trees.

 A holly bush

The house from the bottom of the ravine.

 We tried a sled run on the back hill but the snow is soo cold and fluffy that it is hard to do anything with. No snowmen yet, maybe after it warms up a bit so the snow will pack.

 Ivan was more then happy to be in on things. He galloped around stuffing his noise in the snow every few feet and

proceeded to chase the kids down the hill when we did finally get the sled run working this evening.

 And Phi and Aaron managed a snow igloo this evening as well.

 Last thing before dark we tried out the really big hill on the side road and did 2 runs that were much more exciting than our hill. May have to try a bit more of that tomorrow!

Verse for today:

He satisfieth the longing soul and filleth the hungry soul with goodness. Psalms 107:9