Walking in a Winter Wonderland!

I truly feel like I am walking in a Winter Wonderland after the past week. Because of the crazy weather that Arizona has had over the past week, Flagstaff got about 4 or 5 feet of snow! There are literally rolling hills of snow on campus at NAU and around town. It snowed Monday night, Tuesday night, and then the huge storm was from Wednesday night through this morning (Saturday). It snowed almost the entire 2 days straight. It was so weird to look out the window or go outside and have it always snowing. I kind of enjoyed looking out our window and seeing the how much snow has fallen in comparison to my car. I watched it slowly cover my antanae and tires. It was an excellent way for me to judge how much snow had fallen, but I there was always the voice saying, "you're gonna have to dig it out." That voice ruined it for me. But because of the snow, I had a 2-day school week. Monday was Civil Rights day and didn't have school because of that, and then the university delayed opening the school on Wednesday till 10:00, so one of my classes was cancelled that day. The topping on the cake was when Thursday morning they delayed opening the university till 11, which was after I would have been done with classes. So I thought, ok, I'll just work today. And then an hour later they cancelled the university for the day because of worsening weather conditions. Later that day they also cancelled it for Friday. The results were 2 days of school, one of which started later than normal.

During these snow days, I was able to get some things done (clean the bathroom, make real food, did homework) and also go on some snow adventures. Part of these snow adventures included diggind tunnels in the banks of snow, being launched into the snow, learning how to tackle, finding show forts under trees, being thrown into the snow, etc. It was so much fun! I'm glad that I was able to relax and have some fun before I got too far into the semester. I am also very thankful to be able to see the beauty that surrounds me. There is a certain beauty that comes when everything is covered with snow. I feel so lucky to be living here in Flagstaff where I can see that beauty all of the time!

We went on a snow adventure on Friday to a dirt road in Flagstaff. I took some pictures because it was so beautiful!

This is me attempting to make a snow angel in the 5 foot deep snow on our snow adventure. I sunk into it and because of that got snow in my face.

This is my car outside of my window. The one on the very left bottom. And my car was cleaned off on Thursday, so this is not all of the snow that could have been on it. You can't even see my tires!

I've learned that snow has it's ups and downs, but I am enjoying the new way of life! It's definately an adventure!