Snow Day(s) in October

I'm not sure if this is normal or not for October, but we were hit (and hit hard) with a huge snow storm. It started on Tuesday night at 8pm with a light snow. It caused my Dish Network signal to go weird by 8:30pm ruining our Lakers Season Opener. Then, it continued to snow. I went to work on Wednesday and struggled through traffic in several inches of snow, only to be told to go home early by the University at 1pm because the whole campus was closing due to "inclement weather". Still it snowed and snowed hard at times. This morning, I woke up and checked the University's Weather Alert page and found out that they were still closed and were questionable for Friday. Woohoo! Snow-Day!! So, I suited up in snow gear with my boys and decided to try a few snow activities with my sons. We tried sledding on a nearby hill. There was so much snow (up to my knees) and it was so soft and light that we simply sunk into it. We couldn't sled. It was just too dry and light. Imagine billions and billions of dandelion fluff all piled up. You could blow it away with your breath. So, we tried building a snow man. After packing and packing the snow with our hands...we were able to build a suitable base. But, again the snow was too dry and light to make into a ball. So, we couldn't build a snowman. Instead, we decided to build a snow cave like Les Stroud on Survivorman. The boys and I shoveled and hand-packed the snow until we made a suitable cave that all three boys could get into. It started to get chilly and we are all recovering from a cold. So, we came inside and took off our warm layers (which were now soaked and icy). Joi made us hot chocolate and hot cider. The boys took a warm bath. It was a very nice day.

It's hard to believe that it's only two days before Halloween and it looks like Christmas outside. The snow is still falling as I write this. It hasn't really stopped since Tuesday night. We haven't had television reception since we lost the Laker game on Tuesday, as our dish is covered in snow and now has ice-sickles hanging from it. I don't think I've ever seen this much snow. If I had to make a conservative guess, I'd say that we've had about two feet of snow. And still it comes down. It's supposed to stop tomorrow, but I wonder if the University will still be closed as everyone scrambles to plow and shovel this crazy storm. Have I mentioned that I love Colorado? Periodically, I look out the window as the snow gently falls. Snow is romantic to me. It's so peaceful and calming. It makes everything so beautiful. It's nice to be inside with a warm cup of apple cider, in my warm slippers and comfortable sweatpants. Ahhhh....this is the life.