Can I believe my eyes? Is that snow I see?

2006

Melting quickly.

#1 when she was 3.

The very mini "iceman" made from hail.

Cold weather that brings snow to the low altitudes of Southern California is very rare and probably always sets some kind of record when it does occur.  A few years ago, when we had less children and they were very small, I remember a winter day when we had quite the hail storm and it covered the street and yard, so much so that Isabella and my hubby went outside and made a tiny snowman (or rather iceman) out of the hail that had fallen.

Now, five years later, we have experienced something even more remarkable for this area in which we live.  We now live at 2,000 ft, not that high but much higher than the almost sea-level elevation of our previous home.  We have had a couple of cold snaps this winter and it does get down to freezing at night at times, but the remarkable event was to have that cold weather occur at the same time as a week of much precipitation.  I doubt we will be seeing snow again in our yard anytime in the near future, but it sure was a fun surprise to wake up on Sunday morning and have our yard covered in white.  The girls were able to experience a very rare, but fun snow day. 

Throwing snow balls at their father.

Taking it all in.

The girls and a snowman in their very own yard.