From 80 to 18

From 80 to 18. Yep the day before it was right about 80 degrees outside and then "bam" 18 degrees and snowing at 2am. Nothing like Texas weather! Snow is pretty rare in Texas, but up in North Texas near Dallas it snows and ices a couple of times each winter, and much more heavily than here. Occasionally here we get ice so to see this soft white snow was so much fun...and yep we had a snow day.

Our street was so quiet last Friday morning. Pretty much everything here shut down until after lunch (its best that way since no one ever drives on snow and ice here). We spent the morning playing with all the neighbor kiddos, sledding down the driveway, having snowball fights, and just marveling at our little miracle. It was to Colby anyway, who had prayed the night before that it would snow on Friday.

Here we go, sledding down our driveway. Love, those Austin hills!

Down by the creek right across the street from the house it was so pretty. The boys had fun crossing the icy creek and going on an "adventure." Good thing 10 minutes is a long enough adventure for them :)

The snow didn't last long. The sun came out and by lunch time most of the snow in the grass was melted, by the afternoon, it was all gone except for the shady spots and some parts of the roof.

We had so much fun. Things warmed up quite a bit over the weekend, and this morning I woke up to a similar situation, although a little less extreme. Yesterday it was 65 degrees or so and this morning it was sleeting, snowing and 18! Brrrr. I don't think I would survive living in a really snowy place...so for now I'll take the Texas weather that swings just about as bad as my prego mood swings! Yep, it's official. If you didn't catch the ultrasound pictures on my Christmas post (they were super subtle), I am expecting a ??? in July. It's been a rough go so far, but I am starting to see the sunny side, and we couldn't be more excited to be a family of 5!