It has been the mildest autumn and winter in Salmon that I ever remember. We had our first snowfall at Thanksgiving, and at that time, there were still brown leaves on the trees. The brown leaves just froze in place...and they've remained on the trees all winter long. I've never seen a winter with trees that have dead leaves still attached. The snow we received at Thanksgiving melted in two days, and we haven't had any major snowfall since. I hoped and prayed over Christmas Break that we'd get a big snowstorm so that we could go sledding or build snowforts or snowmen, but it never happened. When Josh's brothers came home for the New Year's holiday, we decided to not wait for the snow any more; we were going to go and find it instead. We put all our sleds in the back of our truck, and the 9 of us all climbed in the cab. We drove up Williams Creek Road until it met with the Ridge Road at the top of the mountain 10 or so miles from our home.
The snow there was so deep, and it felt like heaven. When we got out of the truck, the boys instantly fell onto the ground and made angels. Then they walked around in it for a while, smiling and laughing as they remembered what the white stuff felt like to play in.
Then we all went sledding on a road that didn't have a steep-enough grade for speed, but it satisfied our need.
It was a divine afternoon. We just loved being in the snow!!!
Ammon and Malachi weren't ready for it to end, so Josh attached their sleds behind the truck, and we pulled them as we drove down the road until about 2 miles from our house! They froze, but it was entertaining for us to watch them!
It was the happiest way to end the last day of 2011!
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