I know that everyone in the west has felt the brunt of this series of storms but when you didn't grow up with snow and you get over 3 feet in 5 days - that's a lot of snow!! Luckily Amelia loves the snow and Caleb has been putting up with it fairly well. The picture at left is our front yard. Keep in mind that we live in a mobile home and the deck is at least 3 feet off the ground. 
That being said we really can't complaint too much because the picture at right was taken from in front of our house. You don't get views like this in Southern California. We did take advantage of all the snow and Rod dug the kids out a snow cave.
The only problem now is that we got at least 10-12 inches more snow the night after he dug it so it's a bit hard to get to.Thankfully before all this snow hit last week we were able to celebrate Amelia's 4th birthday. We had some friends up from Bloomfield, balloons, pizza, cake, ice cream and presents - what more does a 4-year-old need? We left the streamers up in the living room for a few days after her
birthday and she kept asking me why they were still up. I guess she understood the idea that her 
birthday was just that one day. Of course, the real answer to her question was Mommy and Daddy are just lazy and haven't taken them down yet. (Don't worry, they are down by now.)In other news, Rod has started his new job as a corporate pilot for Foutz & Bursam Construction. This is the same businessman he has been flying the LearJet for since the spring. When the owner heard that Mesa was shutting down he offered Rod a full-time position. Now Rod is getting the same pay and only has to work about 3 days a week. He's home with the kids and I the rest of the time. What a blessing!
To finished off, I don't want you to think I forgot about Caleb so here's a cute pic of him. Yes, he's our little climber!
