Extremes

Colorado has the wackiest weather ever! It snows nearly every Halloween. It isn't always a ton of snow but usually enough to make things pretty. But things got started a bit earlier this year. On Monday we had a record high of 81 degrees. On Tuesday night, after a warm fall day it began snowing and on Wednesday we woke up to this:




And this...


And worst yet, this:


Nearly 5 inches fell but , in true Colorado form, the snow was mostly gone by Friday and we were back in short sleeves and the mid 60's by Saturday. Though we definitely lost one tree in our front yard ( and probably the other) we all enjoyed the fun of playing in the snow and cuddling up after words:

My favorite part was when Mack woke up and looked out her window and in an awe struck voice said " *gasp* Christmas!"