Let It Snow!- Colorado Style

The amazing thing about Colorado is the weather- I love Colorado weather!! Colorado has all four seasons and dang beautiful ones at that; however we do have a mild winter...until March. Every March (almost always inevitably falling on spring break) Coloradoans hunker down for their “Snowstorm of the Century.” In 1994, at the age of 7 I remember standing up to my waist in snow, as my older siblings helped dig out the driveway. In 2002, at the age of 15 I remember digging out the driveway and helping to chop down the tree in the front yard (which collapsed, narrowly missing our roof).

This year the excitement of the “8 inches of snowfall” rang through the state some bought snow shovels and some scoffed with doubt. However on March 26 we got our snow storm! Work was cancelled for many, school was already cancelled (because yes, it is spring break) and many stayed at home with hot cocoa and American Idol. It came down from 6 am to 6 am, a hard wet snow, dropping more than a foot at our front door.

However, the most glorious part of Colorado is to come. The following day we awoke to a sun filled morning. The roads were plowed and…it is true…dry! (No icy, snow covered, slush for months- Goodbye Rexburg!) The lawns, trees and rooftops were beautifully white, yet we had a safe (warm) drive to work. The mountains were gleaming beautifully under their new snow cover and all was watered, fresh and new.
Colorado is a beautiful place to live!




























Look at how thick the snow is on Chelupa's car!






















This is the trusted hand-measurement in the morning on the first day- we still have a day of snowing left. It was really thick













I was trying to shovel- with no avail.