Melting....

We've got some hardcore melt going on around here, folks! Piles of snow relegated to edges of fields, sides of homes that evade direct sunlight, and we see signs of spring preview in teeny tiny proportions. I even put our snow shovel into the storage closet - uh, is this jinxing it?

As I sit outside and relish in the warm rays, I'm realizing I never posted some of our winter photos. 

So here goes:

It'd get like this half an hour after clearing it.

Bust!

Free marshmallow roasting every weekend at our local pond

(which is cleared to skate on).

 sugar on snow!

boiled maple syrup, drizzled on snow, lifted with sticks.

I could have eaten this for every meal of every day of winter.

 Ridiculous snow gear = a must.

Good to know for next winter.

 We would lose Hudson for a second, but as it turns out, he just liked chasing sleds!

that's him at the bottom with Dean.

Chains down the hill have a 50/50 success rate.

 He'd get so super cold after a few hours on the slopes.

 But otherwise he seemed to manage pretty well even on the coldest days.

 This is how Jamie + Hudson would go get the mail.

If it fell below 19°, we put these boots on him to prevent clumps of 

paralyzing ice from forming in between his toes.

Needless to say, we're all ready for spring. Kids and dogs and grown-ups alike are running around like crazy in the what-i-would-have-previously-considered-COLD temperatures. It's easier to get out, to play outside for longer hours, and to feel so much more productive with my days. Yay for spring!!