Birthdays and Blizzards!

They didn't occur together and I don't know that our big, fat, snowstorm should really be called a "blizzard"--but it sure has been fun! Last Saturday (the 24th) was Daniel's 7th birthday. Daniel had two friends spend the night (they even got to be here for the "birthday morning donuts"!~ which Daniel thought was pretty exciting!). Several more friends came over for a "Webkinz/Football" party. We played most of the games in the back yard and it was downright hot outside! . . . By Tuesday night it had started snowing and continued to snow for over 48 hours -- dumping over 30" of the white fluffy stuff outside of our house. It finally stopped in the middle of the night last night. So, this morning Kevin and Levi are outside shoveling (we didn't have to go anywhere during the storm, so they've just waited for it to finally stop falling).