Today was the first of May and this is what we saw when we got up this morning and looked out the window. That's right, snow. The rain of yesterday turned to snow overnight when the temps dropped into the upper 20's and only reached into the mid 30's by the afternoon. We had snow showers with blowing snow all day--winds were 20 to 25 miles per hour. It looked and felt like a January day. There was over a foot of snow on the garage roof where it connects into the house--the wind just drops the snow onto that section.


After breakfast, John and I bundled up and, after much discussion, decided to drive the Honda to church instead of taking the four wheel drive truck. We made out fine--just had to be careful driving through the slushy sections of the roadway. By the time church was done, the highway, as well as our gravel road, were clear of snow.

John spent some time this afternoon working on his chainsaw getting it ready for cutting firewood. Matt and the kids also stopped over--they wanted to make wooden plaques for mounting some deer antlers. Sam was down in the shop and the girls stayed up in the house with me while I baked some raisin bread. The kids also looked through my DVD's and took a few home to watch--I told Sam he would be fined if they weren't returned on time to Grandmom's lending library.

John spent the evening watching the Phillies' baseball game against the New York Mets while I tuned into Celebrity Apprentice. We can only hope that the weather turns for the better this week so we can get started on the outside chores.