Our Snow Day Tradition

Saturday night we had our first real snow of the year.  It continued through Sunday afternoon but tapered off by nightfall.  I would estimate we had 3 or 4 inches. 

This was the good kind of snow.  It didn't mess up our daily lives too much.  Daily chores moved a little bit slower due to the snow but no one really seemed to mind.  In North Central Kansas, we take all the moisture we can get!  Other than Harvestore (the big silo where we keep some of our cattle feed) malfunctions, tractors needing extra TLC to start, and pond water needing broken to get cows water, things worked like clockwork.

Watching Daddy clean off the porch after church

I know on snowy days like this I won't see Dan all day.  He reserves these days for "shop days" to work on his many projects.  He is currently taking a part his new to him 4-wheeler.  He always has to modify every peice of equipment to "make it work better."  He gets this from his dad Ernie...there is always room for improvement in their eyes.

I'm on the road a lot for work during the week, so on weekends I don't like going anywhere if I don't have to.  Since I knew Dan would be MIA all day, Lorena and I had a lazy day inside cooking and watching movies.

She doesn't look as happy as I do

We don't have a ton of traditions like some couples but we do have one special tradition we started the first winter we were married.  The winter of 2009-2010 was such a snowy winter.  In the middle of November 2009 we had a horrible ice and snow storm that literally snapped most of the power lines in the county.  We were without power for almost a week.  Luckily we had a wood stove to stay warm and a generator to run our appliances.  That winter I made Dan homemade chocolate cookies every time it snowed.  This contributed to my weight gain our first year of marriage (like I said it snowed a lot that winter!).  So now Dan has decided that every time we have a measurable snow, he must have homemade chocolate chip cookies.  I always use the recipe on the back of the Nestle Tollhouse Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chip bag...it can't be beat!

Lorena helping me in the kitchen

The finished product.