Snow Day

My in-laws are out of town... so we went up to their house.  We were invited, so it's ok.

We drove up Sunday right after church. Monday we went shopping at the outlets. Tuesday we just played around a bit in the snow - before it all melted. And Wednesday we (I) cleaned everything up and we got home in time for cub scouts. Yes, I am so dedicated to my calling like that. Those cubs better appreciate me. (But they're 9 years old. They don't. I'm ok with that.)

Here are some of our snow pictures.

 On our way to the backyard we found this little injured bird. I poked him (gently) a little with a stick to see if he was very badly injured, but he wasn't interested in moving much. We left him alone to rest a little bit and said we'd check back on him later.

 Then we walked down this muddy hill. This was a bad idea. Our boots still have mud on them. And so did all our footprints in the snow after that. yuck.

 At about this point we started hearing a bunch of magpie's going crazy on the other side of the house. Joshua looked at me and suggested we go check on the injured bird.

 But first I took this quick picture.

 And this was all that was left of that pretty little hurt bird. I think the Magpie's ate him!!! I didn't know magpie's ate other birds.

 The kids got over it.