Winter Wonderland

Friday morning I woke up to a phone call informing me that school was cancelled due to the snow.  It was the first time in the last thirteen years that school has been cancelled in the district I am employed by.  I was very grateful I didn't have to brave the weather to make it to work.  The snow had started to come down on Thursday just as school was getting out and it took me twice as long as normal to make it home.  I was content to spend a day at home in my pajamas lounging around.  It was nice that Seth received a text that he could work from home.

I wanted to show a few of my friends in South Carolina what a snow day in Utah looks like.  The two pictures below were taken on Friday evening.  The snow was literally up to our knees in places.  We decided to brave the weather and walked several blocks to pick up a movie.  We joked about how if it ever snowed in South Carolina like this...school would be cancelled for a month.

Saturday we met up with our friends Matt, Beth and Philip for a snowshoe hike up to Ensign Peak.  The trail was fairly packed...which I was grateful for on the way up hill.

The view from the top was AMAZING!  So nice to see all of the gunk cleared out of the valley.

We continued on our trek up to the Bonneville Shoreline trail.

We encountered several herds of deer along the way.

This was by far my favorite part of our trip...the powder was fresh and nearly up to our knees.  It was fun to run downhill in this section.  FYI...the Camelback was a good idea in theory...it was only 16 degrees outside and it froze very early on in the trip.

As we came out near City Creek Canyon we entered this beautiful Winter Wonderland.  It was absolutely magical and reminded me of a picture book or a scene from a movie.  I apologize for the weird lighting...it was pretty dark by this point and the only light in the picture is that reflecting off the snow.