Christmas of 2009 was the year of the BIG blizzard. We ended up getting about 2 feet of snow in both Rolfe and Vermillion.
On Christmas day Papa Dan got up to move snow. As soon as Addyson saw him in the tractor she INSISTED on going along. I'm not sure who was happier, Addy for getting to ride in the tractor, or Papa for having some company in the tractor.
Papa moved a big snow pile into the back yard for the girls to play in. Sydney & Hayley carved out this cave in the snow pile.
Here is Papa who was grooming a sledding track.
This was a BIG snow pile.
Ok, so I'll admit it. I built this snowman. No one else seemed interested in building one. But the snow was PERFECT for a snowman. He melted and fell over by the next day. 
When we got back to Vermillion two days after Christmas when the roads were finally safe again, we came home to a much different 2 feet of snow. The snow in Rolfe was very wet and there wasn't much drifting. When we got home to Vermillion there were HUGE drifts all over our yard. This is the biggest drift right outside our back door. Remember Jeremy is 6 feet 6 inches tall.
Jeremy dug a tunnel through the drift for the girls, but also so dOg has a way to get to the back yard.
It didn't take long for the girls to start trying to climb the drift.
Then Hayley went to get the sled.
Sydney was helping Addy by trying to dig stairs into the drift.
Hayley wanted to jump from the top of the slide into another drift.
Sydney & Hayley discovered how much warmer it was in the tunnel than out in the wind.
Jeremy pulled Addy around in the sled.
I swear this is a face of pure joy, not pain. ;)
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