Beautiful snow storm

When Nola comes to visit, we make a list of things she would like to do while in Utah. That helps us stay on the same page and use our time effectively (that sounds like a business discussion!!).  One thing on her list was "SNOW".  When she got here, Utah looked alot like September with leaves and brown landscape but almost as if she ordered it, Sunday night and Monday we got the "storm of the decade".  It snowed all night, all day, and all night again.  I live on the benches of the mountains so I tend to get mroe snow than the valley.  We got almost 2 feet in 24 hours.  It was so  much snow, the plows didn't get to all the streets.  It was absolutely beautiful but also put a kink in our plans for the last day of Nola's visit.

Instead of spending the day out and about, we decided to stay in and kick into craft central.  I'm so glad I had a decent stock of supplies.  I have a little felt pile to make ornaments and crafts with and Nola thoroughly enjoyed diving into it.  She planned out  some cute ornaments and we jumped into it immediately.  I finished them up after she left and I didn't get a photo!!  But they were cute.  We made birds and Christmas Trees with sequins and beads.  Nola also had some other projects that needed finished up so we got those done too.  She is so crafty.

Philips waiting for a haircut.  Until then, he is sporting a "man bun"

We did have reservations for dinner at The Roof so we did venture downtown for that.  We got there safe and sound and were lucky to get a seat right in the window.  It was too snowy to see a sunset but it was only a few minutes before the temple lights came on.  Words just can't describle the amazing view of the temple.  It really is a grand building.  Especially when lit up.

After dinner, we stopped in the lobby of the Joseph Smith building.  You are literally right next to the temple lights.  We decided to go have a peek.  Because of the snow, the temple as almost deserted except those of us brave enough to venture out.  It is really rare to walk around without major crowds.  But tonight was different and we had a beautiful time.  Nola took some fantastic photos.

Certainly another fun tradition.  It was beautiful and worth venturing out.