One Word. Four Letters.

SNOW!!!

Today we received the first snow of the year, and let me tell you... Snow makes everything in life that much better!

Who cares that I woke up this morning with some raspy, respiratory disease taken hold of my body... It's snowing!

Who cares that I just came from a Dutch class in which I probably understood only two words that were spoken the whole time... It's snowing!

Who cares that I am wearing Crocs in the middle of December and, thus, my toes are going to fall off... It's snowing!

I mean, picture it:

You're driving down the road, and you see a white flake hit the windshield. Then not even two seconds later, there are millions of them hitting your windshield. The child within you comes alive and all you can think is, "A week before Christmas and it is snowing!!" So you're as happy as can be driving down the road as the snow is just piling up. (Who cares that the powdery white mix is starting to seriously cover the road... It's snowing!--And you have winter tires!) And at the very moment when you think life is perfect, it gets even better. Tina Turner comes on the radio! Haha! So as you are driving along, now singing your heart out, and you look to your left... There's a windmill! The white windmill you pass everyday that stands out so much more in the backdrop of the falling snow. (It's the real-life scene on the Dutch Christmas cards I sent this year--minus the sleigh.)

So yeah, I reverted back to six years old again today. When the snow started falling, I just couldn't help it! Snow--especially the first snowfall of the year coincidentally a week before Christmas--makes everything that more magical. ...I can't even begin to tell you just how beautiful today was!

Oh, and did I mention we are expecting more snow possibly tomorrow?!