Someone somewhere in southern Utah must have been "dreaming of a white Christmas" because on Wednesday, December 17, 2008 the sky darkened, the temperature dropped and it began to snow in Las Vegas, Nevada - which was so unusual it was the lead story on Thursday morning's "Today" Show. But the real news in St. George was that we had snow, too. We only got about 3-5 inches and it was heavy, wet and mostly gone by Thursday afternoon, but it was enough to close the schools throughout the district - not because it snowed but because the city has no snow removal equipment. In all the years we have lived in St. George we have only seen measurable snow - enough to close the schools - three times (I only remember two, but Kaytee swears there was a school closure when she was a kid). The first time was in January 1979, the first winter we lived
here. We had just moved from Salt Lake and our kids thought it was the funniest thing they had ever heard of to have a "snow day" with only 3 inches of snow. Thirty years later Kendi and Taisley woke up today to the news school had been cancelled. Tomorrow will be "business as usual" but for today, they enjoyed the opportunity to make snowmen and pelt each other in a good natured snowball fight. One week before Christmas, the girls made some good memories together!
Someone somewhere in southern Utah must have been "dreaming of a white Christmas" because on Wednesday, December 17, 2008 the sky darkened, the temperature dropped and it began to snow in Las Vegas, Nevada - which was so unusual it was the lead story on Thursday morning's "Today" Show. But the real news in St. George was that we had snow, too. We only got about 3-5 inches and it was heavy, wet and mostly gone by Thursday afternoon, but it was enough to close the schools throughout the district - not because it snowed but because the city has no snow removal equipment. In all the years we have lived in St. George we have only seen measurable snow - enough to close the schools - three times (I only remember two, but Kaytee swears there was a school closure when she was a kid). The first time was in January 1979, the first winter we lived
here. We had just moved from Salt Lake and our kids thought it was the funniest thing they had ever heard of to have a "snow day" with only 3 inches of snow. Thirty years later Kendi and Taisley woke up today to the news school had been cancelled. Tomorrow will be "business as usual" but for today, they enjoyed the opportunity to make snowmen and pelt each other in a good natured snowball fight. One week before Christmas, the girls made some good memories together!
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How fun, the boys would have loved to have been there to get involved in that snowball fight! Cute snowman...
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