Snow is Cold....

Just a quick update after an interesting weekend.  I think it's hard to describe the snow here with just a few pictures from our crappy digital camera.  It was different in Virginia - the sky would turn a solid greyish color and you didn't really see clouds.  A full day of snow would build up pretty well and occasionally the wind would drift it in places.  Not here is Utah - the storms roll in quickly and even a quick dusting is like being in a blizzard.  There is no visibility up here on the mountain and the snow is much lighter - so it blows everywhere.  This weekend we got about 6 inches but there are drifts that are a couple of feet and other areas where you can see some grass.  I make it sounds terrible but it is actually very pretty!  A few pictures below showing our fun in it.  Still waiting for the deep snow I keep hearing about....
So it snowed and felt colder in the house.  We turned up the heat (anyone that knows me understands this was not a decision taken lightly) and went to bed.  This morning we woke up to about 49 degrees in the house.  Around 11:30 and $400 bucks later (one good thing about renting - we aint paying for that!) we had the heat back.  Not a fun morning though!
In other news, poor Madison is in a cone again.  That's the 3rd time this year and we are at a loss what is going on with her.  She keeps scratching her eye and our new vet had no clue how either.  They suspect she has something in her eye and irritates it by rubbing.  But they check her each time and nothing is there but the scratch.  I just hope it isn't some permanent problem.
Lastly, I'm taking part in a team-building activity at work by growing a beard.  I've never really done that so not sure what I think yet.  It will be 2 weeks on Wednesday and I have another 4 to go after that.  I promised Becky it would be gone by Christmas!
My extended family is traveling to the Outer Banks for Thanksgiving.  We'll miss being there this year and hope to be able to attend next year.  Safe travels everyone over the holidays!
So much for the short update.  Here are some snow pics: