My Snow Saviors

As many of you know I hate cold--I don't like being cold, breathing in cold, looking at cold, thinking about cold. Don't get me wrong the snow is very pretty and the freezing cold keeps the pest population in check but really--there are maybe 10 acceptable cold things (ice cream, crisp salad, left over pizza, vintage bottled soda . . .you get the idea) And as I disdain the very concept of cold I find the idea of shoveling snow very nearly unbearable. I feel that I've sufficiently done winter that I shouldn't have to live winter any longer. I mean I've simply had my fill-

I was raised in Alaska, served my mission in Buffalo New York and now I live in Utah--really I've done my time. When Jamino and I were married one of the "deal breakers" was that he had to agree that would NEVER have to shovel snow again (unless I wanted too)

Well how convenient--this year Jamino is in Reno. I told him that I wasn't going to shovel anyway, I said I would just drive on it until it was ice and then I would crash into the garage and it would be all his fault (I know--I'm such a brat!)

So I didn't mean it of course and I bundled and try to stay on top of the shoveling. But one storm (mid December) hit hard and fast and it snowed for like 3 days. It finally stopped early on a Sunday. I bundled up after church (about noon) and started shoveling--I got the front stoop done and suddenly this SUV pulled up and Levi and his brother-n-law Jordan jumped out with a snow blower and went to work!

It usually took me about an hour and half to shovel that much snow--they had it done in 25 minutes! They even got the piles the plow had pushed to the bottom of my driveway.

Here's Levi--stocking hat and shorts--typical.

Thanks so much guys for your service!!