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Last Friday we decided to take a "Snow Day" and head up to the mountains with the Deputies.  We even withdrew Dylan from school for 1/2 the day.  He was super excited...as were all the other kiddos!
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Chris had been monitoring the weather all week prior and was chomping at the bit to get OuTsiDe!!!

 The webcam we had been monitoring was reporting over 4 FEET of snow!  So, we packed up the kids and headed up to The Rim. 

This was Denym & Dyxon's first time in the snow.  And, with Dyson being just a baby his first time, it was so fun watching these 3 Deptuties venture out into the wintery white playground!
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All the boys set out to complete a {Snow Tunnel} and {Snow Fort} with the help of Dad.
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Dyxon did his best at making a {Snow Angel}.  It was so hilarious!  He just couldn't keep from laughing & giggling at himself.
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Although there were some serious moments...or perhaps he's just deeeeeeep in thought.  I suppose being a young man surrounded by a bunch of wild & 1/2 crazed monkeys in the snow can make a person stand back and just watch in a puzzled wonderment.
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HMMMM?
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I managed to capture a smile on Dagyn's face right before she "froze to death".  She has her mommy's thin blood and gets cold easily.

Oh, & btw...
She recently lost her first tooth last week.  We'll have to post seperately on that as she is so impressed with what the Tooth Fairy brought her.
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Did we mention...the snow tastes GOOOOooood!
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And what little brother wouldn't jump at the opportunity to throw a HUGE snow ball at his BIG brother?
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I believe these 3 Amigos might have had the most fun of all.  That based upon the fact that they were the last ones to round up when it was time to leave.
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Then again...it could have been this BIG KiD.
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Although, I believe that could have just been a rare case of Mountain Sickness {I hear the high altitude can cause that in men who don't get outside enough}.

And of course we couldn't leave without mounting the traditional "Snowman Hood Ornament".  The idea is to see how far we can get without it falling off the hood.  It is so entertaining & well worth hearing the squeals & giggles that come from the kids (ok, & from me too!).
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Even with all this fun & excitment we even were able to squeeze in a Science Lesson too!

We learned that the Moon was at it's largest & brightest Full Moon of the year.
Some may even call it a {Wolf Moon} or better known scientifically as a Perigee Moon.  It was 14% wider & 30% brighter than lesser full Moons of the year.
We were even able to get a glimpse of Mars (an orange, star-like sphere to the left of the Moon). 
Fascinating!
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My cell phone just does not do it justice.
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Photo taken from spaceweather.com
Below is a much better photo taken by Steve Greaves of the Perigee Full Moon (Wolf Moon) with Mars the red planet (tiny speck of orange light on far left).
Photo taken in Darfield, Barnsley, South Yorkshire on 29 January 2010 at around 10pm.

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