Valentine's lilacs from sweet hubby...

The entire tenor of the weekend was set by waking up to a literal winter wonderland on Friday morning, the trees laden with the results of a 14 hour straight snowfall. This was respectable snow, newsworthy snow...none of our usually "light dusting" or a puny "wintery mix."

It was magical.

And it stayed on the ground through the weekend, prolonging that sort of heightened excitement inevitable when your surroundings get turned slightly upside down, in the best possible way of course.

This was also a friendly snow...the roads were easily navigable, so we could still celebrate a friend's birthday with dinner out on Friday and attend a 50th wedding anniversary party on Saturday (where the girlies gleefully played with dear friends we rarely see.) + with that blanket of white on the ground, the light was fantastic, which is always nice given the gray skies we've had of late.

We capped the weekend off with an altogether lovely Valentine's Day. There was breakfast out with the girlies, followed by a day of cooking and Olympics viewing (we love the Olympics) and a fantastic family dinner complete with candles and champagne (for Bryan and me) and sparkling grape juice (for the girlies) oh and a truly epic chocolate cake...

Hope your weekend was fantastic!