Anna is so surprised to see her grandparents

On Thursday afternoon the kids had a major surprise. Their grandparents had driven out from Iowa along with their two ten-year-old cousins. They had no idea and were both so excited to see everyone.

Playing on the trampoline with their cousins

Baba and grandpa came into the house first and the cousins were hiding in the back yard, jumping on the trampoline. Jude saw the girls first whereas Anna just thought that Baba and Grandpa had come to visit. She was even more surprised to see them and then it was straight out to the trampoline to do some jumping.

Getting ready to go sledding and snowboarding

This weekend we had a monster snowstorm. It snowed a little on Saturday but by Sunday it was coming down fast. The sledding hill had plenty of snow so they took the sleds and snowboards this morning and had some fun.

Chloe getting some snowboarding lessons from Anna

Then it was home to warm up before heading outside again this afternoon.

Ella and Anna were covered in snow when they came in

This afternoon we told the kids they needed to clear the snow off the trampoline and off my car as well. We thought they would be out there for 20 minutes or so but they ended up being out for more than two hours. They built some snow steps up to the trampoline and then some snow chairs and were well on their way to building an igloo before they decided to call it a day.

Clearing the snow off my car (they did a great job)

As of tonight the snow was still falling. The official tally was 16″ so far in Denver with another 3-6″ expected overnight. It was a good night to stay in. Baba decided to teach the kids how to play poker. We had all four kids playing for a while and then after dinner Jude and Anna had Baba to themselves. They were getting the hang of it by the end of the night.

Baba teaching the kids how to play poker