Snow in Santa Clarita

The most amazing thing happened here yesterday. It snowed! It snowed in Southern California!

I never dreamed that we would ever see our house covered in snow - ever! Never ever! But look!

Can you tell that he is standing there in his socks? He's super-tougher in the cold than I am.

Handsome and I couldn't believe our eyes. You have to understand, having lived in places that receive real snow as part of the whole winter process, we know that snow in January is ... well, regular. BUT, when the rain drops in Santa Clarita turned all kinda fluffy and crunchy on our windshield just a mile from home, we were seriously in awe. We rubbed our eyes like tiny, Christmas tots. Could it really be real? Snow? HERE? Could that really be SNOW falling?

It was WARM just a day before -- kids barefooted kinda warm, and now, fluffy, gentle, soft, REAL snowflakes were falling.

We raced home to catch the snow on video -- we were sure that it'd be gone in minutes, but as it turns out, the bits we caught on video was just the beginning of the snow that was to come. As the evening rolled on, the snowed continued to roll in on us.

It was beautiful.

Tee-hee! I know, we totally geeked out on the snow, but it was sooo neat-o!

I wonder when it last snowed in Southern CA? Anybody happen to know?

This is all that was left this morning, and now it's all nearly melted away, but it was something special, and a really neat way to start the New Year.

With such an oddity as an opener, I wonder what the rest of the year will bring?