The skies dumped a foot and a half of snow on the ground last weekend.

The weathermen called it Winter Storm Linus. We called it an opportunity to play outside! Ruthie couldn’t wait to step into the freshly fallen snow when we got home from church.

As excited as the kids were, though, Molly was hands down the most animated when her paws hit the snow.

She was more rambunctious than I’d seen her in a long time, going from one kid to another, romping on their forts.

Jake rather enjoyed egging her on.

The boys transported snow from one part of the yard to another so they could build forts and walls for future snowball fights.

Then Jeremy and Ruth helped the neighbors build their own fort.