Well, this won't do much good....

Jake went out before church yesterday to fire up the snow blower for the first time in, well, a few years, actually.  The only problem was, the snow blower did not want to fire up!  So Jake, being the great guy that he is, decided he would shovel our drive.  The good, old fashioned, get blisters on your hands even though you have gloves on chore of shoveling.  The only problem with that was this:

About two shovels of the heavy snow and the darn thing broke.  I guess we weren't in the market for a clear driveway yesterday...or today for that matter!  We are home from school today on our first snow day of the year!  I don't know about you, but I'm always thankful for a good snow day where we can all just bundle up together.  It just makes the day feel a little more special and fun sometimes!