This afternoon we decided we would take a drive up toward Salt Lake to have a look at the new Draper Temple, which though it won't be dedicated until March 2009, if from the outside largely complete as you will note from the pictures.
After the last couple of weeks where we have enjoyed some beautiful weather, allowing the kids to enjoy the autumn colours and playing in the leaves that are falling all around our house, today was a wet, miserable day.
We noticed a bit of snow on the mountains and so we thought while we were up that way, we may as well go for a drive up Little Cottonwood Canyon to Snowbird ski resort. As we were driving up the canyon, we saw cars coming down with quite a lot of snow on their roofs and so we were pretty excited to see some snow. About half way up we could see traces of snow on the ground and then it got thicker and thicker and the rain turned to snow.
We stopped at Snowbird and got out to enjoy the snow (and throw a few snowballs at each other and the car). At this stage, Hyrum was wishing he had worn shoes other than thongs (flip flops for Americans). It was pretty cold and given we were not clothed properly, we didn't last long, but it was fun and we are looking forward to the expected snow this week. How long this excitement for snow lasts is yet to be determined.
