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Hey guys. I feel like I've been terrible at this blogging thing this semester. I think I've been avoiding it because we haven't really done anything noteworthy. But it's not because we're lame and don't want to do anything, it's because it is FREEZING outside and it hurts to breathe in the air! The other day we were walking to class in the morning and we were pretty miserable. It's pretty normal for us to be cold on our way to class but this time it was just brutal. We were bundled and wearing lots of layers, but our legs were still super cold and our ears and mouths were numb. When I got to class everyone was talking about how cold it was outside, and our teacher chimed in and told us that all the schools in the county had been cancelled for the day because it was -30 degrees outside (except for ours. lame!). Don't worry though, it warmed up. By mid-day it got up to 4 degrees. Luckily, this weekend has been a lot better. We have been enjoying the sun and the amazing 30 degree weather. We didn't even wear jackets yesterday! I wanted to be able to bask in the sun for a little bit so we decided to take some pictures of our little town. This is what Rexburg looks like right now. It's looked like this since January, and it will look like this when we leave in April.

See the roads? This is one thing I'm very thankful for. The City is pretty good about plowing the roads, which makes it a little less scary to drive around. However, sometimes it'll snow like 3 feet overnight, and there's nowhere to put all of that snow. As a result, there are massive piles of snow all over. This mountain is in the apartment complex across the street from ours. If you look closely, you can see a car parked behind it. The snow mountain is as tall as the car!

here are some more piles

These next few pictures we took in our church parking lot

and this is the back of the parking lot

Walking on this in high heels on Sundays is quite the adventure.

This is a picture of our school's football stadium in the fall

 And this is what it looks like now.

 Yes, those are footprints. I'm not really sure why people would want to hang out in knee deep snow...

I bet you're all dying to come visit us now huh? Let's be honest, this weather can really be depressing. Sometimes the sun is only out for a few hours, and we're usually in class when it's out so we don't really get to see it. It's not very enjoyable to be out in the cold, some people have found ways to be creative and do some fun things with the snow!

We can't wait to hang out in the warm Coloma weather this summer!