Here comes the snow

Yes, it is that time again...sweaters, scarves, gloves, hats, scraping ice off your car, etc. In other words, winter has arrived early in Rexburg. 

We were supposed to have relatively nice Fall weather but this last weekend brought in 20-30 degree weather and snow. And while I know that it probably will warm up again briefly in the next couple of weeks, I recognize this as the beginning of the end. 

Rexburg Idaho has a mathematical equation that is used in the winter:

    +       = 

For those of you who have had trouble with math like I have I will simplify it for you- 

below zero temps + tornado strength winds= Rexburg Idaho from December-April!

Unfortunately I don't have any pictures of me in Idaho during the winter because a) I had no friends last semester and b) I rarely went outside for anything but school. But just imagine me being something like this:

Despite all this...I am also excited for winter because it means this:

This...

And this...

I guess thats the trade-off, horribly cold weather for the best three months of the year!