SNoW?!!

This morning we woke up to the beginnings of a winter wonderland....well, two inches of snow. By the time I took these photos some of it had already melted. When Nathan woke up and looked out the window he said "It's CHRISTMAS time!!!!" He was a little disappointed when I told him we can't have Christmas in October even if it did snow. He was finally content when I reminded him that Halloween was in October and if we went straight to Christmas we'd miss out on all that candy (or getting candy twice--it seems like we have just as much candy at Christmas time.)
So the sun is shining and I am guessing the snow will be mostly gone by the days end. A miracle storm for Phoenix, a normal mid winter storm for Albuquerque and just a mellow reminder for us in Utah ---get your swamp coolers covered, your grass trimmed low, leaves raked up, and plants dug up---winter is coming. I guess I have some work to do. What's crazy is that it snowed in May. That gave us only a 4 month gap without it! URGH......... Didn't I just do a posting about canoeing on the Provo River and we were all wearing shorts? What happened to my beloved Fall? I hope it's not gone for good.