Kids weren’t the only ones happy to have a snow day from school on Friday, February 24. The snowman on the right was so excited to see some new snow that he did a handstand! Kimberly Cartwright’s grandchildren, Kiley, 6, Makenna, 3, Riley, 6, and Kaleb, 9, had fun building their snowmen at grandma’s house on their day off school.

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Last week we featured flowers blooming in January because of the unseasonably warm weather. There’s no danger of that now!
Several inches of snow fell over the weekend, causing a snow day for schools on Friday, and slippery road conditions Monday. According to WOODTV 8 meteorologist Bill Steffen, more snow is on the way for this weekend.
Mary Cain, of Solon Township, took these beautiful photos after the snowfall last weekend. Thanks, Mary, for sharing them with us!
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Judy Porter sent us this photo of Cousins Kalab Palmer, 8, and Nicolas Hernandez, 8, making snow trails waist-deep after the recent blizzard. It was a snow day from school, and a play day at grandma’s!
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The scene on US131 at the Jefferson/Morley exit Sunday during the snowstorm.

The last traces of the late January blizzard were just melting away when Mother Nature dealt us another blast on Sunday, February 20 and into the early morning hours of Monday.

Heavy snow, winds, sleet and freezing rain made traveling dangerous, and caused accidents on US131 near the Morley/Jefferson Road exit Sunday afternoon that involved 50-60 cars. The highway was shut down for several hours during the cleanup.

According to the National Weather Service in Grand Rapids, the Cedar Springs, Sparta, Sand Lake area received 8-10 inches of new snow. Schools across the area were closed both Monday and Tuesday.

It’s every little girl’s dream is to have a castle of her very own. That dream came true for two girls from Sand Lake last week. Greg Pease, with his daughters, Ashlee and Jewelea (twins, age 7), from Sand Lake made great use of the all the snow we got last week—they made a snow castle using a 10 gallon rubbermaid tote, and had to fill it 76 times! Afterward they sprayed it with red food coloring. A big thank you to their mom, Jamie, for sending in their photo!
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Daniel Ojeda Juarez, 17, a Cedar Springs High School Rotary exchange student from Mexico, is shown here with the first snowman he’s ever made. According to Anna Bekins, their yellow lab Zola sat there for about 15 minutes after Daniel was done making the snowman, just watching and waiting for the carrot to drop! “She wanted that carrot really bad,” said Anna.
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Check out more photos of from this week’s snowstorm below…

Michigan weather is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re going to get! Monday and Tuesday Cedar Springs got  about 3 inches… or more. Depends on if you were standing in a snowdrift or not—or maybe in a ditch.  Snow is also predicted in the future for area residents—at least until June.

Reader reminder: If you’re out there, either having fun or waiting for a tow truck, take a photo and send it to news@cedarspringspost.com. Deadline for the weekly issue is Monday. Drive safely!