For the 12th day this year

It has been obnoxiously cold this winter with the 12th day this year below zero.  Today it was -9, yesterday it was -11 and the day before was -12. We are all a little sick of it. The chicken eggs are freezing, their water is freezing within a few hours and I have to cover Noel's little face everytime we leave the house.  Not to mention the inability to just get the kids outside without the onslaught of frostbite within minutes.  But on the flip side, the mornings are beyond words. It is beautiful out there and I may or may not have trudged through 8 inches of snow and froze my butt off just to get some pictures.