You know it's cold when.....

1. Your snot freezes. Not like on Ice Age in snot-sickles, but inside your nose when you breathe in. That's real. Actually happens.

2. You're not worried about your milk spoiling if you leave it in the car, you're worried about it freezing.

3. You start to be able to tell the temperature by what body parts have lost feeling.

4. You decide what kind of day it is by how many layers you have on.

5. When you cut yourself shaving, you just stick your face out the window to clot the blood.

6. People start seeing one set of footprints because your 5'6 companion walks behind you at all times.

7. The one thing you want for Christmas is wool socks and you almost cry when they don't show up.

8. Questions like, "What's the weather like?" Are answered with comparisons with other days that week, not actual weather reports.

9. You've been driving for 15 minutes and can still see your breath inside the car.

10. You put on gloves to start driving because the wheel is frozen.

11. You can judge how long you've been tracting by how many toes have lost feeling.

12. People aren't concerned about cold until it is below zero WITHOUT wind chill.

13. 6 inches of snow is child's play.

14. When you borrow two snow shovels from a ward member, they tell you to keep them because they have four others.

15. You've perfected the penguin walk.

16. People put on gloves to open the door and shake your hand.

17. If your hair is wet when you go outside in the morning, it will still be wet when you get home 16 hours later.

18. And last, but certainly not least, you go get in the car on Monday and the high is predicted at -11 degrees F, and it never reaches that warm. No kidding folks, it's chilly around here. And those numbers are before wind chill and humidity factors into things. Yesterday after those factors, it was about -45 degrees F all day. Yep. That happened.

Unfortunately with the cold things have been kind of slow around here as far as work goes, so there isn't much to report on this week. I am safe, and warm, and happy. The Gospel is still true no matter how cold it is, or what forces fight against it. Keep warm, keep safe, and KEEP SMILING!!!!!!! (Yes, I'm looking at you Cat. ;) )

I love you.

The Lord loves you.

The Gospel is true.

-Elder Logan Dee Gifford

P.S.- I have more pictures, but my camera is being weird. For now, take this. :) (and yes, that's 11 in the morning)