Is winter over?

It's May 16th and I believe we can now safely say that winter is Minnesota is over. But just last week we had temperature highs in the 30s...so it hasn't been warm here for very long! And we had the 4th snowiest winter on record in Minnesota. That being said, I just wanted to document the fact that Matt and I together shovelled over 86.8 inches this winter. That's over 7 feet of snow!! And I say over 86.8 inches that we shovelled because we get HUGE snow drifts out front of our house that resulted in shovelling more snow than directly fell from the sky. We have had many friends and family kindly tease us about not having a snowblower and I can't say we'll never get one, but Matt and I actually enjoyed it this winter. There were several nights where we would put the kids to bed and head back outside in the quiet and cold white winter wonderland and shovel together, talking and laughing. It was a great workout and we are thankful to be in good enough health to be able to do it as well. So although we are hoping not to see snow for several months, we did enjoy the 7+ ft of snow this winter and the amount of work we put in to keeping our driveway clear.