One day a LONG time ago...in a far away town. There was a little boy and two little girls that longed for snow. You see it never snowed in Hollister. One dark cold day the ground turned white. The little boy and the two little girls shouted for joy...SNOW!!! It was true there was a blanket of white covering the ground. However, it was not snow, it was small white balls of ice we all know as HAIL! Out they went to play before this beautiful site melted away. There on the steps up to their pool was the most amazing 12inch "HAILMAN". Complete with eyes of rocks and twig for a nose. The three children David, Corrin and Kim stood proud of their creation for in 15 min it all melted away. (somewhere there is a picture of this) 
Every time it hails I think of this memory. Last week we had a crazy hail storm. I quickly sent the kids out to make a "Hailman". They had a great time while Baby Charles and I watched them get pelted in the head with hard balls from the sky. But to my surprise no "Hailman" was created just bowls of hail to put in the freezer for later. Yum!!!!
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I remember that storm that came through. That was so strange. Sun one minute, then pouring rain, then was it snow? No! Hail. We need a good snow day here, but hail will have to do for now.
That's so fun. I still remember my first hail storm in Hollister. We actually got dressed up in all the snow gear we owned (which consisted of gloves and a jacket), then had a hailball fight. No hailmen. Years later it did actually snow there for a few minutes.
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