Thanks to everyone who submitted pictures of the great snow event of 2010!

In honor of the most snow ever seen in Lake Highlands - or the metroplex for that matter - we hosted a little photo contest.

Announced on February 12th, we asked readers to send us their best shots for the LH Today Snowpalooza Contest.

Our original idea was to select the best photo, but there were too many great entries!

So, we made it a little easier on ourselves and selected the top three.

Coming it at third place, is Jennifer Keeler's entry, "Snow Family."

We liked this happy looking family of four, especially the snow mom - with her long lashes! The Keelers will be enjoying tickets for four to the Dallas Children's Theater upcoming production of Hansel & Gretel.

Second place honors go to C.C. Kaplan for an awesome landscape shot.

Taken in the Woodbridge neighborhood, near Forest and Audelia, Kaplan captured a beautiful scene near the pond.

In addition to tickets to the DCT production, we're also including 2 tickets to this weekend's Espree Concert, The House is a Rockin'!, for C.C. and a guest to enjoy.

Drum roll please....

Top title in our Snowpalooza 2010 Photo Contest goes to John Bert, for his submission of son Nathan relishing in the joy of winter snow sledding in Pebble Creek.

We have to be honest, that toothless grin was really hard to beat!

The Berts will enjoy four tickets to Hansel & Gretel, showing at the DCT February 26th - March 21st, along with four tickets to this weekend's Espree performance and a $25 gift card to Crazy Jack's Car Wash on Plano Road.

After all, now that the snow and ice is gone, it's probably safe to start washing your car again!

Our thanks to Todd Daughtery, owner of Crazy Jack's, for pitching in, along with the Dallas Children's Theater and our friends at Lake Highlands High School.

We're grateful to everyone who took the time to submit photos of our Lake Highlands winter wonderland.

To see all the entries, visit our photo gallery here.

As we conclude the contest, LH Today would officially like to say, "Welcome, Spring!" We're ready to enjoy some nice, warm weather... and maybe a spring photo contest or two!