Let it Snow!

We, here, in the beautiful Pacific Northwest have apparently been picked up and moved to an area of the world that gets actual cold weather. Don't get me wrong, we do have years when we get the occasional snow storm that the news jumps on and hypes up with the idiot reporter standing in the middle of-- well, usually just some empty field that WILL be covered with snow sometime early this week... but here in Washington, the snow generally lasts for a few hours to a day and then leaves us for rain, rain and more rain. It doesn't really freeze along with the snow. Well, on Saturday, we actually saw it freeze FIRST and then snow! Where we live, we only got about 3 inches, but it is THE REAL THING!! The kind where you can see individual ice crystals and blow it off your gloves before it melts. Powder, baby. And the amazing thing is, it is still so cold that the forecast believes we won't see above freezing temps for a week or more yet!! WHERE ARE WE, AGAIN??? So, Samuel and Timothy were excited to wake up to a world of white outside (okay, I was too) and of course going outside was the first thing they wanted to do that day. Samuel was quite disappointed that he could not make a snowball or a snowman-- and really, who can blame him? We did have a blast with our sled, though. We have an awesome sledding hill in our front yard. Unfortunately it ends right in our not-so-friendly neighbor's yard. We may have to track down some hay bales to remedy that. Anyway, here are some fun pictures of our adventures! Enjoy and stay warm!!


By the way, I know I look like a dork in this picture-- I am wearing a size 2T hat.

This is our winter view, isn't it pretty? In the summer all the trees have leaves, so we can't see the lake, but now we love to take advantage of the view!