Snow Play

Luke came and got me this morning and told me to get my camera. He was playing in the snow before school. It was 10 degrees with a windchill in the negative numbers, but my kids were outside playing. I wonder how cold it has to be for them to stay inside. We have had snow on the ground for three days now. It is not much snow, but some is better than none. Luke and Rachel have had a two hour delay from school for the past two days. I think I could get used to that pretty quick. They had muffins and hot chocolate for breakfast and a little snow play before school this morning.

Not A Snow Day :O(

What??? We have to go to school today!!??? But there is snow on the ground!!

Yes you do.
My little snow bunnies...
Wade's first snow.
Can you believe yesterday it was 78 degrees and right now the temp is 16 degrees with snow and ice on the ground? Crazy!!!

Winter Pictures of Ceta Canyon

We went for a hike to the waterfall while we were at Ceta Canyon sledding. We were hoping to get to see the waterfall frozen. The temp reached about 40 degrees by the time we went on our hike and the snow had started melting.

The waterfall was not frozen, but it still looked really pretty.



I got really close to these deer. They were not scared in the least. Luke was even trying to scare them and I was getting on to him to be quiet.

Candy Canes

I have always decorated our Christmas tree with candy canes to go with my gingerbread man theme. Last year Kate ate a candy cane off the tree every chance she got. So this year I thought I would out smart her and have the kids make candy cane ornaments. It was a fun little project that everybody enjoyed.

I did not really out smart Kate. She just takes the candy canes apart and I have a big mess on the floor. She does enjoy putting them back together though.

Snow Day!!!!!

On December 4th Midland had a SNOW DAY!!! The last time it snowed here Kate was about four months old, so this was new to her. They cancelled school!!! I was so excited that it was like I did not have to go to school that day!!! We were dressed and ready to play by 8am, so much for getting to sleep in on our day off! The kids had a blast. They played til lunch time out in the cold. They were beyond frozen when they came in. I made homemade hot chocolate for them. Rachel said it was the BEST hot chocolate she had ever tasted!! She liked it so much we made more the next morning for breakfast.

My snow angels....

The neighbors came for a snow ball fight.

Kate loved eating the snow....

I forgot to turn the sprinklers off, so the snow was kind of hard. Rachel did manage to make a little snowman.