Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!

Can you believe all this snow? This is incredible! I'm not sure there is much that is more beautiful than watching big flakes come down and cover tree branches and all. Gorgeous! Or anything as wonderful as hot chocolate to warm you up! I gotta say, snow was lots of fun back when we were kids, and now that we have kids we get to relive the magic! Here are some pictures of our week:

Turns out that this year, Jell LOVES sledding! In fact, since the first day it snowed was Sunday and all (church was canceled of course - Oregon doesn't invest in snow plows and won't injure the environment with nasty salt), we reverently walked to the temple and sled down the hilly streets there.


Our first efforts of building a snowman this year:
Nice nose:

Meri's not too sure about this. Then again, I'm not sure she can see what's going on:

When snow doesn't pack well (the first snow storm dropped about 3 inches of really cold, dry, powdery snow), you improvise and make snow castles instead:

However, after much determination on Jell's part, and much effort on Mama's part, we did make a rather lovely snow lady (all of about 1 foot tall. max).
And while I was searching through our grown-over garden for eyes, noses, and mouths, I pulled this monstrosity of a carrot out of the ground. We kinda forgot about it:

We may, however, have spent too much time out in the snow - especially after getting another storm today that dropped perfect packing snow. But we were still happy, and for once, managed to get a complete family photo with everybody smiling and looking at the camera:

In case we're too covered with snow for you to tell who's who, here some close-ups. Naturally, this pig-tailed girl is Jelly:
This one, of course, is Meri:

This goofy grin belongs to Mama (who is sporting some creepy different colored eyes):

And this sweet comb-over dude is our no. 1 Dad who looks to be doing jumping jacks while holding hands with mom (and by the way, Jell said with wide-eyed wonder about this guy, "That is the tallest snowman ever I see'd):

But at some point we do have to come in and shake off the snow. Meri has mastered the art of warming up with the discovery that warm air blows out of the vents. So whenever she's cold, she gathers all her valuables and hogs the airflow. I hear linoleum is rather comfortable these days.

5 comments:

Bobbi said...

I love your snowmen---how long did it take you to build four?? That is so much fun! Jane is counting on us going to Utah for Christmas, she says that Christmas won't come unless we have snow!

Lyndsey said...

Oh the snow! Tommy keeps asking about it and I don't have the heart to tell him it rarely ever snows here and even if it does it won't stick to the ground. Love Meri in the last pic. I totally remember doing that all the time in WA.

Hannah said...

I LOVE that you decided to "reverently" walk to the temple to sled. What a great Sunday activity :)! The snowmen and castles are great!

Rural Dee said...

Hey! This is one of Cooper's old friends from BYU IS. Love the blog! I am glad that I can add you guys to our link list on our blog. That snow does look amazing. I sure miss snow! We're going to celebrate Christmas in the sand at the beach, is that close enough? Take care, guys!

Anonymous said...

Holy Carrot!!! Love the little pink eared snow hats! Love you guys. Merry Christmas!