Winter Wonderland

So yesterday we had our first bit of snow! Miss Kate immediately wanted to go build a snowman as she has fond memories of last winters snowman.

I sent her out to play while I was getting myself bundled up and she entertained herself by making a giant triangle in the yard (which I couldn't fit into the picture entirely) and then continued making little paths in the snow and then pacing around on them. Possibly she was pretending to be Mr. Dale (The elderly neighbor man who does dozens of laps around the park daily)

I decided it would be best to build a snowman with Kate while Tay-O was taking his nap...and so it was that this little fella didn't get to enjoy the snow at all. :)

(He was happy enough with a good lunch, apparently)

So we finished Mister snowman after much labor as this cold and beautifully glitter snow is terrible for packing so we had to build one small handfull at a time gently packing as we went.

As you can see it had begun to snow once again as we were finishing up.

By dinner time it looked like this....

Although it is impossible to capture on camera what it really looked like. I could sit by the window all night watching the snow sparkle and glitter in the porch light. I simply can't get over the glittery-ness of the snow here as I have only been accustomed to the wet Oregon snow. Its like someone just spilled a giant jar of glitter over the yard to add to the beauty of the snow.

By bedtime it was blowing ...while still snowing. :)

This morning this was my view.

It's about 12 degrees out there, and on a random note, if you look closely at the below pic you'll notice I accidentally captured Mr. Squirrel in the photo. (on the gatepost)

The snow varies from 6in. to over a foot deep as the wind has been blowing alot.

Our front entrance is one big mess of drifts...but I'm not going anywhere soon. :)
We'll be staying warm and cozy inside and enjoying the beauty of winter....

before thanksgiving?!?!

We hope our family is still planning to come to our house, cause I really don't feel like going anywhere. :D

So, My Family, here is what you can look forward to. ;)

Safe drivin' Ya'all.

Snow! Snow! Snow!

Hooray for the beautiful snow! We finally got some of the glittery sparkly stuff. Kate was too little to enjoy it last year, but was facinated by it this year. She spent alot of time by the window last night watching it fall, and today she got to get out and enjoy it for a little while.

At first she wasn't sure what to do with the stuff. She studied it and poofed it around by grabbing handfuls and clapping her mittens together.

Then she tasted some...

and found snow-eating to be one of her new favorite past-times.

And of course, we had to make a snowman!

A jolly little fellow who sits on our grill peering in the window at us with a cheery smile. :)

We like to peer back at him. :)

And Kate has been running to the window every now and again to check on Mr Snowman and make sure he is OK.

He says he is just fine...its still way too cold to start melting yet.

So he continues to sit there and smile over the great mound of clothes that we peeled off after coming inside...

'These folks sure are silly. All I need out here is a hat and even that is just for style.'

After our fun in the snow we are now content to play in our warm cozy little house...

And feed oop (soup) to our baby. :)

And I'm happy to announce that today is the first day in 2weeks that I have not had to suck out or blow anymore stuffy noses. HOORAY! We are happy to be officially and completely over our colds/coughs. :)

That makes 2 seriously happy punkins.