Soo--as the pictures and the news you've surely read, indicate, we've had a lot of snow here! These first three pictures (which might not be the first three any more since blogspot's made some confusing changes to how the pictures are loaded) are from December, just before Christmas. We definitely had a white Christmas! I didn't join the kids sledding down the hill, but it looked like they were having fun. I did, however, make the snow angel. We got more snow through January and early February, cancelling school a few times, and making it a little hard to get around. But until February 5 and 6, it wasn't enough to play again, but then, oh boy was it. These next three photos are from that storm.
And yes, I even made a snowman! With the help of my roommate Tammy. I suggested a carrot, but she had a better idea, pulled off the icycles from the patio, making him a snow alien! Isn't he adorable? I was actually quite anxious to make this snow man because my memory doesn't seem able to recall a time when I've actually made an upright snow man. Can you believe that? I grew up in Colorado and attended college in Utah, big snow states. And yes, fortunately, I can answer that I skiied every time someone asks, which is almost every time. But I don't remember a snow man, which curiously, no one ever seems to ask. I do recall my brother making forts, and I remember making a lying down snow man because the snow wouldn't let us make him stand upright, and well, that served our purposes well enough. And I made a snow shark with my nephew once. But helas, finally, I have made an upright snow man! I found the time to do that actually on Tuesday, I think, and then the next day we got, yes, another snow storm. Can you believe it? Now, our alien is just a small hill in a new covering of snow--see below--right and left, respectively.
