A Little Snow, A Lotta Snow and Going to Get the Mail

Meet our snowwoman, Irene. Playing in the snow yesterday, December 22.




First bites of snow! MMMmmm. Strangely cold and satisfying! Our snowscape in the front planter.
Finley really needed this outdoor time. We've been stuck at home for almost a week now!
On Sunday, December 21, we ventured out for a walk up to the convenience store about a mile from our house. We didn't think it would be too bad, but it started snowing really heavily when we were a little over half way there. We got inside the store and ate our snacks in the breezeway. Evelyn fell asleep on the way there and didn't wake up until Todd took her out of the pack at home. We snuggled her up and only her nose was sticking out.

Embarking on our journey to the Chevron station through our back yard.
Oh what fun it is to wear Mommy and Daddy's mukluks.

A Christmas card from Aunt Maxine and Uncle Duane! Thank you!
Evelyn last Tuesday looking at the first dusting of snow we got. It was colder then too.

The rare occurrence of icicles on our water barrel.
There isn't much that is more fun than snow and a stick!

A Christmas Tree For Finley and Evelyn

I'm behind again here... Well, we got our Christmas tree a week ago, Sunday, December 14th which was one of those below 20 degree days. Fortunately, Evelyn was asleep in the car and we just left the heater on and let her sleep while we braved the cold on the tree lot. (She was only 20 feet away from where we were and we could see her.) It was fun and felt very much the season of winter and lights with a trace of snow and the cold. Finley kept liking the ones that were way too tall for our low ceilings in the living room. Just wait for the remodel Finley!


Setting up the Christmas G scale train!