White Christmas

 This is what we woke up to this morning... a beautiful blanket of snow covering the ground!

Snow can accumulate fast around here. It's so exciting to actually be getting a white Christmas!

Ready for Christmas

Family Christmas Picture 2015

Merry Christmas from our family to yours!

Delivery

We got surprised with a hug box from Oregon. Grandpa and Grandma sent presents. The kids were so excited to open it!

 Presents for everyone!

 It's starting to snow! The trees are my favorite. They look like they came out of a painting!

Surprise... SNOW!

We were surprised with another snow storm.  I walked out of work last nigh to find the windshield covered in snow.  It sure accumulates fast around here!

Walking outside this morning...

We let the kids take a day off school, and they played in the snow until it melted and they were soaking wet.  It left about as fast as it came.

I'm starting to learn, you can take out your flip-flops for the nice weather, but keep your snow boots close by!

Snow!!!

The kids were so excited to see the snow.  (Okay, we all were!)  They couldn't wait to play in it.  But talk about being caught off guard!  I didn't buy snow boots this year, because I bought them last year and they never got worn.  Good thing we only live a couple of miles from Walmart, because that's where I was headed to buy snow boots so everyone could have fun outside.  They hardly had anything left, but they had at least one pair in each of the kids' sizes, and they were on Clearance.  They insisted they didn't have any more in Natalie's size, but when I looked on the shelves, they had one pair left... and they were pink and black.  Hey, 4 pairs of snow boots for about $9.00/pair?  I say, Thank You, Lord!

It's so pretty!  I love just looking out the window and watching it fall.  Snow just seems so peaceful!

(Back yard)

(Front porch)

Eating lunch. Natalie just seemed mesmerized by it.

Finally getting to play in it

Natalie's first time in the snow.  She loved the idea of it, but it was colder than she had anticipated.  She tried to pick it up with her hands, and it made her mad, but she refused to wear gloves.  She did like walking around in it with her new boots, though.  She just looks so stinkin' cute in her snow gear!

Time to build a snowman

Trying to roll a big snowball

Taking shape

Oh, look.... it's Russell Wilson!

I turn into a kid again when I see the snow.  I love to play in it with the kids and just have fun.  We had two really good days outside in it before it started getting slushy and nasty.  It was perfect!  Now if I can just go skiing, my winter will be complete!