White Christmas

This year, we had a White Christmas!  For this girl who was raised in Florida, it was absolutely beautiful :)

I started coming down with a pretty icky chest cold on Christmas Eve, so I wasn't able to get out and enjoy the snow like I wanted to!  When Sheena, James and Ava came over to celebrate Christmas, they took Alex out and built a snowman with him.  He had a great time...until later that evening when the snowman started to melt and he was devastated!  Sheena took some pictures of their snowman and the kids playing in the snow - I will post those when she sends them to me!

It was so neat waking up on Christmas morning and having everything blanketed in white snow.  The snow continued through most of the day - for North Alabama, we got a pretty good amount!

Here are a few pictures I took Christmas morning:

The front of the house on Christmas morning:

The backyard:

Our polar bear...he was actually skiing on snow:

 The front of the house again:

Snow Day...in Enterprise, Alabama!

Well, the weather reports were right...we did get snow here in Enterprise, Alabama!

If I had to guess, we probably have gotten around 4 inches of snow - it is absolutely beautiful!


Larry woke up and it was only raining, so he went into work. Shortly after leaving the house, the rain turned into snow. He was told to go home around 9:30 am, so we were able to have Daddy home to play in the snow with us :)

The snow fell most of the day, sometimes in big, beautiful, fluffy flakes and sometimes just small, drizzle-like flakes!

Alex and Larry went outside and made a giant (well, giant to Alex) snowman, complete with a flight helmet. They made snow angels, had a snowball fight and had so much fun! As always, I supervised and took pictures :)

Here are a few pictures that I took with my cell phone camera:


Dressed in his warm clothes - I just love this hat:

Playing in the snow:

Rolling up the body for the snowman:

Yes, our snowman is wearing a flight helmet:

The new car...in snow:

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Snow Day #2

Today it snowed! And today it snowed a BUNCH!! So much, that Larry didn't have to go into work :)

The weather people were predicting that we would get quite a bit of snow, but I didn't believe them. Afterall, since we moved up here we kept hearing that it would snow and it never really did! It started snowing before we went to bed and we were getting some pretty big flakes. For a couple of people that don't have much experience with snow, it was so neat to watch it fall! In the morning, we woke up and it looked like a winter wonderland. It was beautiful to see everything covered in white snow! Once it stopped snowing in the early afternoon, we had gotten approximately 12 inches of snow - it was CRAZY!!

Since Larry was off of work all day, we waited until it stopped snowing to take Alex out to play in it. We bundled him up and took him outside! He loved it :) Alex had a great time trying to chase Larry through the snow. He mostly was tripping over his own feet and falling face first into the snow, but he was laughing and smiling the whole time! Each time he would fall, Daddy would help scoop him out of the snow - I think that might have been his favorite part!

We took a few pictures of our winter wonderland and our outdoor adventures! Enjoy!

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Snow Day!!

Today it snowed!!

Each week since we have been here, snow has been predicted but has never come! Today it FINALLY snowed! We woke up about 7:30 to a light snow and by the end of the morning it picked up quite a bit!

Alex and I went outside to play in the snow after he woke up from his nap! I bundled him up in sweatpants, a long sleeve shirt, his big puffy jacket, gloves and a hat! He was a little angry with me for bundling him up so much, but once we got outside I think he figured out the reason why! At first, we played in the snow on the porch, but I quickly discovered that it was pretty difficult keeping our active toddler from trying to wander down the stairs. After Alex chased Buckwheat around the porch and loving it, I decided to take him to the backyard and let him run wild!

He had a great time running around the backyard! He was running full speed ahead. He would fall down every few feet, pick himself back up and keep running! It was so much fun to hear his little laugh – I love that laugh!

Oh, another highlight of our outdoor adventures – Alex LOVED playing in the snow on the stairs of the deck! He had a great time playing with the accumulated snow on the steps! Who knew that could be so much fun?!

After spending so much of my life in Florida and not seeing snow, it was really neat to be able to experience it! I loved seeing everything covered in white snow – it really did look beautiful! I’m glad that Alex got to run around and play in the snow – while he probably will never remember it, I at least have pictures! The only thing missing from our day – Larry! He was at school, so he didn’t get to play in the snow with us – we missed him. Hopefully, it will snow one weekend day and he will be here with us!

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