Winter Wonderland

After basically not experiencing winter for 9 years, it has been great to have winter! The snow is beautiful. If there is snow, we try to go out and play for a little bit, even if it is in the teens or single digits. We bought really good winter gear before moving so it has made being in the cold not a big deal.

At the end of November, we cut our Christmas tree from our property. A friend from Bible Study and her family came and cut one with us. It was bitter that day. We had terrible windchill. We all warmed up with Mexican food after tree cutting.

The kids enjoyed decorating the big tree and we cut them their own little trees for their bedroom so they got to have the fun of that as well. I think having their own tree will be a great, new tradition.

We still have lots of deer around. This deer was sniffing the dog good in the dog pen. I didn't get the pic in time. Houdini scared him so this is him running away.

The first Saturday of December, Maddy got to be in the Woodland Park Christmas parade with her girl scout troop. It was cold. We gave her hand warmers and toe warmers but her toe warmers never activated so she said her feet got cold at the end. Nanna and Grandad and the Meyers came to watch her as well. We all warmed up with coffee at Taco Bell after the parade was over.

The girls have been trying out sledding. We tried the driveway the first time. Kelsay thought it was great but Maddy didn't like it. It was not a very good slope.

We finally decided to try the hill in front of the house and that was much better. Yesterday, Aaron shoveled all the snow off the deck and make a ramp for them to sled down. That worked great! They both loved it.

i got to try the ramp with them today. Super fun! A little dangerous because if you aren't careful you can speed down into the road. Maddy went on her own today and she did just that. Scared me because if a car had been coming that would have been bad.