There's no fun like snow fun!

Today it snowed another couple of inches.... and it was the perfect kind of snow for making a snowman. My dad decided that he would make a snowman for Quincy. All day Quincy was so excited to see this snowman. He would run into the dining room and say "no man",which of course, is snowman. Even during dinner he would look over every couple of minutes to make sure the snowman was still there. It was really cute.

Tyler and Kati after playing in the snow--- no make up and bed head, nice huh?

This is a picture I took Sunday of my parent's front deck, at the time there were 14 inches of snow... now there are at least 16 inches! Crazy!!

My brothers--- Scott and Karter:

My parent's back yard..... it's insane how much snow is everywhere! It never snows like this.

Scott, Tyler, and Quincy deciding the best way to sled down the hill:

Notice the frozen red apples still on the tree:

Quincy was able to sled down the hill a couple of times by himself. He was so bundled up that his little arm was frozen in this position:

My parent's front yard:

Tyler and Kati:

Quincy going for a sled ride:

Tyler and Quincy going for their first sled ride down the hill:

Quincy and Grandpa:

We had so much fun playing in the snow.... it looks like we'll have more for a while longer since the snow doesn't seem to be going anywhere.

Snow, SNOW, Snow

On Sunday it snowed a couple of inches and we decided that we should take Quincy out for his first 'real' snow experience. He has seen snow before, but was too little to really appreciate it.

Quincy got all bundled up to go play:

I forced Tyler into going out with Quincy.... Tyler was pretty opposed because he was already cold and we were in the house. After bundling up Quincy, we marched over to dad and begged him to go play in the snow.

Here Tyler is teaching Quincy how to make a snowball:

Obviously Quincy's really enthusiastic about the snowball:

This was after he learned that throwing the snowball at something (in this case the ground) was fun, again, notice the enthusiasm:

As if playing in the snow and looking at it, or even making snowballs, weren't fun enough, I decided we should make a snowman. Because the snow was so powdery this was as big as our snowmand got:

Quincy seemed to like this snowman and proceeded to say hi to him, notice the waving:

Quincy then starts to feel the Christmas spirit and get in on all the snow fun:

(More waving and a little more excitement)

Then Quincy really gets into it. He stomped all around the snow in our yard, which I don't have pictures of because Tyler wouldn't take any--- I was making the snowman--. He had lots of fun and was really sad to have to come back inside!

Oh the joys of SNOW!

Oh the Weather outside is Frightful!

It has officially begun... winter (the season full of snow-- at least in Idaho) is here. Last night, the weather man predicted a snow storm, now growing up in the Pacific Northwest, this would have been considered a snow storm, but here in Idaho?

Ummm.... I'm yet to be convinced. I, however, am not complaining that it didn't snow more. I like this amount just fine. In fact, really I would prefer if the ground stayed visible all winter long, but it was bound to happen right?

I'm hopeful that next week when we're traveling to Washington to see my parents that the roads will be pleasantly clear. Or, at least that we'll make it to their house in good time. A full 6 hours in a car with a 16 month old little boy, makes for a longer trip!

Funny how growing up in Vancouver,WA we could only hope and pray for snow at Christmas time. I remember a couple of times in snowed about this much (above) and we all bundled up in our make-shift snow outfits, ready to assemble teams for a snow ball fight. Growing up, if there was any white substance covering the ground, whether it was 1/2 inch or more.... everything shut down. People don't really do snow over there. This was totally awesome as a kid.... we got snow days off every time it snowed.... which of course was maybe once a year-- twice if we were lucky.

One year while I was in high school it actually snowed a foot or two, we were stranded in our house for days! I hated it.... you see, in Washington-- at least SW Washington, the city doesn't really have access to snow plows, or even have that sandy red stuff to put on the roads..... who ever heard of that?

Everyone is quite content to just sit inside and wait until it melts; this usually happens within a day or so. Unfortunately, that time it snow a couple of feet we got freezing rain on top of it-- which of course turned the beautiful scenery of Vancouver Washington into a perfectly frozen world-- we were stuck inside, unless of course, you wanted to walk somewhere.

I laugh now, because everything in prospective has changed. I lived in a world where people feared the snow, at least driving or going out in it. They avoided this at all cost. Now, since I have lived in Idaho for almost 3 years... I find that people are hilarious driving in RAIN.

I grew up driving in rain almost 9 months of the year. A drizzle, no biggie... a down pour, keep on truckin. Tyler and I were driving to his parents once and while we were on the freeway it started to pour... pretty hard. I looked a few miles in front of us and actually witnessed drivers pulling off to the side of the road to wait out the rain. At first, I couldn't figure out why they were all pulled over, then when I realized why I burst out laughing.

Who ever heard of water falling from the sky stopping a pacific north westerner from driving to their destination? Not me!

Tyler is always afraid of this, not driving in the rain, but hydroplaning. It kind of freaks him out... not me though, doesn't bother me one it. I, however, am a little freaked out when we are fishtailing in the snow................................

So you see--perspective.....it's all perspective.

SNOW?!!!

Only in Idaho does snow start in October. What Washingtonion ever heard of this? Not me until I moved here. Rexburg is even worse, fortunately for us, it went as fast as it came.