Snow...and the lack there of!

Well, looks like we picked a good 1st winter back!  Yes and no.  Yes, it was nice not to have to deal with all the snickering from our southwest friends about us dealing with snow, but on the other hand...we were kind of looking forward to it!  We wanted to show Sam all the fun winter things to do, but alas..we had a total of 2 snow storms, that each yielded less than a foot and was gone in two days!  The first of the storms were in October!  So that doesn't even count as a winter storm! 

Sam's very 1st snowman...for halloween!

The next snow storm didn't happen until March 1! That storm daddy got to use the snowblower finally and Sam had a blast making snowangels and being outside. It was gone 3 days later.  That's it.  No more.  Once Sam got to do some snow fun..she went sledding on a local small ski hill.  

Today the grass is green, the birds are chirping and spring is here!  It's still March!!!  Very strange, yet none of us are complaining too much. 

I'm So Behind!!!

Ugh!  I am so behind on my blog postings!!  What can I say, the fall came, I got busy, then the holidays were over, and I got lazy...so  here we are at the end of our first winter in 12 years and I have not reported anything!

 Halloween: Pinkalicious! We made the costume..so proud! Then went trick or treating in the neighborhood I grew up in with Gramp. Was a very special night! 

 Dad and I at the Lake, Thanksgiving Day.

For those not here on the east coast, just so you know...it was hardly a winter.  Sam doesn't understand yet that snow is not a fleeting  thing in the winter, and it normally is around for more that 2 or 3 days. She did get to go tubing once.  Daddy took her with the FCA group (Families with Children from Asia) to local hill so to speak, that they have snow making and she got to experience the thrill of snow sports.  She's hooked.
Christmas was wonderful, it started off by the cutting down of a real tree..Samantha's 1st real tree.  Its still going strong on our back patio, the birds have used it all winter to eat our seed treats and rest a while.

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