Last year, Alexander had one Christmas wish--to see snow. So on Christmas Eve, we packed up and headed north.
This year we decided to keep that tradition and drove 2 hours to spend the day in the mountains east of Payson, Arizona. This is our kind of snow... one magical day that requires no shoveling.
The snow was fresh, sparkly and still clinging to the trees. It was breathtaking!
The snow bunnies:) We have no winter attire, so we had to improvise bigtime.
WooHoo! The girls were too chicken to walk down this hill, so Momma became the human sled.
Happy to see the snow-- for about 5 minutes. She told us, "Next time you need to find some warm snow. This kind is too cold!"
The snowball throwing champion. We all got pelted pretty good by this boy. It doesn't help that we watched "Elf" on the way up here.
We always pull off at this beautiful campground, just up in the mountains a bit. Darren brought his camp stove and we devoured chili and hot cocoa. Notice how far my table sank into the snow!
Brrrrr it's cold! Look at those poor little fingers & red nose! 36 degrees...
Aahhhhh... back to reality. 63 degrees and 2 hours later, we're sitting in the backyard {notice that Xander doesn't even have shoes on} around the fire, eating pizza. What a day of extremes.
Happy Christmas Eve!
This year we decided to keep that tradition and drove 2 hours to spend the day in the mountains east of Payson, Arizona. This is our kind of snow... one magical day that requires no shoveling.The snow was fresh, sparkly and still clinging to the trees. It was breathtaking!
The snow bunnies:) We have no winter attire, so we had to improvise bigtime.
WooHoo! The girls were too chicken to walk down this hill, so Momma became the human sled.
Happy to see the snow-- for about 5 minutes. She told us, "Next time you need to find some warm snow. This kind is too cold!"
The snowball throwing champion. We all got pelted pretty good by this boy. It doesn't help that we watched "Elf" on the way up here.We always pull off at this beautiful campground, just up in the mountains a bit. Darren brought his camp stove and we devoured chili and hot cocoa. Notice how far my table sank into the snow!Brrrrr it's cold! Look at those poor little fingers & red nose! 36 degrees...Aahhhhh... back to reality. 63 degrees and 2 hours later, we're sitting in the backyard {notice that Xander doesn't even have shoes on} around the fire, eating pizza. What a day of extremes.Happy Christmas Eve!
5 comments:
Merry Christmas. We too got to spend Christmas in the freezing cold. Quite a shock when you are not used to it. I am glad you have this fun tradition, it makes it feel more like Christmas!
Wow, I almost miss snow after seeing your beautiful pictures! You guys have so much fun with your kiddos. I need to take lessons from you and do more things like this with mine :o) Merry Christmas!
That close-up of Courtney is SO CUTE! My fave pic, though, is the barefoot-by-the-fire one. Hee hee
You know Parowan is a lot closer than Payson!! At least a five minute visit next time! :o)
We were so sad not to have your address for our christmas letter. send us your address...Merissa is getting married in May! yes, it is true.
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