Snow

We had our first snow of the season this weekend.  It started Friday around midnight.  I was still awake waiting for Jonathan to get home from his Christmas Party for work.  He finally arrived at around one in the morning.  He was lucky to make it into our neighborhood.  The wheels were spinning and it took him five minutes to get past two houses.

Kobe was the first to wake up in the morning and he was so excited that he had to come and wake Jonathan and I up (ugh!), and his brother Devon (double ugh!).  Jonathan kindly got all of the kids ready and took them out while I stayed inside the warm house and got some cleaning done.

This was really Alyssa's first time in the snow, that she remembers.  We went to Brianhead when she was about 10 months old, but she wasn't walking yet, so she didn't get to play in it.

They had some mean snowball fights.  There are a few other kids in our cul-de-sac so they were having a great time.

Kobe loves playing with his sister, so it didn't surprise me to see pictures of him pulling her around on the sled.  Here in Scotland, they call it a sledge.  The neighbors took our boys to a nearby field to go sledging a little later in the morning.

The snow wasn't sticking really well, so they had to make this tiny little snowman.  As it has continued to snow, there are now several huge snowmen, as well forts in our front yard.

Here is a solo shot of their creation.  Jonathan said that Alyssa kept telling him that the snowman needed buttons.  I think she has watched Frosty the Snowman a few too many times.

And of course, here is Kobe making the obligatory snow angel.  This is the first time our kids have lived in a place where it snows (besides Kobe living in Provo, but we moved before he was a year old).  The snow has been fun, but we're a little bummed that we can't get our car out of our neighborhood.  We ventured out to church on Sunday but only made it out of our street before getting to a hill that our car couldn't get enough traction to climb.