There’s a steep little hill near the top of our driveway. The kids tried out some different homemade sleds on it–cookie sheets, sheets of cardboard, and finally cardboard boxes, which were definitely the fastest. You can’t really tell from the pictures, but they fly down the hill in those boxes. I tried going down a couple […]
This morning’s sunrise out our back door…is that a fiery angel streaking by? A little snowflake prism David got for me, against the early morning kitchen-window backdrop. The reflection of some little white lights Caleb and I hung last night. Have I mentioned how I love living in these mountains?
A few nights ago, a really strong wind blew across our side of the mountain. We were up most of the night, hoping the windows wouldn’t blow in. Later we heard that several houses (and cars) did have shattered windows. We simply lost power for a day and a half, which was really ok, since […]
She’s got her own snowshoes now, and she puts those things to work. We went yesterday, up and down the hills and through the woods. She trucked along, flipping over now and then, and climbing back onto her feet without a whimper. I love that girl…and we love this wonderland of a place.
“A blanket of fresh white snow!” Zia said when she woke up yesterday morning. The “blanket” is about 15″ thick, and we’ve been playing in it now for two days. Would you have been able to resist this beckoning you out the door? I tried out my snowshoes for the very first time. I love to […]
