A White Christmas

As you can see from the last two posts that my husband has had too much time on his hands!! Today he is back to school, so you can rest assured there will be no more crazy video clips. Although you do have to admit they made you at least crack a smile!!

I thought before I actually changed my Christmas background here I should post a few memories from the last couple of weeks. So this week will be dedicated to our holiday memories.

Our boys got their wish this year for a white Christmas!! Last year, as you can imagine, there was little snow on the beaches of Antigua; and this year the boys were VERY disappointed to learn that there wasn't snow in Alabama. Most of you know we headed out to Oregon, and if you read Justin's post a few days ago, you know we barely made it there. The area was hit with several storms in a row...causing chaos throughout the state. The airport looked like a homeless shelter and I can honestly say it has been several years since I have seen so much snow!


This is taken in front of my sister's house. This car actually faired quite well - several vehicles we saw driving the 45 minutes from Portland to Salem were completely covered with snow with no chance of driving out of it until it all melted.


Because there was a good rain fall just prior to the snow, the leaves and branches of the trees and flowers were completely weighed down. Many tree branches had broken off, and we saw several trees that had completely fallen over!


One of the leaves from the above tree, after the snow was brushed off. A thick covering of ice was over everything!

What good is a White Christmas if you can't get out and play in it! We packed everything we needed except for boots...oh well! The older boys had a great time anyways!!


My niece enjoying snow time with her cousins! The Arbor Vitae trees in the back ground are usually about 3 feet higher but the tops were completely bent over because of the weight of the snow and ice.

There is nothing quite as fun as snowball fights with your Daddy!!

We enjoyed a nice toasty Christmas...and loved seeing the snow as well. Thankfully we weren't one on the hundreds of families that had to endure Christmas without power and water! We were thankful...to be warm...and to enjoy our time together...and to have our White Christmas!