Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Finally!

The strangely warm December weather we've been having has been producing rain instead of snow, and has had some members of the family very concerned about whether we'd be having a white Christmas or not, so we were all surprised and happy when we woke up this morning to find this!


Goodness gracious, how did this happen while we were sleeping?


There wasn't an ounce of snow on the ground the day before.


This is how it's supposed to look in December.


The kids were outside playing in it by 8:15am!

Since Randy's car is in the shop (can you believe both of our cars have had to go in this month?!), I just had him take my car today, so the kids and I enjoyed a stay-home day of coziness (with some shower and water heater repair going on with the landlord here). Good times.

**Will your Christmas be white?**

Comment Window Tidbit: I wrote our Christmas letter today, so there's a chance our cards will go out BEFORE Christmas...good grief!

18 comments:

Melinda said...

I didn't write a letter this year even though I bought the paper and had every intention of doing so. I guess next year.

We woke up to 14 inches of new snow on top of the 7 we got yesterday. It is crazy how it can change over night.

Mrs. McDaniel said...

Jill, we are in Texas we NEVER have a white Christmas, although one year it did snow on Easter! Craziness!!!!!! It was 80 degrees here today!

I have managed to get almost all my Christmas cards out, only because a friend designed them and ordered them for me!

Hope you are having a great week!!!

Barb said...

Your pictures are beautiful! My front yard is nice and white right now. I hope it keeps for a few more days.

Courtney said...

I keep thinking of writing our Christmas letter, but we have no ink for the printers. Heck, I don't think we even have the money for the stamps til after Christmas thanks to our last minute Christmas shopping run. Whoops. It's a shame since I made all the cards by hand.

I'm jealous of your snow. Though, I would be just fine with it snowing overnight on Christmas Eve and giving us a white Christmas. Especially if it all melted (got rained away) by the next day! hehe

{natalie} said...

i was so happy to see the snow this morning. we had 14 inches on our back porch. it was so sweet.

i love the garland on your fence. and the picture of the chairs in the snow.

merry christmas!

Charity said...

White, white and white. Who am I kidding, it will be white here Mother's Day!

Christmas cards went out 2 weeks ago. I'm feeling ahead of the game, gifts finished, presents wrapped and shopping done.

Merry Christmas!

Ryann said...

Ah Christmas cards--just sent out half today, so late. Oh well....I can't seem to get it in my head that these same deadlines come every year and on the same date too! Fancy that! p.s. I too am a lowly renter--do you think I should repaint our bedroom it is currently dark brown, like a cave.

emily said...

I'm so jealous! We don't have ANY snow over here. It just doesn't feel like Christmas yet.

Ashley said...

Part of my Christmas will be white. We are flying to Utah Christmas afternoon. It's pretty but I do not miss the snow at all! I hope your landlord is going to do something about your fridge shelf!

Neighbor Jane Payne said...

Snow is in our forecast and the ground is covered in it now, but rain is also in the forecast so who knows.

I mailed my Christmas cards yesterday. It's always such a relief when they go out the door.

michelle said...

This IS how it's supposed to look in December! I was delighted to wake up to all that snow yesterday! Sadly, it's been raining and a lot of it is melting away. Although... I can't even see the mountains now so maybe more snow is on the horizon?

The photo of your chairs and big trees and garland is magical.

If you had to be without a car, a wintery wonderland day like that is a good day to be housebound.

Price Cream Parlor said...

I am sad that there is rain - now all is slush! Don't think we will have a white Christmas this year!

There is something magical about waking up to a blanket of white!

Enjoy your time off!

Amber said...

Those trees covered in snow are so beautiful!

No chance of snow here in this part of the desert. But we're all sort of in the same storm system. clouds and rain are as Christmasy as it gets here.

Liz said...

Oh lucky you with the snow. We had a light snow last week, but it's mostly gone now. I don't think we will be getting any snow before Christmas, which is a bummer.

patsy said...

I hope it's still there!??

It's raining cats & dogs here!!
It's like a SEattle Christmas... I wish it would snow.

becca said...

Oh wow! What gorgeous pictures. I love looking at snow (not sure that I love being in it though)! Although it would be really fun to have a white Christmas!!

amy gretchen said...

i have been glad for the white stuff too. just doesn't seem like christmas without it.

Rebekah said...

oh, snow! i miss it. if that much snow fell here it would be a disaster. oh wait, it was a disaster last year. I've got to move someplace with snowy winters!