snowy things

on one of the mornings of our snow storm i took a few pictures of some snowy things i found. these were all taken with my tamron 28-300mm macro zoom lens.

small snowy tree. giant snowy tree. a snowy bench. snowy branches. a snowy palm. life.and one small ball of ice on a tree.
the end.

snow dayz #2! the mester-made snow hill!

when we woke up this morning we were excited to see, not only did the snow stick around all night, it snowed more! Jason and i went in the front yard this morning to check on our trees. our house looked so pretty. (most of these pictures are sooc.... i did not feel like processing all of them, so excuse the dark or crooked ones).we couldn't believe all of the snow on our street. a lot more than yesterday! Texas NEVER gets this much snow.we found one of our big trees laying on Jason's truck. it didn't break or fall, (thank goodness) it was just laying on it. once Jason got all of the snow off of it, it straightened up again.after we ate breakfast and bundled up the boys we went outside to play. our back porch, hot tub, and pool....our snowman was covered! the boys played a little.... then we decided to make them a snow hill so they could sled. they all worked so hard! so cute!building.... and playing a little too.once it was finished the boys were so excited to try it out.yay!Jayden's turn! it was so great watching them sled over and over. every time Jayden got to the bottom he ate snow!once they got comfortable with it, they went down on their stomachs! brave boys!
mmmm more snow! i love how proud they looked on top of their snow hill.Peyton thought it was so funny to see everyone go down. (yes we all tried it.)the boys even went down together a few times.
somehow we got the boys inside for lunch and a nap.... but shortly after we were back outside again. Peyton was so cute helping Jayden. he's such a good big brother.Jayden tried helping mester snowman.
and shoveled a little more snow.
we had two great days of snow.... but honestly Jason and i were glad to see it start to melt. the boys started to get a little sick. and i was REALLY tired of drying the gloves a million times a day. i really need to buy gloves that don't soak up snow. notice the boys hands in this picture, they have sandwich baggies taped over their gloves. sounds horrible but it worked great. their hands stayed dry and WARM!

Christmas Eve, take two!

once we came in and warmed up from playing in the snow this morning the boys were tired and ready for lunch and a nap. while they were napping Jason and i took a few random pictures of the snow. one of our house,our big tree,the back porch.... and our palm tree!i also made some 'tastefully simple' beer bread. mmm good stuff!once Peyton and Jayden woke up a couple hours later they were ready to play in the snow again. Peyton really wanted to play in the backyard this time so out we went.... he dropped right down to make a snow angel for me. then we worked on a snowman, Texas style....small but way cool in swim goggles!CHEESE!
meanwhile we COULD NOT stop Jayden from eating the snow.it's the only thing he did!Peyton made his first snowball.... so proud!watch out!he LOVED throwing them at the fence! can you tell?meanwhile.... Jayden was still looking for snow and ice to eat. chomp, chomp, mmmm good!it was so much fun taking pictures of the boys in the snow.i took a million!
Peyton and Jayden were FINALLY ready to come inside when their hands started freezing off! when they came in to warm up by the fire they found Elfafin had moved and left them a present and a note! the note said 'tonight would be Elfafin's last night at our house, and that he had packed his bag and had his sleeping bag ready to go back to the North Pole with Santa when he came to visit tonight. it also said that he would miss them and couldn't wait to tell Santa what good boys they had been.'Peyton was REALLY sad about Elfafin's last night here and wanted to write Santa a letter asking if he could stay a little longer. i tried to change the subject by getting the boys to open the gifts Elfafin had left for them (matching pajamas & books),but Peyton just couldnt get over the fact that Elfafin would be gone soon. (i felt HORRIBLE for him. UGH!) Jayden, on the other hand, was fine with it. (look how red Jayden's face was from the snow... i felt so bad for him. but he didnt seem to mind).we decided to bake some cookies for Santa, and Peyton decided what he wanted to write on his note to Santa.the boys worked really well together making the cookies. and taking turns,watching the cookies bake.
cookies for Santa, and the beer bread i made earlier today. (it was obviously good!)after a warm bath and dinner, Peyton and I sat down to write Santa's letter. Peyton told me what he wanted to say and i wrote it down for him, then he signed his name.
then it was time to put the reindeer food outside. this was Jayden's first time to feed the reindeer.... and Peyton was excited to show him how. here we go!but of course Jayden had his own way of doing it....then apparently it was time to look for Santa, run in the snow, and make footprints! the boys were so excited for Santa to get here,and we were excited for them!Merry Christmas!