Driveway Sledding and 100 Pictures...

From the front of the house...

to the back of the house...

It doesn't snow like this often in Prescott. Maybe once a season and sometimes not even that, so for us Zonies, Desert Dwellers, whatever you choose to call us, this is kinda a big deal. Emi loves the snow and we promised her whenever it falls we will go play in it and we are fortunate enough to be able to make good on that promise. This year, in Prescott, so far there have been two really good snow storms already and it's only January. There has been record snow in the north of our state and throughout the country so I guess it's maybe not that big a deal, but we love it anyway.

Even my sweet "city girl" Squish got in on the games this time. Last month when we came sledding for the first time (and had a BLAST!) she wanted nothing to do with it and sat inside, alone, watching cartoons the entire afternoon.

Day 2: Look at the backyard! Notice the basketball hoop and the playhouse? They kids were in heaven!

I love this too, a man doing man things. Travis shoveling snow, but not from the driveway (although he did shovel the roof and rain gutters)...off the bbq so he could grill dinner. Yes, he's nuts! Our friends drove up to join us for dinner and brought their little girl to play in the snow for the first time. Brian bought filets to grill for dinner in the snow.

SNOWBALL FIGHT!!!

Snow Tunnels...

Sledding, this time in the neighbors driveway. It's WAY steeper than ours and way faster as poor Billy learned. Don't know where my mothering skills went, but I let him sit on a saucer and fly down that hill before doing a safety check. If I had done the safety check I would have known that was a really bad idea...Poor kid got about halfway down when the high speed wobble started and then WHAM, roll, tumble the rest of the way down. His lower lip took the brunt of the trauma, but he's a tough little guy and after a brief recovery he was right back at it, only this time he chose the slightly slower inner tubes and a chaperon.

Back in our driveway...A perspective shot to give you an idea of what we're working with. That tiny little red thing up there at the top is Billy...

We had a fantastic time! I love building memories...