Snow Fun

Finally, our "Christmas" snowstorm showed up. Better late than never, I guess. Some of us have been doing our best to enjoy it. Shawn went up to Brighton to teach yesterday, but wasn't needed, so he spent the day skiing fresh powder and testing out his new helmet camera. I think he'll be posting something from that so I won't steal his thunder. But, here's his car at the end of the day. Thank goodness for good 4 wheel drive. He was headed back up to day. I'm sure he won't be heartbroken if he doesn't end up with students again. After all, it would be a shame to waste all that great powder.

By 8:30 this morning, all the kids were outside ready to make a snowman. (Well, everyone except Jonas who was out there only under duress because he was shoveling the neighbor's driveway. Fortunately for him, he has an especially kind mother who was willing to help him.)

The younger kids were all very disappointed that the snow was so powdery. They couldn't get it to hold together to make a snowman.
They manged to have fun anyway.
When your first idea doesn't work out, you can always try another one. Peter was thrilled with this one, but the bigger kids got tired of it pretty quickly.
He was not happy when it was time to come in. But everything can be made better with some made-from-scratch hot chocolate and marshmallows.
I think we will have to have a family outing up the canyon very soon. Skiing, snowshoeing or sledding. Hmm, which will it be?