PennyDaisy

A WHITE CHRISTMAS! 

(if it lasts the night)

It really snowed tonight.  We had snowball fights with Dad and the
boys.  The dogs didn’t realy like it because they slid around on
the deck, but the children loved getting the snow off the trampoline
and the cars.  The pic is of Samantha and Sophie on the
trampoline.  Unlike this morning, this snow is powdery and perfect
for packing into rock-hard snowballs.    Yeah, they
hurt. 

This has been a perfect Christmas Eve.  We’ve opened a few gifts and Steph is starting
to serve dessert.  I finally got my big mug of hot cocoa with
three big scoops of cool whip.  I had to wait till my fingers
thawed…my gloves had gotten wet so my fingers were burning.  I
finally quit taking pictures when I couldn’t make my fingers work
enough to turn off  the camera.

Sonya is a doll, but not a perfect one.  We were playing with
the toy she opened–kind of to show her how it worked, kind of because
it was fascinating–and she kept saying “Na, na” (no, no) and trying to
take the pieces back.    Little goose. 
She is so much fun.  She was only six months old last Christmas, so
this has been fun.  She didn’t think much of the snow.  She didn’t know
the difference, I guess.  Sandi (13) has gone off to bed, anxious for a good night’s sleep to
survive tomorrow’s early morning and the trip to Austin.  The
weekend will be a long one, but the joy of visiting family will more
than make up for it.  My Grandpa is turning 85 on Sunday. 
Wow.

Thank you, Lord, for my family.  They are the best thing I have this year.

11:30pm–
Boy, it really came down hard just a little bit ago.  I was about
to climb into bed when Steph called me down.  So we got dressed
and went back out.  It’s about two or three inches on the grass,
deeper on the trampoline and drifing higher against the fence and
garage.  The cars look so cool.  My little car is almost
buried!  Steph made a snow angel and Dad helped us make a little
snowman for the children to see in the morning.  I have a feeling
we’ll be leaving for Austin a little later than planned.  There’s
no way we can skip playing in this stuff.  Especially since they
didn’t get any up there.  HA!

Just when you thought it could never happen again in your
lifetime…too many eighty-degree Christmases–and WHAM!  It snows
in Houston.  Talk about bringing back faith.  *grin*  I
love it~

Some of these pictures turned out really cool.  I may have to get
premium for a little while just so I can post some of them.  It’ll
be nice to look at next week when it hits the seventies again (at least
that’s the prediction).  Too weird–snow on Christmas and seventy
degrees four days later.  Only in Houston…!

G’night, ya’ll.  Have fun in the morning~