okay, they worked! the first picture below is my favorite. it's my parents' magnolia tree and i think it's gorgeous. certainly not anywhere near what jen could do, but beautiful still. =) in the last three pictures i was trying to capture just how big and fluffy these flakes are ... but i don't think the phone camera did them any kind of justice.
happy winter!!!
leggings? check. skinny jeans to fit inside my boots? check. sweat pants over my jeans? check. snap-leg wind pants over my sweats? check. a pair of ankle socks? check. a pair of knee high socks? check. a pair of regular socks? check. yoga tank? check. cami? check. long-sleeve shirt? check. long-sleeve t-shirt? check. thick hoodie? check. wool coat? check. scarf? check. hat? check. snow boots? check. sleds? check! it may seem a bit extreme, but this is what i found myself wearing to civitan park a few days ago. maybe i should start from the beginning ... first of all, happy christmas! i am so sad that the holiday season will be over after tomorrow. i love! this time of year. i really don't think i would mind at all if it lasted all year. i've been so sad to see the trees and garland come down. this christmas was a lot of fun. on christmas eve we got a big snow storm! it was wonderful! i felt bad because a lot of people's travel plans had to change ... but at the same time i was thrilled to see the snow. it even had a magical effect on travis. he loved having a white christmas. i must get better about taking pictures again. i used to have a camera permanently attached to me ... and now i can't remember the last time i took pictures with my camera. we spent time at my family's and travis's family. we went for an evening sled with my family on christmas night. we all bundled up {all of us being my mom, dad, sierra, travis, justin, lindsay and me} and headed out to civitan. there were a few other people out there, but we were able to scope out the steepest spot and sled to our little hearts' content. lindsay had never been sledding before! i couldn't believe it. it was so much fun. we were all frozen by the end, but it was definitely worth it. we headed to travis's parents' after that where we thawed by the fire and watched a christmas story. the next day we went sledding again. this time is was justin, travis, sierra, teddy (lindsay's brother), and me. we didn't stay as long this time, but we still had a fabulous time. like lindsay, teddy had never been sledding. it was so funny to watch his reaction each time he went down the hill. i hope that you all had a wonderful, safe christmas! "and there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. and lo, the angel of the lord came upon them, and the glory of the lord shone round about them: and they were afraid. and the angel said unto them, fear not: for, behold, i bring you good tidings of greay joy, which shall be to all people. for unto you is born this day in the city of david a saviour, which is christ the lord. and this shall be a sign unto you: you shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manager. and suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising god and saying, glory to god in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men." luke 2:8-14
I'm "taking a page" out of Megan's, from Tales of the Trees, blog. 01. I LOVE Christmas time.02. I have been listening to Christmas music since October.
03. I have no idea where November went nor what happened to the first half of December.04. Christmas is next week and I do not have one single gift for anyone. 05. Travis's uncle, Jim, made it home from the hospital last night after having been there for weeks! 06. I'm attending my first ever Ugly Christmas Sweater Party tomorrow and I can't wait ... but I don't have a sweater yet!! 07. Connor is almost fully crate trained! 08. I need a new website for notablynoted.com. The one I have is beautiful, but buggy ... and let's face it, no one likes bugs. 09. It's official! I get to go to Hawaii this summer! 10. I wish I had my own home to decorate for the Christmas season.11. We still don't have a tree at my parents' house, but are supposed to get one this weekend.12. Travis's sister will turn 21 in 18 days!! 13. We leave for our cruise in 16 days!!!!!!!!14. All Travis and I can seem to think about lately is our cruise. We all need a vacation! 15. I'm excited for the cruise, but sad to count down to it because that means Christmas will be over. 16. I'm having a lot of issues with the notablynoted blog on blogger and am getting quite frustrated with it. 17. I have lots of work to do and need to get back to it. Happy Christmas!
while having lunch with the colliers on monday, the weather took a turn for the worst. as we were leaving chili's it was sleeting and drizzly. i wasn't at the office long before hearing that highway 169 had been shut down. the office began to buzz as everyone started looking up the weather and disussing the impending ice storm. it really began to come down, and we received an email that the office would be closing at 4:00 pm. there were 90 reported accidents between noon and 1:30!
travis and i both made it home safely and settled in for the night. school closings started coming hours before the evening new aired.
tuesday the ground was thick with ice. new management has taken over our apartment complex and the precautions that we are used to were not taken. there was no way to make it down the hill. the office was declared "unofficially closed" and all but four people stayed tucked away safe in their cozy homes.
on wednesday the hill had still not been scraped. travis took my car and made it into the office, but he said that all of the roads, even the main streets were still covered in ice. a few more people made it in, but most were out yet again. by wednesday afternoon, the sun had finally started to come out and melt the ice away. the parking lots and apartment roads were scraped, and i realized that work on thursday was inevitable ...
this winter we have seen more snow than we have in many years. there was the wonderful white christmas we had. a couple of weeks ago we had another beautiful snow, and i was able to capture the pictures above.
