TEXAS SNOW - WHOOA

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These are in no particular order... or should I say completely out of order. Anyway here is just a peak into our snow day in Texas.

Bentley wasn't outside for long at all. Only long enough for me to snap these pictures. It ran perfectly into her nap time. Bryson and Brenna made a few trips out, but we came inside often to thaw out.

Bentley wasn't sure what to think about the snowgirl. This is our 2nd snowman to ever make as a family. Ryan laughs at us... since he is from Kansas, he grew up with lots of snow. He said they never made snowmen there because snow wasn't a big deal. Well, here it is a big deal and you can drive down the road and see snowmen, or women, families, dogs, tunnels, all sorts of things. We only made one snowman because let's face it, it was a lot of work and the kids were more excited about dressing it up and snowball fights than actually making it. HA!!

This would be Brenna's snow girl. She hearts Hannah Montana, can you tell?

Bryson's of course. He seems to find a way to bring sports into everything. He topped it off with his gold track medal.

The kids wanted to test out the trampoline with snow...

I think they enjoyed it. They played in it for a while, and thank GOD for these protective nets. Although I remember falling off the trampiline many times when I was younger (when they did not make protective nets) and do not remember ever being hurt. Becoming a mom sure changes everything, eh?!

Bentley was amazed by the basketball. She loves saying "baw" I mean ball. I'm not sure if she just can't pronounce it correctly yet, or if that is how she will pronounce it... we have such strong accents. Yeah, I'm pretty sure I say "baw" myself. HA!! When I went to Kansas for the first time with Ryan, several years ago... his younger cousin who was then probably about 7 asked me "why do you talk like that?!" Needless to say, my children sound just like me.

They had so much fun yesterday. They had many snowball fights...

Bentley loved it too.... she loved walking in it. She really didn't touch it much.

I am so happy Brenna was able to make a snow angel. I'm not sure if I mentioned yesterday but she is always talking about snow angels... making them in the dirt or sand. So she was thrilled to be able to do this.

Bless her heart, she has a brother. No he really loves her, he just forgets he needs to be a little more gentle at times. This face didn't last long, then she was back to attacking him. She's a trooper and is going to be one tough gal. I don't have a brother but aside from this picture, seeing how much they love each other makes me wish I did at times. They really are extremely protective of each other. He is one of her biggest fans, and she is one of his.

Bentley enjoyed looking at the leaves.

Yes, he got me too.

I sure do love this face...

At one point Bryson pointed to a tree and asked me why that snow was yellow. HA!! Too funny, we have no pets, but our neighbor has an inside dog and it looks like he came to visit for a minute.

As much as I really enjoyed it, spring weather cannot get her soon enough. We found out that snow can be really messy and make the laundry add up a little quicker.

IT'S KIND OF A BIG DEAL

So, the snow has decided to come again. I'm telling you, this is extremely unusal for us. I am not a fan of this cold weather, but if it is going to be cold and nasty and I would want it to snow (since we never see it). The kids went to school today, only for them to decide the would close early. I am about to go pick them up now and they are going to have such a blast in this snow. The last time I remember having enough snow to play with is when Brenna was just a couple months old (she is now 6). Bryson and I made a snow man then... well, a little one because we ran out of snow. HA!! Brenna has always wanted to make a snow angel and she just might be able to do that today. She often tells me at school during recess she and her friends make snow angels in the sand. HA!! I know it doesn't look like much, but it is kind of a big deal here. It is steady coming down HARD and fast and we are expected to get quite a bit more.

Well, Bentley and I are off to pick up brother and sister to have some fun in the sun.. I mean SNOW!!!

Hope you are all having a great day friends!!!!

ps. the view in the above picture is behind my house. Just so you can get a little taste of where we live.

KANSAS THANKSGIVING

This picture was taken a few months back when Great Grandma Armer (Ryan's Grandma) was in town visiting from Kansas. I can't believe how young Bentley looks in this photo, she has a head full of hair now!! We unfortunately do not get to make it to Kansas as much as we would like. Ryan is from Kansas and everyone on his side still lives there except for his parents and sister, they are here in Texas with us. Ryan's job allows him to only be able to take vacation certain months of the year and that makes it even more difficult. We would love to go during the Holidays so we can visit all his family on both his parents sides, any other time during the year it is hard to get everyone together... but Holiday months are the months he cannot take off. He is in the wine business and of course Holidays are the peak of wine so he is very much needed. It is so fun there, the weather is completely different than what I'm use to. I have seen snow every time I have been there where as here in Texas I have seen very little snow. Our snow is not anything compaired to theirs. In Kansas when I have seen it.. it is WHITE and deep (you can play in it)... in Texas the snow barely covers the ground and it is yellow since it's not so deep!!! We have made 1 snowman and he was about 2 feet tall (Bryson was almost 3 and Brenna was 2 months old) and that took A LOT of work and ALL the snow in our yard. It took hours and the snow was melting by the minute. Oh and yes!! Our snowman wore a cowboy hat for laughs!!! I will have to find that picture. So we really wish we could make it there during the Holidays... but this Thanksgiving half of his family will be coming to Texas. Grandma Armer (above) and her daughters & family will be enjoying Thanksgiving here!!! YYAYYY!!! We are very excited and look forward to seeing them all. I could not ask for better inlaws, they are so great!!! We miss them dearly and often wish they would pack up and move down south!!!

I know many of you are from all over the world and I would love to hear how you celebrate Thanksgiving.. and your family traditions. I am facinated by how different everything is in other locations. I am a small town girl and to be honest I have only been out of state when we went to Kansas. So I would love to hear everything about your Thanksgiving. I am not sure how I want to do this, so I want your feedback. The easiest way is to have you post about it... you can just leave me a comment and I can go to your blog and read all about your Thanksgiving traditions... then I wondered if my blog friends also want to know how other people celebrate Thanksgiving so thought maybe Mr. Linky? That way you can get to everyones blog from my blog and read them all yourself as well??? Which do you think. Comment or Mr. Linky? We will probably do this Tuesday or Wednesday... I will let you know once I hear what most of you want to do? Just comment or email and let me know!!!

PS.. I think I am going to do a blog design giveaway here very soon. I have a couple of mine that I have used before and no longer need... I might as well give them away!!! I will keep you posted!!!