We're Going for a Sleigh Ride...

...Everybody outside! Sleigh ride...WOO!

You will only understand my intro if you grew up listening to the Osmond Family Christmas album, as my family did.


So while in NH, we all went on a sleigh ride! Actually, because there wasn't enough snow at the time, it was really a wagon ride, but it was still fun. And COLD! Trevor wouldn't wear gloves, so his poor little hands were frozen. At the end of the ride, we got out and SANTA was there! He even had one of his reindeer with him! There were also a bunch of giant characters, like Rudolph and Frosty. Charlotte blew us a way, willingly giving hugs to every single one. This is the same girl who was terrified of Minnie at Disneyland and asked for month afterwards if Minnie would "hit her". Uh, not sure where that came from. Anyway, here is the evidence of Charlotte's new friends:






After our visit in the village, we roasted some gigantic marshmallows, then headed home. So much fun!

Our First NH Snow "Storm"

It is catching up time... Our Christmas trip to NH is just going to have to be a bunch of posts. So here goes!

The first day we were there, it snowed! Scott and Charlotte have played in snow, but have never actually seen FALLING snow. I was upstairs getting ready, and Charlotte came running in with her snow hat, gloves and underwear. At the first sign of flakes, Scott and Charlotte stripped off their clothes and came tearing upstairs to get their full snow gear on...



We definitely made the most out of that 1/4 inch of snow! We asked Cindy if she thought her neighbors would mind if we shoveled the snow off their driveways to get a little more for our sweet snowman. I'm sure the entire neighborhood was laughing at the crazy California relatives... Fortunately that was not the last we saw of snow! (more to come later)

Snow in Roseville!

Since we live pretty far down in the foothills of the Sierras, we do not get snow. Growing up, I remember it snowing just a few times, with one HUGE storm in particular that knocked out our power for 3 days. So it was a pretty big deal when we woke up to this:


After our exciting Tahoe trip last February, Scott and Charlotte were especially excited to see snow. We just got a dusting in Roseville, but up the road a bit further and Grandma and Grandpa's house it was a Winter Wonderland! So we bundled up and went up for a visit so Scott and Charlotte could make snowmen, snowgirls and snow angels. Can you tell they loved it? Even Trevor enjoyed it - although all he was interested in was eating the snow.