All last week the forecast said there would be snow in Charlotte on Monday. Since it doesn't always pan out like they say, I constantly check the forecast to see if anything's changed and I pray pray pray for snow! Monday morning I was thrilled to wake up and see snow. And it kept snowing until about 3pm (when it unfortunately turned to freezing rain) and it was so beautiful. We all love snow at our house and we have had so much fun playing in it.

We walked to the park behind our house and it was such a pretty (but long especially on the return walk after the kids had been sliding down and then walking back up a big hill) walk. We found a big hill and the kids enjoyed sliding. There are trees at the bottom though so Chad had to stay down there and stop them from a collision.

I know quite a few people down here in the south that think young children shouldn't be outside in the cold. I have to say, our kids would beg to differ. I love the smiles on their faces. They love the snow and they love sliding.

Eventually they decided rolling down the hill was the best idea. Emerson especially enjoyed rolling.

The rest of the pics are back at our house. We have a small slope in our back yard that works pretty well for the first few hours. Eventually they rub the snow off though.

My nana sent these costumes for the kids. Aren't they cute?

Christmas 2010

Below is a link to a slideshow on Chad's site of our Christmas pictures. There are a lot of them and because it was faster we didn't take the time to delete some duplicates so I apologize for those. The password for the slideshow is snow. http://photographybychadwick.com/viewing/?slideshowID=126255

For the most part we had a good time at my mom's. Unfortunately we were hit with what Chad calls the "Christmas curse". Which isn't really accurate because it hasn't happened every Christmas. It started with Emerson throwing up Monday night and went from there. As far as I know, Kennedy, Bob, Hannah and Charlie were safe but the rest of us suffered from varying degrees of sickness.

On a much more positive note, there was lots of snow and the weather was really mild (what would be considered cold to the Southerners reading this but mild for northern Ontario) so whoever was healthy got to spend lots of time outside enjoying the snow. In spite of our illness we had a good trip. Kennedy and Parker stayed with my mom and Bob and should be getting home tomorrow I think. We miss them so much!

Chad, Emerson and I came home the day after Christmas to snow! Of course the first time in 60 years it snows in Charlotte on Christmas and it's a Christmas we're out of town. Lara ended up in Charlotte as well because like the rest of the north east Boston was shut down due to snow. Due to her shear determination she made it in to Boston on the first flight to land Monday! And then she got the sickness :(

The snow actually sort of stayed in our yard for several days but Emerson got sick again and then I got sick again and then Chad got sick again and then Emerson got better and then she got sick again! So we never got around to making it out in to the snow here. That's okay though because we got to enjoy it at my mom's.

And a special congratulations to my Nana and Bill who got married (in secret!) on Christmas Eve and told us all on Christmas Day. We're happy for you!

Merry Christmas!

Here is our Christmas card from this year.

Here are just a few of the tons of outtakes!