Fun in the Snow

Making Snowball Soup (from a Mercer Mayer book Little Critter)
Sledding together!

His big wheel got stuck just like mom's 4-Runner.

Adam and I can't remember the last time we actually saw the grass. It started snowing again last weekend and has continued to stay on the ground. We have accumulated around 4 to 5 inches and we continue to have snow showers. It is beautiful, but really cold. We haven't been out to play in it as much as I would have liked due to the fact it feels like 1 degree! People continually are asking me if I would rather be in Florida right now. The answer is...NO! It is cold there also. The cold in Florida is brutal and I would much rather enjoy the beautiful snow AND be cold than to just be cold.

Organizing Christmas Toys

Hunter received tons of new toys for Christmas, as most children do. It was overwhelming, but also a fun challenge for me to find a way to fit everything into his room. We, with some of his Christmas money, bought a navy cubby unit at Target. He helped me put it together with his tools. I spent most of that morning putting that together and organizing. My cup of tea!!! Now that it is organized it is easier for him to see what all there is to play with. He requests every day to stay home and "not go anywhere".

Christmas in Nashville

Hunter reading his new Cars pillow book.

Colin and Hunter's matching PJ's

Adam creating a new train track. He's so good with it!

The Morris Family

Mawmaw with the grandchildren and the newest great-grandchild Ellis.

Christmas this year was very exciting. Hunter understood who Santa was and the excitement was fun to watch unfold. Christmas morning Santa surprised Hunter with some new additions to his train track. Over the past 5 days that has been the highlight of his day. Adam, Annmother, Pops, Nannie, Papa, and I are becoming train engineer experts. We design about 3 or 4 train tracks a day. Adam surprised me with a new camera. Unfortunately, I took my memory card that I had in my old camera and put it in my new one and the pictures where erased. The only pictures I have are from my mom's camera. This saddens me because Christmas morning and Christmas' at Meemaws was erased. It is always good to see all of the family this time of year. Merry Christmas everyone and Happy New Year.

Playing in the Snow

The Sledding Hill of TERROR
Aunt Wendy and Hunter swinging

This was Hunter's extent of sledding. We were the first people to break the snow at the park. Why anyone wouldn't want to go down a slide with snow I can not tell you?

Aunt Wendy headed up to join us for some fun in the snow. We haven't had much luck sledding until she brought us some sleds from Knoxville (NO ONE sells sleds here because it is a NO SNOW ZONE???). Adam had suggested we go over to the Sugar Hollow Park in Bristol. They have a dam that we decided we would try out. One trip down, I knew we were NEVER going to send Hunter down, even when he is 10! It was a blast though for us. Wendy and Adam even continued after I decided I had enough. They both went air born for a good period of time down one trip. Lots of fun, but for them today...LOTS OF PAIN! Totally worth it though. Here is a clip of one of our trips. Wish I could say that this was the most treacherous part, but it is not. No caught that one tape.

The Olde Farm

We took a little walk over to the golf course. Here are some pictures!

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

From the beach to the snow...

Our first snowman!

Snow...something I haven't experienced in 7 years. From yesterday around 1pm to last night about 9pm it snowed around 6 - 8 inches. Our experience in the snow yesterday was short-lived due to the windy conditions. However, this morning it was perfect. We spent over 2 hours running through the snow, building 2 snowmen, walking over to the golf course, and making roads for Hunter's truck. I was amazed that we were not freezing by the time we came in. In fact at one point, I was sweating. Hunter wore himself out. He immediately came in and crashed. Stay tuned for more pics of our afternoon adventures...

Hunter's Christmas Party @ Spring Garden

Look at his smile!

Hunter was so excited about his Christmas party at school. They ate pizza and decorated cookies. He continually asked me if I was staying to play. His teacher, Mrs. Jen, took my idea for a Christmas Book exchange and used it with the kids. Hunter ended up with a Thomas the Train book, which he LOVES!!!