Thanksgiving Snow

I have to go all the way back to Thanksgiving. We just enjoyed a nice, quiet break at home. Except that our heater went out. It got a little cold. We got it working again on Thanksgiving day, but when we woke up the next day to a very cold house we decided we better call someone. We have a brand new furnace, so I was a little frustrated with that, but it turned out it was a problem with the wires in the thermostat.

The highlight of our vacation was that we had a little snow! The week was a little exciting with news of a huge "blizzard" coming in. Schools all over the state were closing early and activities were canceled. Brandon got sent home from work early on Monday. We sat around waiting for the blizzard, but we either missed it or aren't used to Utah's blizzards. The following Sunday we did get dumped on, though, and that made my little (big) girl happy. Well, here are some photos from our Thanksgiving day of sledding.

With that coat she almost blends into the snow.

Trust me, Soph, this is going to be fun!

This little turkey smacked me with a snowball while I was trying to take her picture. I thought holding a camera made me off limits.

I don't have a hat, so I grabbed Chloe's on the way out the door. Nobody bothered to tell me what a doofus I looked like.

Merry Christmas, From the Nicholls

I haven't been around much. Maybe you've noticed. Maybe not. I'm never quite sure how much I write is for myself or for some mystical audience. Well, I really hope to change that. Not for your sake, but for mine. And my children.

In an effort to be more eco-friendly (along with all the other changes I'm making), I've opted for this electronic version of a Christmas card. I figure anyone looking at this version probably reads my blog regularly; therefore, we can just skip the whole "what our family did this past year" section. If you missed it, there are archives. But maybe you'd like to know what we've been doing this past month. You'll have to stay tuned for that. Brandon says it's better when I break it up into smaller posts, rather than one L O N G, tiring one. So I'll get to work on that. I promise. I'm on Christmas vacation, so it could happen. But then again, my computer has been acting up and some days it prefers not to operate. If I run into those, then I may have to delay my promise.

Merry Christmas to all!