Sunday, January 13, 2013

The Best Things About Winter

JANUARY 2013

Living in Utah we have the pleasure of experiencing all
four seasons at their most extreme. Spring is very green
and beautiful. Summer is very hot and beautiful. Autumn is
very colorful and beautiful.... But winter is only beautiful
when there is a good amount of snow on the ground.
Without the snow, winter is brown and dead.

 2013's winter started out beautiful! Snow fell in quiet,
large flakes and covered the dead grass with 16 inches of
glistening powder. The neighborhood roads were snow
packed, kids were outside building sledding hills.

We took a walk in the winter wonderland until our ears
were frozen. Tanner watched his feet as he made tracks
in the snow, Hailey was intent on making her mark too
by wading through the untouched snow banks. I think we
walked for a good 15 minutes before Tanner begged to go
back inside. He kept touching his ears wondering why
they hurt.



Once inside Hailey made a nice wood fire and lit some candles.
Then we all grabbed a blanket, sat on the couch and watched
reruns of Downton Abbey. To us, winter doesn't get any better
than this.


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