Complete wonder

The snow didn't disappoint.  The morning after Christmas we awakened to somewhere between four and five inches of beautiful snow.  Adam (being the worship pastor at our old church) felt that he should head down for the early service, just in case.  Traci decided to go on down with him, leaving Mama, Ian and I to stay home with the kids as we weren't really sure what the roads were like.

I was the concerned older sister, telling them the lead pastor would surely understand if they didn't risk their lives on snowy roads.  My sweet little sister answered my concern by making it very clear that my life would be at risk if I A) failed to take pictures of her kids faces when they saw snow accumulation for the first time or B) let them go outside before she got home.

Of course she was only kidding.

I think.

Just to be sure though, half an hour later when I heard the first footsteps in the hallway, I yelled at Pierson to stop in his tracks so I could grab my camera and record the moment.

Pierson and Maylin  may not be mine.  But I love them like they are.   And there is something so special about the wonder of seeing a significant snowfall for the very first time

my favorite as it captures his sleepy amazement along with the glow of the tree lights

And then of course repeated the process when Maylin woke up a bit later.

sweet thing was lost in the wonder of snow for the very first time

Once my crew was awake, they began to beg to get outside to play.  Fearing for my life Keeping my promise, we found ways to divert their attention until Adam and Traci got home from church. 

Just when we started to get worried about Adam and Traci, (they managed to leave the house in on a snowy morning with no cell phones ~ how would we know if they were stuck in a ditch somewhere?) they pulled into the driveway.  And then the bundling began!

I'll wrap up the snow with the next post.  I think.  No promises though.  Cause man did we have FUN!