Frosty

Admittedly I'm not a good photographer but I wanted to share some shots of the beautiful frost covering our front yard. I don't remember seeing anything like this during my winters growing up in Utah. All of our plants, trees, fences, etc are covered in long white crystals. It's quite enchanting and almost makes not being able to see the sky for days bearable.

Christmas Pics

Snow Day

After three days of being stuck in the house during the snow storm (over 24inches in 24hrs!), Mac finally ventured out to experience his first taste of snow. His reaction to the snow was a combination of ambivalence and cold cheeks, but hopefully it will grow on him over time.

Mac was pretty thrilled with his first xmas present, from Lee and Leni. He loves to grab paper and crinkle it up in his hands, and so being the thoughtful gift givers that we are Cam and I have decided our gift to him this holiday season will be all the wrapping paper under the tree.

Mac Sits and Plays

Grandma has been patiently waiting for new pics of the little man, so here they are....

Mac playing with his best pal Lucy, who was very good natured allowing Mac to take every toy out of her hands and slobber on it.

Nutella...it's been too long!

Yesterday Mac and I met up with Emily and Lucy for the ultimate in breakfast sweets, the banana Nutella crepe. I don't think I'd had Nutella since my time in Italia and it was a splendid reunion!

And a big happy birthday to Cameron who turned the big 3-0 today!

Ma and Me

Today it was particularly misty and atmospheric so my mom and I decided to embrace our inner renaissances fair participant and take some ethereal shots in my front yard. Hopefully we cemented our status as the oddest folks on the block.

The Turkey Trot

We braved the bitter cold Thanksgiving morning to start off the day with a nice three mile run around Manito park. It was a lot of fun and Mac did really well wrapped up in every blanket we own. There were what seemed like hundreds of people of all ages at the park and starting the day off with a run helped to alleviate any guilt about eating mass quantities of food later in the day. We're definitely going to make it a family tradition.