Snowy & Icy Everywhere

It snowed all day yesterday and by last night we had freezing rain, I have never been in freezing rain before and this is how things looked this morning.

This is our street, from far away it looks like it should
after about 6 or so inches of snow.

But if you get closer here is what it looks like after James
stepped in the snow coming home from work. You can see
the layer of ice on top of the snow, and how it cracked from his foot.

This is the tire track from the SUV this morning,
amazing how it cracked everywhere, looks like
broken glass.

The hood of our car covered in snow & ice I have

never seen it like this.

This is our tiny backyard but you can

see we got tons of snow.

James said it took him 20-30 minutes to scrap the windows this morning before he could come home from work. This is the time of year we wish we had a garage big enough that our SUV could fit in, but our garage is so tiny the SUV won't fit in. It sounds like we could have wintery weather thru the week hopefully we can finish last minute things for Christmas! Everyone in Oregon be safe on the ice.

Making Candy!!!

James' dad makes candy every holiday season and we love getting it, I have always wanted to try making some but have never attempted to. Until this year, while at my friend Sarah's house she showed me how she melts chocolate and dips different things. So I asked if I could borrow her fun pampered chef pot so I could try making candy with the kids. She said yes and gave me some melting chocolate also.(Thank You Sarah) So on one of the afternoons this past week that the kids have been home "snowed in" we made simple trail mix clusters. They have been a huge hit around here and I have determined I need one of these pots! We are experimenting with all kinds of things we can dip in chocolate. It has been very fun!


The kids making their own pieces of candy!

Olivia getting just the right amount for a piece of candy.

Will not caring how big the pieces are!

*Also a side note we are going onto a week of snow storms and school was cancelled all week and just got a call church is canceled for the 2nd Sunday in a row tomorrow.*

Snowy Day In Oregon!

When we moved to Oregon we thought we were leaving the snow behind us, but obviously we were wrong! We are enjoying a quiet day at home, we got a call that church was cancelled today. We had heard that when it does snow it is a big deal here and people get very worried about the snow. But the difference with this snow is we are not going to get above freezing all week so the ice under the snow is going to be awful. Part of our ward is up in the hills so church was cancelled so they didn't have to try to get down an icy hill to get to church. We let the kids go out for a little bit and Madalynn loved it, she wanted to be wherever Olivia & Will were. We didn't have snow boots for her so she wore her tennis shoes and they got solid ice on the bottom then snow packed. I have never seen shoes do that, when she came in the house she was slipping all over the floor in the kitchen like she was ice skating.(if you click on the picture for a close up I think you can see her shoes)


Madalynn all bundled up and loving the snow!


All 3 of them playing in the front yard.

Reindeer Dust!

Expecting a visit from Santa?
Here is a recipe I have found.
It is a special reindeer food
You sprinkle on the ground.
The oatmeal is for energy,
The sparkles are for flight,
So sprinkle the reindeer food
On Christmas Eve night!
All of Santa's reindeer
Love this healthy snack,
Next year Santa and his reindeer
Surely will be back!

My mother-in-law sent this cute poem and reindeer food for the kids to sprinkle on the ground on Christmas Eve night. I think it is such a cute idea I had to pass it along!