Is it winter already?

Well i'm not going to lie I was so excited to wake up yesterday and see snow on the ground. I have sort of a love/hate relationship with winter. So long as I don't have to drive in horrible snow storms, or deal with shoveling the walks daily I love it. I love the feeling of waking up after it has snowed and the world just seems so quiet and peacefull. In our old house I loved the smell of all the fire's, I think on the west side most homes have gas fireplaces. I love sipping hot chocolate and wearing warm sweats that are way too big. I love cuddling and being with family. Plus it just get's you in the mood for Thanksgiving and Christmas.

(I'm pretty excited about her new coat...I had to take the lining out though because she couldn't put her arms down with it in!)

And of course I love to snowboard, but this year I have decided to go back to my roots. I started out as a skier and I'm going to give it a go again. It has been 14 years since I have skied but I want to see if i've still got it. I have some pretty funny memories as a skier, Chelsea I'm sure you may remember a few like how we always wanted to go through the trees, and when you almost fell off of the ski lift at Brighton. Or when we wrote our names on our foreheads with Zinc but did it in the mirror so it looked weird to everyone else! Anyways I have a lot of fond memories and so I've decided to give it another chance.

It was also fun yesterday to get Lydia all bundled up in her winter coat and take her out to see the snow. She was pretty funny, she had this confused look on her face and she kept touching her nose when snowflakes would land on it. Even though I love winter, I will now have to become paranoid mom, to make sure that Lydia is always warm. Anyways I love winter and am pretty excited for all that it brings

(Lydia's play station...obviously something on the TV caught her eye!)