Snow!

Yea! Our first real BIG snowfall in two years! Last winter we didn't have an opportunity to get all dressed up in snow gear and go sledding because it only snowed once and it was all melted by the next day. We were hoping this year would be different, which is why we're sure Santa brought Kayla a sled under the Christmas tree. Well, we only had to wait one day - on Dec 26 we received 9" of fresh powder! I'm not sure Daddy enjoyed snow blowing our driveway (or maybe he secretly did) and the neighbors, but I know Kayla loved it! She played outside with Asia, Gabrielle and Gina for five hours (minus a quick warm lunch indoors)!

Our deck and pond are somewhere under all that snow

This is all little sister can do when all the big kids are playing outside, just sit and watch.

Kayla and Gabrielle were snowboarding down the stairs

 When you don't have a hill in your backyard, you improvise. Deck stairs covered in 9" of snow make a GREAT sledding hill. The girls were laughing and screaming for hours, so it had to be fun. At one point I heard Kayla say, "This is awwwwwwesome!" It's so heart-warming to see her creating wonderful Christmas vacation memories with friends. 

Trying to get a birds-eye perspective
Taken from upstairs bedroom window

And the next day she had a play-date at Abby's, a school/church friend's home, to go sledding on their HUGE backyard hill! She has been one tired, happy girl!