White Christmas

It was a beautiful Christmas here. The snow came, we embraced it and experienced a wonderful white Christmas.

As we waited for the snow we wondered if it would keep us from spending Christmas with family. OK we didn't actually wonder that because we are true Minnesotans and never let a few inches of snow keep us home. So of course we made it to all our Christmas gatherings with both my family on Christmas eve followed by our church service and John's family on Christmas day.

We had most of Christmas day at home before heading to John's brother's house and so we took some time to enjoy the beautiful weather. Lots of fresh snow, no wind and warmer temperatures made it perfect for building a snowman and throwing a few snowballs. Isabelle kept begging for a snowball fight but then discovered the heavy snowballs actually hurt when you got hit by them. The reality of the activity wasn't quite what she had imagined. We decided to toss the snowballs on the garage roof instead.

Minnesota Weather World

Friday we had cold but lovely weather here and headed over to an outdoor orchard experience at Emma Krumbee's in Belle Plain with Grandma and the cousins. It would probably be more fun when it is a little warmer but we bundled up for the 40 degree day and the kids had fun jumping around.

Picking pumpkins
We really tried for a good group shot but they just weren't playing our game.
How cute is she? And please note this cute wool jacket I found for $7 at a thrift store. I rock.


The big event happened Saturday morning when we woke up to this:




Yep snow and ice in October. And the leaves on our trees are still green! The second weekend in September we went to the Ren Fest and it was 80+ degrees out. A local new station was interviewing people and asked John about the weather. He said that while he was enjoying the late warm weather he predicted snow before Halloween. He was right! The snow is gone now, the trees are so confused some are just dropping green leaves rather than turning colors first.

And finally, last week when it was raining every day my poor daughter, who apparently didn't get enough swimming in this summer did this:





Despite the fact that our thermometer said this:

40 degrees. I guess she is a true Minnesotan.