Happy Solstice 2008!!!!

It's the first day of solstice and winter is letting itself be known with a rare and thorough dumping of snow. Here are some photos:

First thing this morning Aaron and I got a box of solstice gifts from Heidi and Mike. It was super fun to get to open them today as we ate our scone appetizer before breakfast. You'll see that little Ben (3 or 4) made us a beautiful painting. Add that to the art collection.

Sledding/skiing/goofing around on a hill a block or two from our house. They've been there all week straight. I see them every night when I'm hoofing it homefrom the bus stop on Aurora.

Aaron walking in the snow. He liked it because it was "crunchy snow". The first layer of snow had time to firm up and then we got several inches of fluffy snow so as you walk through it you hear crunch, crunch, cruch. He zig zagged our way through the neighborhood. I mostly walked down the middle of the road in tire tracks. When we're done Aaron probably walked twice as far as I did. We plan to go again tonight because I want to see the christmas lights and the snow and Aaron wants to go to get some fresh air and exercise. Win-Win!!!


Our back yard in the snow. Hard to image and ice cream social right now. Be strong little plants...STRONG!