Discovering Snow

A few weeks ago, we woke up late on Sunday. There was no way we were making it to church on time, so I suggested that we throw on some winter hats, borrow my sister's snow gear for the kiddos and head up to the mountains. As we headed out of town, I was doubting my spur of the moment inspiration because the clouds were ominous. I was sure that we were somehow going to get stuck on the grapevine--snowed in overnight. At this point, there was no turning back. Aubrey was EXCITED and Juliet was napping ;) We kept climbing up and soon we were above those nasty clouds and the sky was clear and bright! It was the perfect weather for a play day in the snow! Such a pleasant surprise.

Our first stop was a little public park in Frazier Park. There wasn't a ton of snow, but there was enough to have fun!

The girls built a snowman.

Juliet was fascinated by the ducks

And Justin turned someone else's melted snowman into a jump for our adrenaline junky, Aubrey.

We had a great time at this park, but we decided to drive up a little further to see if we could find some real hills to sled down. About 10 minutes down the road, we found the perfect little turn off with the perfect little hill. There were no other people or cars, so Juliet could roam and discover as she pleased.

She was quite fascinated by that fluffy white stuff, especially when she tasted it.

Aubrey had it all planned out.

She knew all the activities that you do with snow and she loved experiencing them all.

Snow Angels, sledding and snowball fights...so fun!

Everyone was worn out when we left!

Other than the fact that I completely FLAKED on a friend's open house shower, it was such a great day. Next time, I'll check my calendar before any spur of the moment inspirations ;) Regardless, I'm so glad we went!

P.S. I published this same post about an hour ago asking how to make my pictures x-large....I FIGURED IT OUT! If you can't get an option for x-large pictures, go to settings>basic> changed your editor to the new one. It uploads pictures differently, but you can make your pictures any size you want!